LINES OF THE DAY

". . . But the past does not exist independently from the present. Indeed, the past is only past because there is a present, just as I can point to something over there only because I am here. But nothing is inherently over there or here. In that sense, the past has no content. The past -- or more accurately, pastness -- is a position. Thus, in no way can we identify the past as past." p. 15

". . . But we may want to keep in mind that deeds and words are not as distinguishable as often we presume. History does not belong only to its narrators, professional or amateur. While some of us debate what history is or was, others take it into their own hands." p. 153

Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History (1995) by Michel-Rolph Trouillot

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Photo Entry #2 -- Race & Class in U.S. Via Katrina Catastrophes

Nor should we ever make the error of thinking the consequences of Katrina on the Gulf are over and finished with.  This is a catastrophe that keeps on creating more catastrophe.

From Christopher Lydon's Open Source blog on Race and Class in the U.S. (full disclosure -- Vaquero's been on CL's radio program several times).

We study these portraits and think about we think.

Vaquero happens to be reading and signing at Octavia Books today, in New Orleans, at 6 pm.
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