CUNY Academic Commons | tamarzilkha | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/tamarzilkha/activity/ Activity feed for tamarzilkha. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 85abb928ea5eec8a57691f0f64c20442 tamarzilkha wrote a new post on the site blogging politics http://tamar.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2010/05/17/s-t-b-d-h-s/ Mon, 17 May 2010 06:29:39 -0400 As much as I wish it was not the only thing on my mind, the Arizona law is making me wonder if this hype is a whole lot of nothing. Obviously I think the potential problems are quite far reaching… but the more I think about it the harder of a time I have accepting […]

]]> f89518549335d65620fc725f8be9f310 tamarzilkha wrote a new post on the site blogging politics http://tamar.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2010/05/16/white-boys-in-trenchcoats/ Mon, 17 May 2010 00:49:15 -0400 Blah Blah Blah immigration… A.G. Eric Holder had to answer a multitude of questions from the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday regarding racial profiling in the new Arizona immigration bill. Although Holder did specify that he had not read the bill yet and could not comment on it, he responded to questions regarding the broader […]

]]> 38acca9a985a6d309df605a43a1c6257 tamarzilkha wrote a new post on the site blogging politics http://tamar.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2010/05/16/construction-immigration-and-getting-high/ Mon, 17 May 2010 00:43:42 -0400 There is a new building going up approximately ten feet from my bedroom window. I’ve dealt with similar construction “issues” at my last two residences, but nothing like this. It is so close, the construction workers and I are actually well acquainted. Every morning I wave my fist at them yelling anything, “go to hell!”, […]

]]> e4b12ca04ef8ee2dee1a9098d73aa0a8 tamarzilkha wrote a new post on the site blogging politics http://tamar.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2010/05/09/schwarzenegger-killer-insects-and-conspiracy/ Mon, 10 May 2010 00:43:50 -0400 Last weekend I saw the documentary ” Gerrymandering” at the Tribeca film festival. It was interesting, boring as hell, too long and a little confusing. It reminded me of a paper I could have written; the filmmaker brought up too many points without really explaining any of them thoroughly. The most clear point of the film […]

]]> dd0b8faca2428afdb4f9e6c85245bc4e tamarzilkha wrote a new post on the site In a Dangerous but Fun Profession http://tamar.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2010/04/18/concensus/ Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:42:07 -0400 tamar zilkha wrote a new blog post: [CON]Census %s

census question 9
Twice in one day I was asked to provide someone with my “race”. Dictionary.com defines race as:
1.
a group of persons related by common descent or heredity.
2.
a population so related.
3.
Anthropology.
Without going into further detail (the list goes down to #10, […]

]]> a84fd3f24fc3dd81ed38ee606402d93e tamarzilkha wrote a new post on the site Beyond the Pale http://tamar.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2010/03/01/clarification-intervention/ Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:07:39 -0500 tamar zilkha wrote a new blog post: Clarification: intervention %s

The anecdote I was addressing in a previous post, Family Politics, was that intervention for any reason that is based on a moral or ethical concern, is not good legitimate. I do not think that intervention in another state is a good thing. I see how calling all intervention wrong seems insensitive to […]

]]> 229330f5773e0adbb1655f4b1d6b69bc tamarzilkha wrote a new post on the site Cybertrope http://tamar.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2010/02/24/thanks-but-no-thanks-part-2/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:05:27 -0500 tamar zilkha wrote a new blog post: thanks but no thanks part 2 %s

Administrative policies can wedge prohibitions and fear between inhabitants of the city. Coinciding with the city’s dropping crime was what seemed like a decline the independence of its citizens.
The newest (and my personal favorite) vague, socially damaging and intellectually dulling MTA announcement is “A crowded train is no excuse for an inappropriate […]

]]> 4bb4e1484f187a86d99f6559dc0f76eb tamarzilkha wrote a new post on the site OccuPARcuny http://tamar.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2010/02/23/thanks-but-no-thanks/ Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:46:56 -0500 tamar zilkha wrote a new blog post: thanks but no thanks part 1 %s

I graduated from high school in 2002. When I came back from college for winter break, I noticed that the subways and buses had been plastered with ads for “if you see something, say something”. Although it seems obvious that these ads are specifically geared to preventing terrorism, the signs and instructions are […]

]]> 66f2c8e168d847eb459e3566c92098d7 tamarzilkha wrote a new post on the site Michael Perlman http://tamar.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2010/02/23/6/ Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:17:56 -0500 tamar zilkha wrote a new blog post: Family Politics %s

My paternal grandmother is in the hospital. Although I have a very close relationship with my father, she and I are not close and we never have been. My father’s family is from Iraq. He moved here on a student visa in 1958. His mother and brothers followed in the early […]

]]> d6e3bbf63bdab88bd9e798d4e80971fc tamar zilkha became a registered member https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/9384/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:51:49 -0500 tamar zilkha became a registered member 16 years, 5 months ago

]]>