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It’s been an informative few days. I want to declare publicly that while I am Hanne Blank’s partner, her words are hers and mine are mine. Any conflation of the two is solely the responsibility of the conflater. Otherwise, I need to take leave of the discussions about activism, race, racism, etc. These discussions are getting too [...] Apparently we’re having that discussion again (this link is from 2007, probably around June). Cultural appropriation discussions are very fraught. Start here. Author’s response here, both with many other links available. (I should note that I am one of the author’s friends, but that I know she is strong enough to pick her own battles [...] According to the Chronicle of Higher Education anyway (abstract). (a short-term link will potentially be available for up to 5 days here) The article basically talks about how we’re assimilating with the white folks. The shame of it is I will no longer be able to scream, “WHERE THE WHITE WOMEN AT!?” and have it be remotely [...] 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 [...] Can’t do much with it for 24 hours (comments)/a week (diaries), but I do have more political things (about race, about party unity) to say and I think I need to say them there. Here’s the account. |
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