Slate has an interesting article about the emergence and categories of the religious left. Of course, as with any taxonomy, broad generalizations are made, but at least we're getting some mainstream press attention. I found myself identifying with more than one classification - how about you?
And as a good Iliff grad, I have to point out that describing African-Americans and Hispanic/Latino people as "ethnic" implies that white European descent is the standard or norm, instead of having its own array of ethnicities and cultural backgrounds. We (and by we, I don't just mean white people) need to come up with better language to describe our diversity that does not reinforce white privilege by keeping it invisible.
On a fictional note, a bittersweet end to the Santos-McGarry campaign last night... It's too bad the West Wing producers have slowed the pace down so much this season to build to the finale. It's getting hard to imagine what they'll spend the last few episodes on. (Will next week really be only about Leo's funeral? Let's hope not.)
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