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    Eating the Other ‘Desire and Resistance “hitters act dma that dere expres ol ma ful ubere only thw ard tm dls and rants are reson tat Paps ‘tet comply oer br buran prescipation fn place shld fom Within cureat debates about ace and difeence, mass clo is the contemporary location that both publ devlaen and perpetuates the dea that heres pleasure tobe found in the acknowledgment and cxjoyment orca difference. The commodification of theres has boenso sucessful becawelt is ffered asanew delight, more mtense, ‘more saying than nonnal ways of doing and feeling, Win com culure, ethaicty becomes spice, seasoning that Gin Even Up_ a rs mater Whe cae Canea Cor essed and made explicit asthe media, Dombands fs with a message of diflerence no longer based on the ‘white suprenacist sumption that “blondes have more fun" The real an" lstobetad by bringing the surface allthove ‘nasty unconscious 2 BLACKLOOKS fantasies and longiogs about contac with the Other embedded inthe seat (noteo sere deep structure of white supremacy. In maay Ways ‘Elsacontemporary revival of nurestiothe primitive withadtcty postmodern alan. As Marianna Tongovnick argues ‘Gone Prime: ‘Seager, Moder Lives: ‘What cler aow thatthe Wess uscnaton wt he pire astodo wits owncissin enty wthisown neediodeny demarcate subject sod objet een wl fing wi ther waye fexpesencing the unirese. ‘Cenainty fom the stcpoin of white supremacist capa pata, the hope shat desires forte “pinive™ or facases abou the Other ‘canbe continually expltied and that sochexplotaion wl crurina ‘manner that reinscrbes and macains the sats quo, Whether or oot ese for coin wth the Other, fr conteton rote a honing ‘erplearure can acta extealntrventon challenging end subvert tng rac domination, lavting and enabling eta resicance, sa police possbly. Expiring how desi forte Other is sod pnsformed by encourtess wah df. ‘nce an the diferent ia cra tenain hate indies wheres shining about mcs, gender, and sexual woking” bh the idea that racial fiends one as ‘Other and the assumpdon that sexual agency expresed win the Senter of cialized seal encounters a convenion experience thas ‘lies one's place and parcipation in coutemporry cif poles, ‘Te seductive promise ofthis encoun that wil outer the ‘exotsing force ofthe status quo tat makes Int fe, sai « ‘condtion of contsnment and dexh And that ish willagness to ‘tanigress cial boundaries within therein ofthe sexal that ral (ates te fear that one must always conf to the nom Wo seman ‘af Diference can seduce pretely because the mainstream po. Batog the Other 2 sition of sameness is 2 provocation that terres. And as Jean ‘Baudelard suggests in Fatal Srasegios Provcation~nle son, which allows thing cone io ‘ply snd appear in vcr, ul and ambigoour—doe te You feet be calls on yt reveal uc as Jou eres ‘lay acral by dentty Gad ts xo ar, oe ‘To make one’s sf vulnerable othe seduction of iflerence, to seekan encouster withthe Other, does notequte that one relingtish forever one mainstream postionaly. When mace and ethniy be- ‘come commodified as resourees for pleasure, the culnize of specific of dominating noes, gea- des, semua practices fi tel power-over in intimate elation with ‘he Other. Whlteaching at Yale, I walked one bright pring day inthe ‘downtown area ofNew Haveo, which closet campus and iavaiably brings one into contac with many ofthe poor black people who ve ‘searby and found anjelf walking behind a group of very Blond, very sn areza where racist domination of blacks by whites was Cotes on the siewalis, as white people, imally male, often jocks, used their bodies to force back people ofthe sdewal, to push ou bodies sie, withouteverlooking stus oracknowledging ou presence) Seeing unaware of ay presence, these young men talked about thet plans 0 fuccas many gis