Most of us cannot go somewhere on the ground where all our people and our perfect lifestyle exist. We must find that psychically — call it our “global niche”.
Posts Tagged ‘Berkeley’
Your tribe is the new segregation
Posted in American culture, culture, history, identity, society, taboo, tagged Abraham Lincoln, African American, Asian Cluster classes, authenticity, Berkeley, Berkeley Unified School District, bussing, Caucasian, Chinese, civil rights, Cub Scouts, Daily Om, desegration, ethnic diversity, Facebook, Filipino, finding your tribe, founding fathers, fourth grade, global niche, grade school class photo, integration, Japanese, Longfellow, Malcolm X, multiracial, peer group, race, school district, seeking our global niche, segregation, socio-economic class, socioeconomic class, tribe, true self, voluntary desegregation, voluntary integration, world view on March 30, 2010 | 5 Comments »
As we seek our global niche, we’re integrating across all sorts of out-moded boundaries. You could also say we’re segregating along the lines of our true selves.
The twinge of heritage
Posted in American culture, culture, friendship, history, identity, tagged arugula, Baltic, Berkeley, borscht, comfort food, Eastern Europe, ethnic, harem, heritage, immigration, Istanbul, Italy, lineage, Lithuania, Mediterranean, New World, Northern California, Ottoman, regional, Spam, synchronicity, Turkey, turkey burger, wanderlust on November 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
After four generations of immigration, a New World woman find the mysteries of extended lineage often crop up as synchronicity, quirks of taste, wanderlust: ghost urges from genes and culture long ago severed.
Spirit of the season(ing)
Posted in American culture, culture, history, identity, society, taboo, tagged 1979, anthology, Beatnik, Berkeley, Chicken Soup for the Soul, family, generation, harmony, holiday, lifestyle choice, marijuana, Oregon, peace, recipe, season, seasoning, secret ingredient, teenage, Thanksgiving on October 20, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Around our holiday table in 1979, my fractious family were gifted with a sudden ability to perceive each other as the loveable characters we truly are. The secret ingredient: an unseen substance in the stuffing.
Who owns polish?
Posted in American culture, culture, identity, society, tagged Berkeley, counterculture, diplomatic corps, establishment, Facebook, fringe, Hollywood, LinkedIn, Madison Avenue, packaging, polish, presentation, professionalism, Seth Godin, sophistication, superficiality on October 12, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Who owns polish? Growing up in a countercultural town, the presentation of Madison Avenue and Hollywood seemed like subversive tools of the establishment.
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