Postcolonialism at work in the West

Check out the video clips from YouTube. They relate to the previous post about Racial Profiling at UCLA. Is racial profiling a new excuse for being singled out? Does the term give minorities something that can help them attack the mainstream at their will? Or is it indeed something needs to be dealt with? A large, societal problem that encompasses the way in which the mainstream views minorities. The way minorities view one another. Does it lead to less trust? More hatred? How do these perceptions of deviance become ingrained in the societal psyche? I'll try to answer some of these questions in future ... Read Full Story

Here is a story from YahooNews. It's about a UCLA student of Middle Eastern who was tasered by a campus police officer. Was it a case of mistaken identity? Was it racial profiling? Was the student provoking the officer? Was the student standing up against an oppressive, racist, and predatory governmental regime? However the incident began, and however it will end, we know one thing for certain: Today's climate in the US breeds 2 things: suspicion of "the new brown man" by the mainstream, and suspicion of the mainstream (and the government) by "the new brown man." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061117/ap_on_re_us/student_stunned Read Full Story

This is a transcript from PEW research discussing the ins and outs of the Veil Controversy in 2004. This is a good example of the incongruencies between the "Western World" and Islam, and their conceptions/understandings of one another. The Veil Controversy: International Perspectives on Religion in Public Life http://pewforum.org/events/index.php?EventID=55 Read Full Story

A few short words on profiling. It's really easy to say as a white American that racial profiling is a good idea in some instances. It's really easy because white Americans have no fear of being profiled. Imagine, however, someone stopping you in an airport or in traffic because you were a member of an ethnic group of which several members have performed or are performing serial criminal acts. Would you not resent the implication that just because you're a member of that ethnic group, you have some part in those activities? Let's also be clear about something. There's racial profiling, then there's criminal ... Read Full Story

The PCD Edge system from Methods EDM, Sudbury, Maine profiles polycrystalline diamond (PCD) cutting tools using a Fanuc iC series wire EDM machine. The system, which can create original profiles or resharpen worn PCD-tipped tools, consists of programming/ probing/cutting software, a microfinish power supply/generator optimized for cutting PCD, a Hirschmann rotary axis, a Renishaw probe [...] Read Full Story