Comments on: Racism, Sexism, and Heroism http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2006/03/19/racism-sexism-and-heroism/ Feminist, anti-racist, pro-fat, plus whatever else we feel like talking about. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:24:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: badgerbag http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2006/03/19/racism-sexism-and-heroism/#comment-179649 badgerbag Wed, 06 Sep 2006 19:42:29 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2006/03/19/racism-sexism-and-heroism/#comment-179649 Charmaine Neville was my hero in the New Orleans floods... I will never forget the <a href="http://www.hiphopmusic.com/archives/001134.html" rel="nofollow">interview</a> with her on CNN. Charmaine Neville was my hero in the New Orleans floods… I will never forget the interview with her on CNN.

]]> By: David Nix http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2006/03/19/racism-sexism-and-heroism/#comment-179607 David Nix Wed, 06 Sep 2006 15:09:22 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2006/03/19/racism-sexism-and-heroism/#comment-179607 During huricane katrina our place we found shelter started to fall apart.when we left to find shelter from the storm I found nothing but masses of water and high wind.While in the storm at eight or nine in the moring we saw a car.Thinking no one could be in it we aparoched it driving threw three foot of water coming in our truck.My finace was prengent with my first son as we saw death out side our windows.I just got out of the hospital three day before from a motor cycle accident. My leg is swollen with torn leggiments from falling on it with it behind me.Hardley able to walk with a brace on because they can,t do the surgey before katrina comes. We see a car all most floating in the storm.As we aporace the car seeing nothing because of the mass of wind and rain.There are break lights though.As we pull up on the side of the car I notice two older people that car is filling with water.It,s heading down the media to were between two roads filling with water to sink them to the bottom it is atleast ten feet.Knowing if I don,t get them now they will surely die.There not my mom and dad but they are some one,s.Looking for something to tie off with in the back knowing I can barely stand for my self.There is nothingfor me in sight.With no chance to drive were they are with out killing us both.I tell her if I lose my footing or fall you drive away.There is deep holes of water all around the truck.this is the high ground and water is coming in the truck also making it miss with 100 mph winds or better seeming like it,s going to flip us.Thinking in the safty of our truck what should I do.Save my self and say I,m going for help knowing they will surely die with the water at the neck.Decidinng that I couldn,t live with my self if I didn,t help them.Knowing that as I walk threw all hell with wind pushing me around trying to dodge debres.Wading threw four foot of water my girlfreind screams there,s alagators.As I look around there are alagators swimming all around me as I see a sign for a mass alagator farm across the street.There are alagators every were small to very large.Going back to the truck to hypervenlate I am truley scared with vey little chance to survive if I go back out there.No matter I didn,t know what the out come would be.I wasn,t thinking of hero forms,awards or media covarage.These people are going to die.There was a moment of silence before I tell patrice I love her and no matter what don,t look back if anything happens.I rage a war with the wind and aligators with soda can,s keeping back.With one leg I wade and swim to find two alive people in seat belts with very little movement.As there car is sinking they didn,t even undo there seat belts.Reaching down to find there seat belt,s because shock has set in.I relize That I have to carry them out with one leg. There names are HAROLD AND ANN LADNER .With no thought of ever making it I figured What better way to die than doing gods work as I try to sell this to my self taking shallow breaths.Making two trips to get both of them.This was the bravest thing I have ever done.I was willing to trade my self for them because I coulnd,t look behind or pull off with out.Almost being swept away a few times with no one to save me.I threw everything I tried to keep in back of my truck from the storm out as she opened the back door with a few pushes with no time to examin any of it.I gave my life and all that I tried to save for two people who don,t know me orI don,t know.I brought them to ocean springs hospital in Mississippi were I droped them off to never seen them again.Though I would like to no news media want,s my story because I,m a low class white guy with a costruction back ground.They asked do I have video .My reply was that I forgot to set up my camera.They acted if I was lying or just didn,t want to show me as hero.This hurts really bad when you see the sorry hereo stories they write about after all I did.Maybe it,s because when I talk a have a black slang sence I grew up IN the black comunity.My sister is married to a black man with 2 children and they are proude of there uncle dave During huricane katrina our place we found shelter started to fall apart.when we left to find shelter from the storm I found nothing but masses of water and high wind.While in the storm at eight or nine in the moring we saw a car.Thinking no one could be in it we aparoched it driving threw three foot of water coming in our truck.My finace was prengent with my first son as we saw death out side our windows.I just got out of the hospital three day before
from a motor cycle accident. My leg is swollen with torn leggiments from falling on it with it behind me.Hardley able to walk with a brace on because they can,t do the surgey before katrina comes.
We see a car all most floating in the storm.As we aporace the car seeing nothing because of the mass of wind and rain.There are break lights though.As we pull up on the side of the car I notice two older people that car is filling with water.It,s heading down the media to were between two roads filling with water to sink them to the bottom it is atleast ten feet.Knowing if I don,t get them now they will surely die.There not my mom and dad but they are some one,s.Looking for something to tie off with in the back knowing I can barely stand for my self.There is nothingfor me in sight.With no chance to drive were they are with out killing us both.I tell her if I lose my footing or fall you drive away.There is deep holes of water all around the truck.this is the high ground and water is coming in the truck also making it miss with 100 mph winds or better seeming like it,s going to flip us.Thinking in the safty of our truck what should I do.Save my self and say I,m going for help knowing they will surely die with the water at the neck.Decidinng
that I couldn,t live with my self if I didn,t help them.Knowing that as I walk threw all hell with wind pushing me around trying to dodge debres.Wading threw four foot of water my girlfreind screams there,s alagators.As I look around there are alagators swimming all around me as I see a sign for a mass alagator farm across the street.There are alagators every were small to very large.Going back to the truck to hypervenlate I am truley scared with vey little chance to survive if I go back out there.No matter I didn,t know what the out come would be.I wasn,t thinking of hero forms,awards or media covarage.These people are going to die.There was a moment of silence before I tell patrice I love her and no matter what don,t look back if anything happens.I rage a war with the wind and aligators with soda can,s keeping back.With one leg I wade and swim to find two alive people in seat belts with very little movement.As there car is sinking they didn,t even undo
there seat belts.Reaching down to find there seat belt,s because shock has set in.I relize That I have to carry them out with one leg.
There names are HAROLD AND ANN LADNER .With no thought
of ever making it I figured What better way to die than doing gods
work as I try to sell this to my self taking shallow breaths.Making two trips to get both of them.This was the bravest thing I have ever done.I was willing to trade my self for them because I coulnd,t
look behind or pull off with out.Almost being swept away a few times with no one to save me.I threw everything I tried to keep in back of my truck from the storm out as she opened the back door with a few pushes with no time to examin any of it.I gave my life and all that I tried to save for two people who don,t know me orI don,t know.I brought them to ocean springs hospital in Mississippi
were I droped them off to never seen them again.Though I would like to no news media want,s my story because I,m a low class white guy with a costruction back ground.They asked do I have video .My reply was that I forgot to set up my camera.They acted if I was lying or just didn,t want to show me as hero.This hurts really bad when you see the sorry hereo stories they write about after all I did.Maybe it,s because when I talk a have a black slang
sence I grew up IN the black comunity.My sister is married to a black man with 2 children and they are proude of there uncle dave

