Indie 103.1 Ceases to Broadcast

Indie 103.1 was my favorite radio station, which played alternative rock music in Los Angeles. I am truly sad I will not be able to listen to their fabulous broadcasts in my car, but I will continue to listen via streaming MP3 format over the Internet at home.

Resentment. The music now playing on 103.1 is the Spanish language beats of El Gato. It seems the Mexicans and other Latin American groups are slowly imposing their language on us natives and more and more media is published and broadcasted in Spanish. Unfortunate and upsetting.

The Use of the Word "Race" and Barack Obama

I take offense to people use of the word "race" to describe primarily the skin color of people, but also the body type and shape. We are all of one race, homo sapien. "Race" is a controversial term, which comes from historical attempts to categorise people according to their skin color and physical characteristics. The word has no scientific basis for divisions into biologically determined groups. Individuals, not 'races', are the main sources of human variation.

I view Mr. Obama as the progeny of a white parent and a black parent. I do not see him as African American, although I don't quibble with others' implementation of that label. Most importantly, when I think of Mr. Obama, his skin color is not the prominent characteristic that comes to my mind, which is not the case for many people. The primary traits of his that stands out is his even temper, diligence, and intelligence.