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March 25, 2007
ABCCCC'S
CCCC's was an experience this year. I have to say that I didn't enjoy it as much as I did last year, due partly to arriving with work that had to be completed, and partly because sometimes you just shouldn't bring sand to the beach...if you know what I mean. I did, however, see some great panels, meet some new people, and talk to some amazing scholars. AND, I have to give props to my girl and Scholar for the Dream, Tamika Carey, who was one of ten emerging scholars chosen to receive this honor. Otherwise, my hometown was amazing, and what I felt was akin to what I imagine most tourists feel when they walk along 42nd street in awe of the illumination. The lights were beautiful, and the weather reminded me that there actually are four seasons instead of just the two we get in Upstate NY.
Next year, the conference is in New Orleans, and I came home to find the call for papers waiting in my mailbox. I have already begun thinking about what kind of rhetorical contribution I can make to the conversation concerning all of the post-Katrina changes that the state has had to deal with. Of particular interest in the current influx of Latino/a immigration due to the need for reconstruction labor, and the response they are receiving from the residents. The articles that I have read thus far talk about the resentment building because some workers feel that the new workers are making more money than the residents. To be honest, there is a problem with this latest development that exceeds the fiscal. These people are still trying to rebuild their lives, and after all of the devastation and loss already suffered, the last thing needed is a wage war with another marginalized group. What I want to know is who is pulling the strings. What corporation is responsible for this "divide and conquer" plan? And more importantly, how does it help the people of New Orleans more than the big corporations? Maybe that's where my next CCCC's paper and the rhetorical conversation begins.
It really hasn't been that long since...
Posted by dvaldesd at March 25, 2007 07:48 PM
Comments
Powerful post. Thanks for the shout. Call me, okay.
Posted by: Tamika Carey at March 26, 2007 12:13 PM