A bit of humour

[Groundfeeder]

Better being the remote than the antenna.

That's the big toy out the backyard ... Hills I think?

 

[RooFlyer]

This could be a bit of humour or a bit of sadness, but I'll choose the former. If you can, get over the paywall and have a read of this:

Australian Catholic University defends hiring of academic who links food to racism

In case you can't, a few 'highlights'

Well, actually … from his [John Burdick] 2018 dissertation: “The foods of racialized (sic) groups are not simply used to articulate or challenge a marginalized (sic) racial positionality, but are also a central part in the construction, articulation and perpetuation of racial privilege, whiteness, and as such are central to the very foundations of the racial hierarchy.” In short: your Tuesday night butter chicken was an act of oppression.

Because according to him, white interest in ethnic food “must be read within the logic of a white supremacist capitalist patriarchy that … commodifies ethnicity and racial difference and views it as ‘spice’ or a ‘seasoning that livens up the dull dish that is mainstream white culture’”.

People who write like this walk amongst us - but presumably not at your local Thai take-away.