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Reflections on Virginia Tech, the Media, Racism (and Al Franken)

... And while I am on this topic, why not discuss how expensive prescribed medications have become, how the Bush administration made it illegal to buy prescription medications in Canada not because of post 9/11 concerns (which is how that action was spun) but to protect the profit margins of the pharmaceutical industry.

Instead of focusing on the Korean heritage of Cho Seung-hui, why not focus on whether he had access to proper medical care and prescription medication?

Why not focus on the need for universal health care, and the need for better education across the board that is focused on not stigmatizing emotional illness.

Any illness, whether physical or emotional, that is not treated is potentially dangerous.

The way in which the media coverage is shaping up on this issue is something to keep our eyes on very carefully for a several reasons.

The first is that racism is a tactic the rulers of this nation will not hesitate to employ, and the fact that the widespread outrage over the comments Don Imus made about the Rutgers women's basketball team resulted in his firing should not lull us into a false sense of secruity on the question of racism.

The second is that Cho and his family are immigrants from South Korea, and the anti-immigration movement has been built on a sometimes subtle-sometimes not racism, and the Virginia Tech tragedy could be used as a catalyst by these forces.

Finally, let's remember we have a faux Texan in the Wh...

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