Comments on: A reason to vote along racial lines http://blog.oup.com/2011/05/allstar-game/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Tue, 21 May 2013 18:35:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Of Sports and Social Justice: An Interview with Rebecca Alpert | Studies.me http://blog.oup.com/2011/05/allstar-game/#comment-226442 Of Sports and Social Justice: An Interview with Rebecca Alpert | Studies.me Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:37:13 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=16655#comment-226442 [...] Show and the New York Times, a lesbian feminist like me will feel quite central. But when I wrote a blog about boycotting the baseball All-Star Game because it was played in Arizona, and that blog was [...] [...] Show and the New York Times, a lesbian feminist like me will feel quite central. But when I wrote a blog about boycotting the baseball All-Star Game because it was played in Arizona, and that blog was [...]

]]> By: Nina Moreno http://blog.oup.com/2011/05/allstar-game/#comment-223442 Nina Moreno Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:03:05 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=16655#comment-223442 It would be fascinating to execute some power mapping of who will profit from the 2011 All Star game, including their connections to the Arizona state legislature. I bet this would propel a campaign to stop SB 1070. RB and JB: Thank you for your comments. RB: Here's a great resource to research players: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/players/. JB: Respectfully, I disagree with your position. SB 1070 exchanges the security of Arizona's communities of color to buy false comfort for a state that is on the brink of economic collapse. Observers across the political spectrum have acknowledged that SB 1070 will legalize the racial profiling of Latinos and communities of color by giving police license to stop anyone and ask for their papers under a vaguely defined "suspicion" of undocumented status. President Obama has characterized SB 1070 as "misguided" and threatening to "undermine the basic notions of fairness". This law is unconstitutional- and Arizona's state legislature should not be supported in this endeavor. The feds have taken a position against this law, explicitly. It is up to people like us to challenge this law, in every way possible. It would be fascinating to execute some power mapping of who will profit from the 2011 All Star game, including their connections to the Arizona state legislature. I bet this would propel a campaign to stop SB 1070.

RB and JB: Thank you for your comments.

RB: Here’s a great resource to research players: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/players/.

JB: Respectfully, I disagree with your position. SB 1070 exchanges the security of Arizona’s communities of color to buy false comfort for a state that is on the brink of economic collapse. Observers across the political spectrum have acknowledged that SB 1070 will legalize the racial profiling of Latinos and communities of color by giving police license to stop anyone and ask for their papers under a vaguely defined “suspicion” of undocumented status. President Obama has characterized SB 1070 as “misguided” and threatening to “undermine the basic notions of fairness”. This law is unconstitutional- and Arizona’s state legislature should not be supported in this endeavor. The feds have taken a position against this law, explicitly. It is up to people like us to challenge this law, in every way possible.

]]> By: J Bloomberg http://blog.oup.com/2011/05/allstar-game/#comment-223383 J Bloomberg Sun, 19 Jun 2011 05:56:43 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=16655#comment-223383 ***Immigration rights groups have called for a boycott,*** Why? Arizona is actually trying to enforce immigration law and should be supported in its endeavours. The real villains are the Federal government who turn a blind eye to the law being broken. ***Immigration rights groups have called for a boycott,***

Why? Arizona is actually trying to enforce immigration law and should be supported in its endeavours. The real villains are the Federal government who turn a blind eye to the law being broken.

]]> By: Regina Bannan http://blog.oup.com/2011/05/allstar-game/#comment-222018 Regina Bannan Fri, 27 May 2011 01:49:06 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=16655#comment-222018 Finding these players is definitley a higher-order task for those of us unfamiliar with teams or positions. I went lower-order and guessed who might be Latino, except for the three Phillies. I did give one vote away -- for Ryan Howard. Finding these players is definitley a higher-order task for those of us unfamiliar with teams or positions. I went lower-order and guessed who might be Latino, except for the three Phillies. I did give one vote away — for Ryan Howard.

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