Race and racism anon meme thing
Aug. 5th, 2007 07:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dreamer_easyInternational Blog Against Racism Week begins tomorrow, 6 August. Before the week officially starts, I'd like to try something a bit dodgy.
For the next twenty-four hours, you can leave an anonymous message here with any questions you have about race or racism. IP logging is off and there are no LJ Toys or other IP-capturing stuff to worry about.
I know many people are afraid to say or ask things about these subjects, for fear of looking stupid or causing offence. I'll delete anything that's obviously just supposed to be abusive, and anything that uses insulting words, but otherwise, anything goes. POC, please be warned: that means there may be annoying, frustrating, or offensive material - you may prefer not to read the comments left here.
I can't guarantee answers to questions that are posted, but I will try to respond if I can. I won't judge or lecture anyone for honest curiosity or confusion. (Keep in mind I'm just a well-meaning White middle-class liberal, and no expert on racial issues.)
The twenty-four hours is up, folks! You can still post anonymously, but IP logging is back on. Thanks for your comments!
For the next twenty-four hours, you can leave an anonymous message here with any questions you have about race or racism. IP logging is off and there are no LJ Toys or other IP-capturing stuff to worry about.
I know many people are afraid to say or ask things about these subjects, for fear of looking stupid or causing offence. I'll delete anything that's obviously just supposed to be abusive, and anything that uses insulting words, but otherwise, anything goes. POC, please be warned: that means there may be annoying, frustrating, or offensive material - you may prefer not to read the comments left here.
I can't guarantee answers to questions that are posted, but I will try to respond if I can. I won't judge or lecture anyone for honest curiosity or confusion. (Keep in mind I'm just a well-meaning White middle-class liberal, and no expert on racial issues.)
The twenty-four hours is up, folks! You can still post anonymously, but IP logging is back on. Thanks for your comments!
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Date: 2007-08-09 02:11 pm (UTC)But that doesn't really answer the main question about the quasi-Marxist ideology that you seem to implicitly accept, and that seems to lead to identity politics and factionalisation?
Why not deal with actual racists and racist prejudices instead of buying into this bogus historicity of 'everything's a power struggle', and jumping at shadows?
We'll never get that future you look forward to if you keep encouraging a politics of 'us and them' confrontation.
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Date: 2007-08-09 09:45 pm (UTC)