Richard Blanco, Symbol of Diversity, Selected As Obama’s Inaugural Poet | TIME.com:
When I read his "poem", all I hear is self-indulgent whining against reality. How dare, how dare America (once) have a recognizable racial and cultural shape that does not match my little victimist immigrant ego?
Which is now the only reason you were chosen.
The essence of "diversity."
Mr. Blanco writes: My poetry and I are not exclusively aligned with any one particular group—Latino, Cuban, queer, or "white."
Notice who gets the honor of the scare quotation marks.
What a total piece of crap.
And you can apply that to what or whomever you want.
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When I read his "poem", all I hear is self-indulgent whining against reality. How dare, how dare America (once) have a recognizable racial and cultural shape that does not match my little victimist immigrant ego?
Which is now the only reason you were chosen.
The essence of "diversity."
Mr. Blanco writes: My poetry and I are not exclusively aligned with any one particular group—Latino, Cuban, queer, or "white."
Notice who gets the honor of the scare quotation marks.
What a total piece of crap.
And you can apply that to what or whomever you want.
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