fom other racial/ethnic groups as they could each" before graduation. They ‘anit down. Black ge were high on the lt, "Nasive American gs hard won, Asin gis Gall omped into the same category, deemed easier to entice, were considered “pine ge” “Talking about this overheard convemation with my stident, found that ft was commonly accepted that ane “shopped for semtal partes {nthe same way one “shopped foc courses a Yale nd that race and ethncky was selous category on which elections were based, “To these young males and thelr buddies, fucking wa away to ‘confiontthe Other, as wellasa way to make themselves overt leave behind whte “innocence” and enter the wodd of experience" As ‘oftenthe case inthis society, they were content that non-white people ‘had mor life experience, were more worl, senrua, and sexoal Decause they were diferent. Geng a bit ofthe Other, inthis case engaging insexul encounters with noo-white females, ws coosiSered niual of transcendence, a movement ou ito a wold of difference BLACK LOOKS ‘harwould mnsfom, anacceptablese of pasage The drectobjecive Terseaony 0 senate wast boctnget in seme wry by te encounter "Naturally de presence of the Othe ‘body ofthe Other, was een as exisng to serve the ends of white ale aes. Wiking aboot the way diference le recouped inthe Westin “The Primlive’ Unconscious of Modem Ar, or White Skin, Black ‘Masis,” Hal Foster reminds readers that Pease regarded the bal object he had acquired as “wimesss" rather than as nodes" Foster ‘xiques this postioning ofthe Other, emphasing thats recognition ‘was ‘contingent upon insrumenmliy “in this way, though afinty snd we, the plmite is sentup itp the service ofthe Westen tation (rich then scent have party produced I)” A sila etlgue can ‘be made of conempomry tends in inersacal semal desire and ‘conte initiated by white males. Tey claim the body of the cloned (Ocherinstrumentaly as uneaploretenai,asymbolic frontier tat wil ‘be fertleyround for their reconsuuction of the masculine non, for sering themoclves as tansgresive desing subject. They call upon ‘the Othe tobe both wimess and pariipantin this transformation. ‘For whit boys to openly discuss thee dete for colored gis (or ‘boy publicly announces te break witha white supremacist past tat would have such desire aiculted only as taboo, a secret a bane ‘They see their willingness to openly name thle sie forthe Other 8 ‘affmation of cuftural plurality Gt impact on semval preference and ‘choice, Unite racist white men who hitorally vite the bodies of black women/vomen of color © aust their positon #8 colo. ‘lzr/conqueror, these young mea see themselves a8 now rcs, wo choose to tansgres aia boundasies within the sexual real ott ‘domioatethe Other, bu athe 0 tha they canbe acted pon, eo that ‘oes, nto da buy fe Othe, wil provide a great, mot otense ‘pleasure than aay that exits in the oroary word of one's fei ‘all group, And eventhough the conviction isthatthefaniiar woe : Ing ie et 3 et ann oven one ie ce, ‘wil reenter that world no longer the same. Romer ee acs in ia ould Clr ad Tas a ater tian vier pole moun de pega ‘exnsfomed” or a5 “a process of yearning for what one has dearoyed “it sa foc of mymaication often obscures contemponay cule sateges deployed not to moum but to celsbrate the sense of a coat of rims "Iams cutie mperalt the fom ofreenactingand rerualiingin iffereat ways the the Other rnagrenioe fn holon of socal conta wel os ‘aaovation™ Matec of young people dati by US impeca, tmnpiey. ‘me ack of economl oppor, fled bythe portaoder aa te catenton no mnt genio eenpre ey sanpsted by cual args ht lero ‘ment, particularly through commodification. The cee a eT % BLACK LOOKS sense ofspecialnes that isories and expefence once seen as worthy ‘aly of disdain can be looked upon with awe ‘Calmalaprropition of the Other asmagosfeelags of