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Is That a Tattoo?

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How many people do you be versed with tattoos? I know plenty of them, and they represent almost every sundry ethnicity, age group, level of education and set of interests you could recollect of. According to a 2003 survey by Harris Interactive, more than 16 percent of Americans have tattoos. With over 300 billion people living in the U.S., that rounds out to at least 48 million tattooed Americans. That's a lot of people.

But what are the first images that distributed to mind when you think of tattoos? Even though I think they are incredibly quiet, I tend to think of large and intimidating people, superficial tattoo parlors and gang activity. This isn't for detail, and I know that. So why do I think that way?

Maybe it's because both of my parents disapproved of tattoos and raised me that way, or possibly it goes deeper than that. There is some sort of strange brand attached to tattoos in our society that is difficult to disclose.   

Recently, for occurrence, there has been a bit of outcry from the public about a tattooed Barbie doll. A late model came with a sort of toy tattoo gun, and a accumulator's edition Barbie with pink hair was completely covered in them. Parents threw a fit —Barbie was corrupting their invaluable daughters. I just want to know why this is such a big take care of to some people.

Source: The Rotunda

Barbies and Barrios

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Sociologists be acquainted with this as residential segregation. Banks knew it (and may still) as “redlining.” Cops positive it as where trouble is likely to happen. BMW dealerships discern they need to put their businesses in particular locations. Want and ethnicity are often linked, even in a place like El Paso where more than 80% of the people calls themselves Hispanic. Pablo Vila, a former comrade of mine, noted that a synonym for poverty in El Paso was Segundo Barrio; no one ever says Substitute Ward, even Anglos.

A few years ago, one of my students brought in a series of mocking cartoons about new Barbies from different parts of El Paso. The cartoons at appeared, to the best of my knowledge, in Newspaper Tree in January, 2008 . Here’s a sampling of the texts, accompanied by pictures of the Barbies with some of her accessories. Westside Barbie is a princess who can only be purchased at Sunland Greensward Mall. She comes with or without a facelift and tummy tuck. Further Valley Barbie can only be purchased after dark and in cash. She comes with a 9 mm. handgun and has been recently paroled. Montana Barbie wears Wranglers too peewee and has a Tweety bird tattoo. Eastside Barbie comes with either a BMW or an H2, her own Starbucks cup, accept card, and country club membership. There were Barbies for Chaparral and Significant as well. You get the idea, you get the stereotypes.

Source: Borderzine