Celebrity Colonialism

[internautte]

nagged from my friend's list.

Brendan O’Neill
Brad, Angelina and the rise of 'celebrity colonialism'
What gives two Hollywood actors the right to shut down an African nation so that they can have a special experience?Over the past six weeks a Western security force has effectively taken over the small African nation of Namibia. A beach resort in

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[myowndirection]

none of you know anything about what's going on there and the chief source of information is currently the tabloid press. go back to reading us weekly and drinking your frappucinos and stop acting like you're better than everybody else because you hate angelina. it's just unoriginal.

[pretzelsalt]

Having an unpopular oppinion and voicing it is not the same thing as thinking you are better then everyone else.

"their visit has been, overall, unimportant to most of the people in namibia."

You again make sweeping statments about other people's realities.

[pretzelsalt]

So if I pulled up an article from the magazine you work for that would be "proof" - but if we talk about the realities of centuries of colonialism and the layers of how it plays out that's just bullshit?

[chreebomb]

who is "he"?

[delux_vivens]

A Star is Born

nuff said

[chreebomb]

A price tag of US$3 million has been put out on the first exclusive photo of the baby by an American magazine.

A well-known former Namibian and South African photographer was last week arrested for trying to take photos of Pitt and Jolie in Swakopmund. Other members of the paparazzi were deported from the country for the same offence.

Re: nuff said

[chreebomb]

sweet fancy moses. could we focus on the issue at hand here. please. we're talking about celebrity colonialism, are we not?

[bloochik]

"She will not have dual American citizenship, only Namibian, Pitt and Jolie have decided,"

Wait so... the baby isn't gonna be an American citizen? But the kid's gonna be living in America. Does the kid gain American citizenship from having parents who are citizens? I don't understand how this works...

[keeni84]

All children born to at least 1 American parent are automatically American, no matter where they are born.