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.
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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 »
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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