depiva- ‘Hon and lack that saulthepeyches fadical whe youth who choose to be diloyal to western ciation, gous, deemed Cther, who bave been gnored rendered nisl, can “De sedced by the emphasis on Othemese, by its commodiiction, ‘because offers the promise of recogaition and reconciaton, When “he dominant culture demands thatthe Other be offered assign that rogresive poll change s aking pace that the Ameican Drea ‘an indeed be incisive of diference, itive a remirgence of een alt cultual natonaliem. The acknowledged Other mas anime recognizable fore. Hence, isnot Afican Amedetn culture formed ‘a resisance to ‘enn, to evoke a world where black people were in harmony with Batre and with one another. This narzatve is linked to white westem ‘conceptions ofthe dare Other, no 0 a radial questioning of those ‘epredenations ‘should yout of anyother olor noknow how to move cose to ‘the Other, cr how t gen touch withthe “pekmtve," consumer clare ‘romizes to show the way Its within the commencl realm of aires ting thatthe drana of Othemess finds expression. Enopuntes with uence ted asmor ectng, orn sd cre threatening. The he isthe combination of pleasure and danger. Inthe ‘ultra mazketplace the Other is coded at having the capac to be ‘more alive as bldg the secret that wil ellow the who venture od ‘dare to break wth he cultural anhedonia fined in Sam Keen's Te ‘experiencing bappioesr) and expedence senmial and situa se- ‘sewal. Before hls unimely death, Michel Pouca the quntescatal ‘ranagrestve thinker ithe west, confested hate had real dificies| ‘experiencing pleane: z ‘iin tat ple isa very fat behavior. ts ot ple lntutioesjoyone'seall Ae sat ny thy ene Two i an I hope tie of an overdone of pcarve 2 Hd, ‘Because thins really ii nd alas he he feng ‘ar donot fleas the comple pleas ad ot ‘me Ks tdi deuth Becaee ok tht the kod of plate Batog the Other a ‘would consider as i rel pleane, would be 20 dep, 50 Jone, 20 overwhcining teal surive ke woud le ‘Though speaking ftom the sundpoint of his individual expe. ‘ence, Fouctult voces dilemma felrby many inthe west is preccly that longing for tbe pleasure that has led the white west to susan & omantc fantasy of the ‘pemlve™ and the concrete search for areal imi pansse, whether that location be a country or a body, a arc continent or atk lth, perceived ae the pesfect enbodkment ‘of tha port. ‘Within this fantasy of Othemess, the longing for pleasure is rojected a force hat can disrap and subvert te wil to dominate ltace to both mediate and challenge. n Lonaine Harsbeny’s play Las Blanc, is the desire to expedience closeness and commit that Jeads the wie American journalist Chatls to make contact ad at ‘tempt esublish a fiendship with Tehembe, the black revouonsry, (Casi sugges 1 divest himself of white supremarstprivege, (eschews the role ofcolonizs, nd mefuses racist exoiidion ef blacks “Yethe contines to assime that he alone can decide the nature ho ‘lationship wa back person Eyoing the des ofa Univeral nae eat subjec, he appeals to Tshembe by mepdiating the role of opp ‘sor, declaring, “Iam 2 man who fea like talking" When Takeabe ‘efsestacceptthe familar lationship offered Min, refnes wo saisy Chae’ longing for camaradee and contac, he is accused of ating Tinive in the recogion of devises 6s dacas—but ho ‘belive nthe ety ofthese des In ne cetry men oe ‘ahi thet congue unde rein in nother under ace 59 You and [amy rengaze he Saclene ofthe vce bth ‘aac bute avenues man weed rng ‘im becmee he wi orbecome «Moen or Gtr wo 1s bychod in Miieipl Zatenbe Denice he fs Backs suliog the essay ofthat device of cones: Ant Es obesto peal at oe exte—caey bows kee a 2 BLACKLOOKS ‘Again sod again Tahembe must make tt dear to Chases that subject to subject contact between white and Black which algnals the sence of domination, of a. 0 relationship, mst ccoerge