Gramsci gave us the realization that culture cultivates. Biblical stories, for example, with inaccurate all-white characters, frame people's realities without them being aware of the damage it does.
While the tomb-wall paintings in Egypt show the well travelled that the pharaohs were Black people, mass marketed movies, like The Ten Commandments, teach media consumers otherwise.
European suits, meanwhile, are lifted up to young students, and the world, as the standard of professionalism, which frames their world view within the direction of the status quo, that has worked to divide and conquer the masses. 
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STILL MAKING WAVES. The thinking of the 20th-century revolutionary, who died in 1937, that I still find both useful and inspiring, is being quoted far and wide today, sometimes with little understanding. This piece is better than many.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/quote-of-the-day-by-antonio-gramsci-the-strongest-and-most-effective-force-in-guaranteeing-the-long-term-maintenance-of-power-is-not-learn-the-profound-lesson-from-the-imprisoned-italian-thinker-who-exposed-how-societies-surrender-freedom-quietly-through-consent-culture-and-invisible-power/articleshow/131350180.cms?utm_source=facebook_web&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialsharebuttons Previous Message
I LIKE HER!
I LIKE HER!
My stereotyping: I have something for progressive & radical Asian-American females. They just go against the so-called conservative/reactionary Asian-American community stereotype we read about. Props to her!
WAIT...did he say she's leading in the Democratic primary race for governor? Did I hear that correctly? Gosh!!
KEEP HOPE ALIVE!
So cool to read an Antonio Gramsci quote on LLC. Yaaaay
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