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The executioner’s face; or, “Me and you” in Mellencamp’s “Jena”

October 7, 2007 in Jena 6, Mellencamp, complicity, empathy, racism, responsibility, tintin | 2 comments

So, according to the AP, the mayor of Jena Louisiana is incensed over a new song John Mellencamp has released in front of his upcoming album. In multiple stories we’ve heard that Mayor Murphy R. McMillin is angry about what he has repeatedly referred to Jena’s unfair treatment at the hands of media and activists (I’m surprised we haven’t been subjected to hearing about “activist media” in the wake of this case!)

But this time, apparently, someone has gone too far, Mellencamp. Or as McMillin put it to the AP:

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Tintin, nostalgia, and the question of harm

July 13, 2007 in complicity, empathy, race, tintin | 4 comments

tintin in the congo

John over at Theory My Culture has a nice post on the recent brouhaha over a British group asking Borders to remove Tintin in the Congo from shelves.

(And don’t worry, I’m not jumping on the tintin hate bandwagon lorry… I’ve hated this tintin shit my whole life!)

At the center of his post, John asks an interesting question: Read the rest of this entry »