Kip Austin Hinton

[re: Ann Wortham meme about Obama] Well, I disagree with almost every claim in that article. First of all, the author is a strange "libertarian." Ann Wortham wrote a book claiming government should not make laws about racism. In her book, Wortham defended the right of business owners to discriminate against African Americans, or women, or the handicapped. She thinks the Civil Rights Act was unfair interference with businesses. In 1981, Wortham specifically defended " Lester Maddox, the owner of the Pickrick Restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia, who armed himself with a pistol and pick handle and ordered blacks to get off his property." ( http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/a-reviewers-notebook-the-other-side-of-racism/ ) So basically, she wants "liberty" for owners, but she opposes liberty for customers. She thought Black citizens should never have protested at Woolworth's counters. She wanted them to only "boycott" (how do you boy...

http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_15256386 Mexico blasts fatal shooting by Border Patrol agent Rock throwing led to teenager's death, US says By Daniel Borunda and Maggie Ybarra / El Paso Times Posted: 06/08/2010 10:38:18 PM MDT ... U.S. authorities said [15-year-old Sergio Adrián] Hernandez was part of a group throwing rocks at Border Patrol agents who were trying to detain two men who had illegally crossed the border near the Paso del Norte Bridge in Downtown El Paso. [actually, this information was false. it turned out they only tried to detain teenagers, not adults. and "None were carrying backpacks or appeared to have weapons... While holding down one of the Mexican boys, this agent fired shots toward Mexico." http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704256604575294950172855306.html?mod=googlenews_wsj ] [photo: this part of the Rio Grande is small, so they put a double 12-foot barbwire fence (top right of bridge photo, close-up below) that prevents entry into...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703572504575213883276427528.html in the mid 1800s when arizona was "acquired," 2/3 of population was native american. therefore, the traditional "accent" of arizona is a native american accent. half the white people in phoenix were born in a different state. they speak outsider dialects, including new york english, chicago english, and valley-girl. of course, most evaluators hired by the state speak a white, outsider variety of english. they all have accents, because everyone has some sort of accent. the question is, which accent will get you fired? Lippi-Green, Rosina (1997). English with an Accent. http://www.amazon.com/English-Accent-Language-Ideology-Discrimination/dp/0415114772 the answer is obvious: accents associated with immigrants from mexico or other latino countries will get you fired (never mind that arizona actively recruited hundreds of teachers from mexico, and convinced them to move to the state years ago...

i went to a big conference, of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) . it was tiring and overwhelming, i don't know how many people were there. tens of thousands. it's the one everyone says we (grad students) have to present papers at - so i presented a paper. met great people, learned and partied with them. saw carol lee shake her groove thing. i submitted the same paper last year, but it was rejected. so i fixed the things reviewers didn't like, and this year they accepted it. appreciate criticism. by the way, AERA finally has an opinion about something. education is part of our world. how did they make it through the 20th century without any "political" opinions (eugenics, fascism, genocide, internment camps, mccarthyism, jim crow, voter literacy tests, brown v. board, nclb, etc.)? my title: Undocumented Paradox: Activist Immigrants and the California Dream Act my abstract: IDEAS is UCLA’s undocumented student support group. My ethnography fo...

I appreciate the general point of Hanson's title: adjuncts (like me) deserve more credit. But this article seems less about thanksgiving than about his beef with tenured professors and student protesters. He accuses us (the student protesters) of not caring about injustice, and slaims we should not be protesting tuition hikes." Long-term, tuition increases will push poor and middle-class students out of UC; the only poor students at UC will be those few who get a generous scholarship. That shift is what we mean when we say it will be like a private university. In protest, we exercise our first amendment right to speech and assembly. Thank you, Mr. Hanson, for describing it as a "riot." I guess students should pay whatever the state and university ask, and if we can't afford it, we don't deserve an education. I am a TA at a UC, and an adjunct at SMC. Compared to low-wage workers at Wal-Mart or foodservice, I am paid very well - several times the minimum wage. ...

"France, a rich and geographically accessible country, has had people come to it from every corner of the globe. Many have immigrated and successfully found a home here, despite efforts to the contrary by the native population... In France, four and a half million foreigners have come from the Maghrab, from sub-Saharan Africa, from Yugoslavia, Spain, and Italy..." (Memmi, p. 10) "Similarly, the Americans, a mixture of people from everywhere, are second to none for the beauty of their babies, the creativity of their intellectuals, the know-how of their technicians and their business executives. Thus, the lesson is obvious: If we would maintain our superiority, we msut defeat purity and ensure adulteration by others." (p. 15) "I would instead reaffirm that there really does not exist a colonial relationship in whch racism is not only present but intimately linked to that relation." (p. 35) "they have always been convinced that the colonized should than...

to: hp customer service from: kip austin hinton subject: why are hp trackpads on the left side of the computer? i have a dv5000 (made in 2006). the trackpad is centered, equal distance from the left and right sides of the computer. all older models i have found had their trackpads centered. i was thinking of a new laptop. but on your website, all the models i'm interested in have the trackpad on the left side. i don't mean slightly to the left - one edge of the trackpad lines up precisely with the center, and 100% of the trackpad is to the left of that edge. at bestbuy, it was very awkward for me to reach and use the new hp trackpads, because i am right handed (fun fact: the majority of humans are right handed). to be specific: i type with my right fingers on the right side of the keyboard, so if i want to push the "enter" or "delete" button, i use my right hand, never my left hand; if i plug in a mouse, i place that mouse on the right side of the computer, ...