]]> By: Alas, a blog » Blog Archive » Erasing Black Heros By Making Them White http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2006/03/19/racism-sexism-and-heroism/#comment-173591 Alas, a blog » Blog Archive » Erasing Black Heros By Making Them White Wed, 16 Aug 2006 03:35:03 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2006/03/19/racism-sexism-and-heroism/#comment-173591 [...] In my first post on Alas I wrote about how the racism and sexism shaped the definition of heros in the wake of hurricane Katrina and 911. Here’s a quote: In the days after 9/11 I was glued to my TV, watching what seemed to be the same cable news stories over and over and hoping that someone was going to tell me why this happened. The only refreshing new stories were the ones that followed heroes -- the everyday folks who risked their lives to save others. Indeed there were many 9/11 heroes, but I quickly became frustrated at how few of those who were portrayed as heroes were White women or men and women of color. I just kept thinking; the rest of us are heroes too. Certainly, the firemen and police officers who died trying to save people in the World Trade Center were heroes, but the media and many average Americans seem to be much more content with white men as heroes. In fact, because of our race and gender stereotypes white men are constructed as brave, bold, dependable, powerful, righteous, and strong -- all of the makings of a hero. Certainly the rest of us have many of those traits too, but what keeps our heroism out of sight? The contrast in the construction heroes in the aftermath of World Trade Center and Hurricane Katrina reveal how much racism and sexism shape our definition of heroism. [...] [...] In my first post on Alas I wrote about how the racism and sexism shaped the definition of heros in the wake of hurricane Katrina and 911. Here’s a quote: In the days after 9/11 I was glued to my TV, watching what seemed to be the same cable news stories over and over and hoping that someone was going to tell me why this happened. The only refreshing new stories were the ones that followed heroes — the everyday folks who risked their lives to save others. Indeed there were many 9/11 heroes, but I quickly became frustrated at how few of those who were portrayed as heroes were White women or men and women of color. I just kept thinking; the rest of us are heroes too. Certainly, the firemen and police officers who died trying to save people in the World Trade Center were heroes, but the media and many average Americans seem to be much more content with white men as heroes. In fact, because of our race and gender stereotypes white men are constructed as brave, bold, dependable, powerful, righteous, and strong — all of the makings of a hero. Certainly the rest of us have many of those traits too, but what keeps our heroism out of sight? The contrast in the construction heroes in the aftermath of World Trade Center and Hurricane Katrina reveal how much racism and sexism shape our definition of heroism. [...]

