Rosie Revisited
First Rosie was on Brian Lehrer. Then we blogged about it. Then she led a panel at WNYC. Then New York Magazine cornered her and blogged it. Here’s a clip from the New York Mag post: Perez got pretty slammed on the Brooklyn blogs for her comments. As much as I find Rosie Perez to…
First Rosie was on Brian Lehrer. Then we blogged about it. Then she led a panel at WNYC. Then New York Magazine cornered her and blogged it. Here’s a clip from the New York Mag post:
Perez got pretty slammed on the Brooklyn blogs for her comments. As much as I find Rosie Perez to be a decent actor, sexy and certainly part of NYC’s charm, I must say comments like these make me want to kick her in the shins, wrote one commenter on Brownstoner. We cornered Perez after the show, and she was happy to clear up what she worried was a hostile comment. What I really wanted to say was that, yes, I’m nostalgic for the past, but I’m also excited about the present and hopeful for the future,” she explained. “Things do change. Water always has to flow or else it becomes stale. But with change, you can bring along some of the good minerals that came from the top of the waterfall.” She said she’d read some of the blogs and seen the nasty comments. “I think it’s their guilt of being the gentrifiers. They don’t know how to take it,” she said. “But I had to look at myself and I realized it came off a little hostile, to be honest.
Her parting words? “Even if you’re in a bad mood, just give me a nod. We’ll do one better: Come to the Flea tomorrow, Rosie, and we’ll buy you a pupusa!
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Thanks for showing your true colors Santa. Your a real “class act” as racists go.
dave,
I dont know your neighbors better than you do I just lived in the south for 16 years and understand how southeners act. I would bet you 100 bucks your neighbors have relatives that came from the south to new york. Im not saying they are fake but they are acting they way they do because of this southern connection they have. They say “hello” “thank you” “pardon me”. I also would have to assume that these people you speak of are all over 50 and relavlity well off.
also how am I a douchebag? this whole thread is about assuming how people act and think that we’ve never met.
also if you havent spent a good amount of time in the south you have no idea what im talking about.
no one is being racist against white people dipster! as a “degentrifier” of park slope myself, i experience no such hatred because im white. i do however experience on a daily basis dirty stares, comments, and a general nasty attitude by the stereotypical stroller moms. and yes they were there before i moved to park slope. but that’s not the point. the point is the that snooty attitudes of some MUST BE TAKEN DOWN A NOTCH. and it WILL happen, believe me.
*park slope degentrifier*
*rob*
rob,
heres the problem. These people buying million dollar homes make up maaaaybe 5% of the population of these areas. Chances are you will not see or meet them on a daily basis or even a weekly. Many of these white homeowners might have bought 10-15 years ago. This sense of entitlement is carried on both sides of this shitfest. If Parez was hanging out in the park and I came up with my soccer ball and friends and asked her ass to move she would yell and thrown a bitchfit. Seriously, fuck this rich lady. She is just as high and mighty as these rich home owners shes complaining about.
also about bensonhurst and bayridge. Every italian I have met from these areas is pissssed about all these new people. They have been completely taken over and the reason all of the new comers dont complain is that they are in the same boat. New comers in a new area. If white people didnt jack up prices in these areas I would assume they would be filling up with asians and arabs. The Hassids have already taken over north bed stuy.
I suspect that we’re not actually far apart at all Brooklynista. I took your first post about not posting as, well, a non post and waste of space.
The last one weas something that I certainly agree with you on. If anything, a forum like this shows you other people’s true feelings or maybe just a made up internet personna to bait others, either way, the disuccion is valid for lack of other more face to face and probaly unrealistic in this day and age forums.
thanks for trying to connect, perhaps I mistook other times for something else.
This is silly to me – if there were white people from Park Slope complaining about “degentrification” in their neighborhoods – people moving in who happened to look different from them who don’t act the way they want – it would be considered extremely racist.
No different here – when on earth did it become impossible to be racist towards white people?
Neighborhoods are dynamic and always changing. I always try to be a good neighbor wherever I live – but i’m sick and tired of the sense of entitlement, covert racism and flat out lying I hear when it comes to this issue.
I knew we wouldn’t be disappointed with your response, What. As ignorant as Broklin.
As I said when it posted it, the question was sincere. (Whether you choose to believe that or not is up to you). But, I was not expecting there to be a “right” answer. And, Benson, that question was meant for Broklin as much as much as it was meant for anyone else. I also thought it to be a question that might make for an interesting secondary discussion about the particular challenges and rewards of online communications on really tough subjects, in general.
DIBS– you may be right when you say that people who think that discussions of race and class on online forums is inappropriate should just not post. Indeed, I’ve pretty much adopted that strategy on this forum. (On some others I frequent, not as much). Although, I admit that, from time to time, I can’t help myself from wading into the fray with my POV here. Fact is, I grew up in an activist, working class family during the Civil Rights era. As a result, I’ve been dealing with these issues both personally and professionally my whole life. So, it’s hard for me to keep my mouth entirely shut — even when I can’t see the benefit of opening it to me — or to anyone else! 🙂 Which again, kind of goes back to why I asked the question in the first place. My own hunch about the answer is that somewhere, underneath all the garbage that we sometimes manage to sling at each other in anonymous fashion when we’re on this subject is really nothing more than an attempt to get others to notice our hurt. And, yes, I believe we’re all hurtin’ whether we are white, black, brown,red, yellow, other, gay, straight,trans, young, old, rich, poor, yada, yada, yada! But, yeah, now, I know I’m probably getting into ” feminine”,”touchy- feely”,or unsnarklike territory by going down this road. (Which I also know is not PC here). So,at least for now, I’ll just put that thought out there and retreat.
One last thing for DIBS — I’ve made a few feeble attempts to “connect” with you on this forum to no avail. I take it from your posts that we can be pretty far apart on these race and class issues and yet, I sense that, as just people living in Brooklyn in 2009, we are probably a whole lot closer than surface impressions might seem. Just a thought. FWIW, though, I will continue to post — as you do — when moved to and not by whether others invite my opinions or not. Peace out.
You mean like people who move to Park Slope and rant about strollers and moms? Your popsicle stick is showing. Read again Rosie’s comments. All about race. This thread is like Groundhog day meets Do the right thing.