I wanted to note here a couple of things about my own relationship to writing about race-oriented power disparities as well as share a portion of a comment I made in a locked LiveJournal community about race and racism.
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Okay, so maybe I should rename my blog to Angry Halfbreed Queer Chink or something. When it comes down to it, after the anger or frustration subsides, what I’m left with is disappointment. (I should note that I am trying to recover from a bout of food poisoning today, so if I sound/read a bit off, that [...] Now, believe me, I know y’all are largely intelligent, curious, moral (or at the very least, expert, differently moral) people. I know that you are good at your chosen professions and passionate and ecstatic at your chosen hobbies. I know that you are capable people who really wish to and by and large do do [...] I’m copying/pasting the entirety of my answer here because sometimes comments are deleted from Ask Metafilter if they’re deemed “off-topic” by the moderators. Anyhow, the original question is here. Essentially this straight white guy read “Unpacking the Invisible Backpack” and is looking for more resources to self-educate, having had eyes open a bit. Or at least it feels like again, though maybe it isn’t actually again. Maybe only in my head. It echoes a lot in there when I think stuff like this because it should be obvious, and it never actually seems to be, so the echoing is usually due to the strident rage that’s incipient. Unfortunately, I [...] |
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