Saturday, April 16, 2011

Essential Outsider?

New article on the stand:

http://www.indyweek.com/BigBite/archives/2011/04/16/essential-outsider-more-about-berenbaums-bakery-in-the-season-of-passover


I think the race stuff brings up a lot of hard questions, ones that i generally steer clear of. I think that printing common stereotypes in a P.C. world can be a minefield in its own right, even when written in an objective mode of inquiry. Good journalism is a means towards provocation, and the article certainly does that.

If I understand Adam's chain of causality, outsider status --> moneylending --> haggling --> ethical self-examination --> educational attainment.

And here I thought I was just baking bread, not participating in theory-production!

1 comment:

  1. I wonder if I were to bake bread, and not have shortening biscuits every week or fried *insert item here* if it would be seen as me simultaneously exploiting and ignoring myself.

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