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September 22, 2008 |Permalink |Comments (3)
Time is Wrong
Reposted from One Year Ago!!!
A report on national service by one of our national news magazines is a good thing but what message do Time's editors choose to emphasize with the cover art?
National Service is, or could be, a good thing. (Full disclosure, I never served in the military, Peace Corp, Vista or any other kind of National Service myself.) The problem is that the magazine slants its National Service coverage toward the issue of youth and service and away from what elders are already doing to advance the common good. This framing is consistent with the dominant cultural theme which says: "Old Age Equals Decline." If that was true (and it is not) then the only hope for our society would lie with the young. In fact, we live in a time when there is an unprecedented opportunity for young and old to be together, work together and make change together.
The model who sat as Rockwell's model is now an 83 year old grandmother. The iconic image of the original "Rosie the Riveter" remains powerful image because, even six decades after it was made, it retains the capacity to remind us that some things are worth struggling for and sometimes the struggle for the good can be found close to home-- in our own neighborhoods and communities.
So- in the spirit of Time's Rosie Remix, I have a challenge for UMBC's Visual Arts/Graphics Majors--- Make me a remix of the Time cover that gives that poor woman on the cover a mighty mane of Gray Hair and some wrinkles. Send your Remixes to me at wthomas@umbc.edu and be sure to put "Remix" in the Subject line. I will post the best of them on this blog.
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What a splendid idea! Elderspouse and I have been knocking ourselves out on voter registration. There's some on our blog and about to post more.
People over sixty are a great untapped resource--some do not know how to connect to places that need them, others have different ideas about ways to help than those developed by ('cuse me) boomers and younger folks.
A revised graphic image would be wonderful. Please let me know when it's revealed.
Financial markets fall, wars abroad rise, creating special challenges for most of us to focus on our commonalities, rather than our differences. Yet what an opportunity for young and old to partner. Maybe the National Service is based on a "partnering for the future" which pairs an elder with a younger person!
I hate to chime in again with a comment about the ongoing presidential campaign, but I encountered another Time article while reviewing recent news articles about national service that I thought was interesting.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1840733,00.html
On September 11th Obama and McCain took questions at the ServiceNation Presidential Forum at Columbia University. During the event Senator McCain made an interesting statement about senior citizens and public service.
According to the article he said that "People are living longer, and they're more active and vigorous. And I'm here to tell you that's a fact." After delivering this line he feigned dozing off, choosing once again to employ declinist stereotypes in an attempt to differentiate himself from the 'old people' in America.
Regardless of the punchline and its purpose, at least someone is drawing attention (even if it's inappropriate) to older Americans and public service. Perhaps Obama mentioned it at the forum as well, but either way I wanted to note that public/national service by older Americans is being discussed.