Found it!

[dreamer_easy]

Nisi Shawl's Transracial Writing for the Sincere, archived at the Wayback Machine. (Alas! The Speculations Web site is no more.)

Turns out Ms Shawl has also co-written a book on the subject: Writing The Other, which is available from the publishers for a pittance ($9).

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[http://users.livejournal.com/_bigjobbies_/]

a little off topic I suppose - and a bit of a 'how NOT to write the other' - hae you read Said's Orientalism or Reporting Islam ?

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

OMG I SO NEED TO READ "ORIENTALISM". SO SO SO MUCH. *collapses under a pile of unread books*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bigjobbies_/]

:)
I struggled through it many years ago - his writing on Israel/Palestine is also just bloody wonderful (and a damn site easier to get through)

It's here too

[nisi-la.livejournal.com]

Glad you found my essay online. It's also included as part of the Writing the Other book.

I should really find a way to post it on my website....

Re: It's here too

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

OH HAI :) That essay was a godsend - I still have a printout somewhere. Cheers!