through mutual choice and negesaion That amply by ex- -roming their die for “inmate” contact with black people, white ‘People do not eradicate the poltica of racial domination ws they are ‘ade otein pecans, "OT ‘Morual recognition of racism, Is impact bath on those wino are ‘dominated and those who dominate the only sundpolt at makes pombe an encounter between races tate not based on deat end Sao. Fortis the ever present realty of rcs domination, of wie supeemacy that readers problematic the desire of white opis toe ‘coanact wit the Other. Often isi realty that it most masked when ‘representations of contact between white ac neh, we fod ‘lac, appear in mas culture. Oe aea where the polit of dtvesty snd fs concomitant insistence on inclusive repreenton he had ‘sexous impacts advertising Now that sophisticated market surveys ofall ssces/thnicies consume produc, somaimes in a quantity Aispropononate to income, it has become more evident that these ‘atkets cin be appealed to with adventsng Mazi surveys revealed ‘thar black people buy more Pepi than othet sft aks nd ‘Wesee more Pepal commercials with Back people in than, “The world of fashion has also come fo ndentand that sling products is heightened by the expotation of Otteness, The succes, (of Benneton ads, which withthe racally diverse images ave become 8 model for various advertising pltocive this trend. Many ‘ads that focus on Othemess make ao exple comments ory solely on igual messages, bute recent ill Posed cxalogne provides a ‘excelent example ofthe way confemporiry calture expla ntont of (Othemess wit both visual images ad texte casloguecovershows ‘2imap of Bigpt Inserted ino the hear ofthe county, soto peak, a acing the Other » _¥e ld nt want our journey o be fled wit naps of antique lend Instead we wanted io edocoves our Sting 1s tis not imperialist nostalgla at tes best—poteat expresion of longing for the “primitive”? One desies a bit of the Other" to tenance the blank landscape of whiteness Nothing i aid ia the textabout Egyptian people, yet their images are epread throughout 4s pages. Often their faces are bluzed by the camera, ¢ statepy ‘which ensures that reades wll not become more enthralled by toe ‘ages of Othemess than thote of whines. The point o this photographic anempt at defamilariation isto datance us froas ‘Whteness 20 that we will im tot more intend. {nmost ofthe “snapshors "all careful selected and posed here ‘is no murual looking. One deskes contact with the thet event oa ‘Wishes boundares to remain ntac: When bodies contact one sates, ‘ouch tslimost always a whe hand doing the touching, white hands Haked, the way close fiends might lnk amma, One i an Eayptag ‘woman identified bya caption that reads “with her hisband and baby, Abmsdio Atbas, 22, leads a gypoy' lie"; the second womas Is @ ‘whitesijoned model Thee hands sigget tha thee two wencn cos cig (an cnging theme a Toe), Visalia shat the and fit wold wht women eh ae Ibe oe {Gear fcedom to rou than deter women who lve posh esples Sigaifcanty, the caalogue that followed this one focused on Norway. There the people of Noreay are act repesented, nly the soeney, Are We to assume thar whe folk from this county ares at “home” ia Norway aa they sre here so theres no need for apons sak 0 BLACKLOOKS ‘cxplanavon? in this visual tex, whiteness isthe unlyingfearare—ct {Gur Of coune, for Teeeds 1 exploit Otbemess w dexnatize ‘Sobtenesr walle in Hayps cannot incnde darkerskined model dace the pty on contrasts thats ean highigh “whites could ‘not happes aor could the explotition tht urges consunpton of the (Other whet the appetite in que the same way, ust 28 clusion of rev akioed models inthe Norway sue might suggesthat the west {s not as uli by witeness as tls visual txt suggest Easentlly speaking, bth italogues evoke a sese that white people are homo ‘Bennous aod share “white bread cua” "Thoee progressive we nelecuals who are parca cia! of ‘emesis of enty when wating eben mca, ‘ce, and gender ave ns focused thal eiques on white deny the way extention informs epresentztins of whitenass Iris alays ‘the non-white, ori some cases the non-hettroserual Other, wh is ‘gly of exendallam. Pew wht ntlecwals call tention t the way whch obsession with white consunption of tie dak Other bas served a8 2 caaiet for the resurgence of een ‘based racial and ethnic rational Back ional, wit empha 15 on black sepa, sresurpng a a response to the assumpeon that white cla impedalam end hie yearling possesthe ther ‘invading black life epproplting and violating bac cultre. Asa culmea apyropriaton of bac clr threatens to deconterualizeand {Bay en nowt fhe speci haand cl coat tine py War semble wie rac asrcypions Th the eamey “lp, aad the Long ont of Clog white ie ‘Andie Ro terre iangon Hager decention Youve ke syhinnoe_ev anyones onan ia Fallywood 8om!~And you mized exp 08 {Bred ‘em So thy dot soundlike me. Yep, ye dane ten my aes fed gone? ts 2 complaint” that Scone. pan” Yet “Enloctscmpad A datecon tate mse bern ose on aeescompiai). om Ter cog cl msogtin of te cate SOO pate ‘Alcan Ane cal rocco hat enege fon dat lack | | | j | | | ating the Other a Experience, and essentials avestment in notions of ethnic pus that ‘ude crude versions of lack nationalism, aay" ‘of eultral production enable the voix cas on-vite Oxher ‘eardbys lege mcencocrenaet nes Untpeaicayefeartines crasttrecoupe tlortsown ose ‘ais scenaofs played ot inthe fm Haart Condon when, Mooney We mci cop, ha receives heart ffom Sone a bck mano as been tying fo dessoy baste Stone ‘as sodced Chis the white cl gi tnt Mooney loves, Tasfonmed by his new “black hea,” Mooney leans how wo be mare ste, anges his antes towards ace, ec in peor Holywood aye ‘wins the gil inthe end Unabashed ecathing a proces of eaing the Other Gi ancien religous pacts among to elled “pies People, the heat of pero may be ipped out and exten oat oe ‘an embody tat pron’ pct or petal characters), nike “Hoar Conditon ese the fstadesof a ws audience a ead of the fim, Mooney, reuned with Geis rough manage apd sur sounded by Stone's caring black Ln es become the “athe ef hls fd Stone's beac baby who dt dined, te color fis father Skane, wiote ghost has haunted Moone, issaddenly"hiseey*—gooe Toveesigy, ti mainream fin suges tat pesca! ace ‘over ‘ownersi* Ge, seni possess owhite womeats hace it -thellncipi of tacism” Once Mooney cen accept and bond wih ioae ‘on the pllooentic bas of thir atta possession spl "dea for Gey the moc ong as frtechod pone aod cada trac hat haskepthem spar. Sgnficndy, pascal teodagnetiessadbonne Gntent arises eae, Japan ths ffen aversion ofl plural hat alleges can By suggesting tat the white ral’ fe wil be scheme lero ie aceepa vent. Yer alo ofcma model of change {hat el eaves a white mapremacit cpap tame though _Boanger based on coercive dominator of bck peopl Ina tat ‘whte male desire aust be sunained bythe bor Ga ths case the ‘ear of dak Other. The fntary, of couse tht labor wl no 2 BLACK LOOKS Jonge be excad ola domination, bt wil be given wig. Not supesnly, soa blac fl talked about this fa “reat The ‘young deable handsome ineligen black male (wo we neta a 1s on separ i “hung lk abetand pony) mast evo that the aging white mae can both reste ls potency Ge aan mn tbe mnspant to find replica of huge black penis nding betecn hogs) andbe more scsi snd lving.Torgovcemin reales | Gone Primitathat a cena clement in the wee fasciaion wih ‘imi ists fous on “oveoming tention from the body, festorng the body, and hence the self a relation of fll and easy tarmony wih tre re coomon is th conception ofthe “pete” andthe Black male as qulstesenlsepreseaetiv hats

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