Posted by one woman cine on January 17, 2007, at 12:59:52
In reply to Re: let me add - laima, posted by one woman cine on January 17, 2007, at 12:52:57
& I think you may be right, some people can think about it & have it enrich them, while for others they read about it and assume it's that way across the board.
How do stereotypes begin? How did it begin with muslims and 9/11? It began with images and words in popular culture that are accepted as true. When these ideas are challenged and dialogue ensues, that's a good thing.
But when there's no dialogue, then stereotypes, & discrimination begin, that's a bad thing.
I'm not condemning introspection and insight via the arts - it's a currency I deal in - but the danger is always tangible in having ideas/opinions about people presented as
a generalization.Spike Lee, Alice Walker do not represent all african american - they represent their particular narrative and history as individuals. Maybe it overlaps, maybe it doesn't.
A white middle class woman going to therapy in LA may not have the experience of a white middle class woman going to therapy in Iowa.
It's too general.
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