Friday, March 18, 2011

NPR Ethno centricism?

I listen to my local NPR station daily except when I'm listening to my local Latino station/s and frequently I hear the announcers making reference to it's listeners who work in "offices" as if there were no OTHER place to work and no other listeners EXCEPT "professionals" who work in an "office" and use a "computer" to do everything.

I happen to be an intelligent, middle aged, non-hispanic, white male who has always worked at low wage, unskilled jobs that are nowhere NEAR an "office" or a "computer" except those items used by the manager or boss! It's about time NPR and the rest of the professional class look around them and learn to see the many Americans who are learning-disabled, too poor for college, recent immigrants, skilled tradespeople and so on who're never the less, just as interested in world affairs, culture, literature, Art, Music and political insight as the professional class pretends to be.

Next time you refer to "your loyal listener's" occupations, why not mention those listening on the factory floor, the body shop, the work-station, the restaurant kitchen and so on. We Think too, Get used to it.

No comments: