Date: Thu, 02 Nov 1995 19:59:55 -0600 (CST)
Subject: OR the author of this crap is really as ignorant and offensive


Actually, i find your response offensive not the joke/serious request.  
After listening to Homi Bhabha "blah-blah" :) for an hour on friday at Rice 
i think that he would not take offense either.  although the talk,  many 
including myself thought/felt, was long and difficult and not entirely 
transparent, I thoroughly appreciated his presence and his blahblahblah 
about fanon, diane's identification papers, etc.  

but, it was Homi B. that made the first comment about how long and difficult 
his talk would be.  In a reflexive and humorously made gesture he 
recommended that everyone was welcome to use the exit if they get saturated 
with his blahblah.  Actually, I thought of asking Hamid (the rice conference 
organizer) --- hello! Hamid! are you out there?!) to send the two requests 
to Homi.  Certainly he is not the type to get offended!  why?  WHY?  on the 
contrary he could make excellent use of it as material for his next invited 
and brand name lecture.  His opening at rice was about the president of 
portugal breaking his arm to congratulate him over H.s talk; what better 
material now to loosen up the crowd?  but, then again, since all of us have 
already heard the joke....

why get offended?

q.



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