a black momma with a white baby asks louis c.k. : my open letter to louis c.k.

[autodidactic]

Dear Louis C.K

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[rackletang]

Well put, Mama. Much love, as always.

[autodidactic]

Much love in return, sweet sister.

[fulldamage]

Among the things that I like about your written stuff, these are foremost:
A) It's sincere. You put yourself out there, admit that you might be wrong, and divulge your thought process.
B) Your sense of pacing and your voice in general have gotten better and more eloquent with each passing year.

So, nice work! I really enjoyed this, and I find myself aligning with it quite a bit. I'm never quite at ease with the notion of "colorblindness" per se - I don't get to be blind to things that impact me. And being of mixed race, I'd kind of rather the issue was engaged with, not wished away into the cornfield, right? But Louie's an amazing comedian, and if he says she's the best one for the job, I take no issue with that.

[autodidactic]

Have I improved? God, I hope so. Whenever I read my stuff, I always think of a zillion different, better ways I could have put it, a thing or two I may have added, etc.

The thing I regret not putting in there: Please Louis, don't treat your casting of a black woman as if it "doesn't matter". If I hear another white person tell me that "race doesn't matter", I will fucking kick them in the dick. Or vag. Or dickvag. Whatever.

[ennnis]

Yay! You're on LJ! I stopped using google plus so I had been missing your insights.

[autodidactic]

I'm on farcebooks too.

[ennnis]

Ha! Fair, but we're not farcebook acquiantances.