A conversation on race and nationality - from my Facebook page -

• Myo Nyunt Kyi May The p[otamac I prsume. The lady in the middle can be either of Asian descent but American. Thats great in the USA, not like other countries-- you know.

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  Kyi May Kaung Yes, every time I come home, I appreciate how lucky I am to live in America. It is the Tidal Basin at Cherry Blossom time, peaked last week - lovely lady in middle is our own Khin Phyu Htway who works at VOA - I am happy you said, "it could be anyone" --- I have been mistaken for a Korean in S. Korea, a Mongolian at a Mongolian Conference, a Thai etc - now I do not even think about it and few ask - except when I get to Thailand - One asked "Aunty, what is your religion" five minutes after we first met, which annoyed me a lot, so I said "Buddhist-Christian." Maybe I should have said Liberal Democrat or Artist/Writer. Am reading Salman Rushdie's memoir "Joseph Anton" in which he describes his secular family (originally).

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Quote of the day - Corndogs and Bombers - from poet Linh Dinh -

from - http://wwwwsonneteighteencom.blogspot.com/ quote: According to the corporate shill that’s the US President, America is well on its way towards energy independence, though gas is up, up and up, and we’re wringing oil from rocks and brewing it from maize, neither one a cheap or energy efficient proposition, but don’t worry, just keep driving those SUVs and pack the NASCAR grandstands as the sea rises to your neck./ As we enter de yo mama of all depressions, partly caused by the job outsourcing started by the Democratic Clinton, the corporate shill du epoque is also promising more jobs, but where will these be found in this deliberately de-industrialized nation? We make nothing anymore except guns, corndogs, bombers and pornography, so well endowed guys and gals with strip mall implants can still go down, strut or pole dance for a few years, before they get on food stamps like a record number of their fellow citizens. That or joining the “services.” Alas, the funnies are not so funny.