]]> By: NancyP http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2006/03/19/racism-sexism-and-heroism/#comment-101076 NancyP Mon, 20 Mar 2006 20:24:22 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2006/03/19/racism-sexism-and-heroism/#comment-101076 To tell you the truth, the Katrina heroes I remember the most are Deamonte and Jabbar, who I believe was under 20 years of age. They represent the hope of NOLA, because of their youth, ordinary background, and lack of formal rescue skill yet ability to do the obvious right thing. If they can do it, lots of ordinary people have the capacity to do it! And, of course, there were many such unsung heroes in Katrina. To tell you the truth, the Katrina heroes I remember the most are Deamonte and Jabbar, who I believe was under 20 years of age. They represent the hope of NOLA, because of their youth, ordinary background, and lack of formal rescue skill yet ability to do the obvious right thing. If they can do it, lots of ordinary people have the capacity to do it! And, of course, there were many such unsung heroes in Katrina.

]]> By: Maia http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2006/03/19/racism-sexism-and-heroism/#comment-101023 Maia Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:03:52 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2006/03/19/racism-sexism-and-heroism/#comment-101023 Those men (and those like them whose deeds were not recorded) were my heros in New Oreleans as well Rachel. The media will build up their heros, and quite frankly their heros will always serve the needs of those in power. I think we have to build up alternative heros, like you do in this post. Those men (and those like them whose deeds were not recorded) were my heros in New Oreleans as well Rachel.

The media will build up their heros, and quite frankly their heros will always serve the needs of those in power. I think we have to build up alternative heros, like you do in this post.

]]> By: Rachel’s Tavern http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2006/03/19/racism-sexism-and-heroism/#comment-262960 Rachel’s Tavern Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2006/03/19/racism-sexism-and-heroism/#comment-262960 <!--%kramer-pre%-->first post on Alas<!--%kramer-post%--> first post on Alas

]]> By: feminist blogs http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2006/03/19/racism-sexism-and-heroism/#comment-262961 feminist blogs Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2006/03/19/racism-sexism-and-heroism/#comment-262961 <!--%kramer-pre%-->over and over and hoping that someone was going to tell me why this happened. The only refreshing new stories were the ones that followed heroes—the everyday folks who risked their lives to [...] Continue reading at Alas, a blog … posted9:40 pm at Alas, a blog<!--%kramer-post%--> over and over and hoping that someone was going to tell me why this happened. The only refreshing new stories were the ones that followed heroes—the everyday folks who risked their lives to [...] Continue reading at Alas, a blog … posted9:40 pm at Alas, a blog

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