Driving to a party, after giving my paper `Bureaucratic Voices' at the AAWP conference, I heard a show about rap on Radio National. Some phrases caught my ear:
· “I’m gonna go third person—get ready for dat.”
· “The only way you can do it is tell the truth.”
· Parent: “What do you want to do when you grow up?” Child: “I wanna be a muthafuckin’ Hustler.”
At the party, I spoke about Third-World aid allocation. The most efficient way of distributing it, I was told, is to give the money to less badly-off second-tier countries, where more of it is likely to arrive at its intended destination. Secondarily, I offered, this might encourage third- and fourth-tier countries to improve their situation and thus gain access to these funds too.