Mongrel fate
August 6, 2007 by Loudsoul · 2 Comments
To the outrage of racists, xenophobes and ethnic nationalists, it is a fact individuals tend to mix, if they are not prevented from doing so. And even if this is the case, the political and social obstacles must be very important, and be accompanied by serious punishment, for the inclination of human beings to intermix is unavoidable. Therefore, hanging on to unrealistic beliefs of cultural, ethnically homogeneous peoples cannot produce but anger, violence and resentment. However, this does not imply ethnic nationalist and extreme right forces will easily vanish from the political landscape, since they articulate many interests besides being a receptacle for social frustration. As both curiosity in every realm, from culture to sex, along with the capacity to adapt to a changing enviroment, are basic traits of human nature, given optimal conditions -that is, individuals being free to move spatially and settle at will- (at least the most prosperous) peoples tend to lose their ethno-cultural homogeneity -if there ever was one- to be composed of increasingly diverse generations, as a growing proportion of our already varied offspring will be inclined to mix. It is also true that the absence of those optimal conditions does not avert the mingling process, though it surely affects its pace. In turn, all this blood-mixing cannot bring but new energy and prosperity to those multiethnic societies. In short, we may well speak -fortunately, indeed- of a ‘mestizo’ or mongrel future awaiting the human race.
Photo: Portraits from Part Asian, 100% Hapa, by Kip Fulbeck, San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 2006.
Fireworks
August 1, 2007 by Loudsoul · Leave a Comment
When I saw the Chinese team beat the Spanish one -Spain being a world power if we talk about fireworks-, though in my opinion the exhibition of the latter in the ‘Celebration of Light 2007′ at English Bay had a livelier rhythm, I thought China will achieve whichever technical goal it sets for itself in the future. Really, they can, and they will.
Photo: Fireworks in English Bay, Vancouver, Canada, 2007 © Loudsoul
