Racist cake

[rime_r]

Apparently this has gone viral so I imagine you'll be hearing about this elsewhere, if you haven't already. This is so awful that I feel like apologizing for even bringing it to your attention. Like, those could have been a few more hours or days without knowing about the racist cake thing, you know

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[rime_r]

Are comments moderated? I typed a long thing in response to you, angelvomit, and it didn't show up. Testing...

[rime_r]

I'm certainly open to hearing discussion of Linde's work not being racist. Again, this story broke recently and I think people are still processing it, and I have seen a number of different reactions expressing different opinions about where the racism resides. Like is Linde's cake/performance itself "racist" or is it the glib white people cutting up the cake and laughing, or the blog apologists telling people of color to get over it, etc. or all of the above. Was the point to show how oblivious and racist some "anti-racists" can be? I mean, in that case, it worked

[dottieneurotic]

Like is Linde's cake/performance itself "racist" or is it the glib white people cutting up the cake and laughing, or the blog apologists telling people of color to get over it, etc. or all of the above.

I think this is really the point of contention here. My initial thought is that Linde's... performance is not /racist/ (though as a black woman, I find it SO agitating and exhausting), so I do agree with angelvomit pointing out that focus on the cake/performance itself is a derail. But! I also agree with you in that it's important to talk about how women of color-- particularly black women-- have not been invited to be the key voices in this sea of "discussion", and therefore white people sitting around waxing on about how people should respond to something like this is ridiculous. For me, it's like, I don't remember asking you how you felt, even if you agree with me. I just went through some bullshit a few hours ago with a white friend who said something problematic about how POC were responding to something racist, and even though I agreed

[annamatic]

I want to say this respectfully, and I in no way mean to be contrary or argumentative. As a white person who tries to be as outspoken an ally for anti-racism as possible, reading the description of your frustration and anger with your white friend makes me wonder how we as white allies can express our... I dunno, genuine solidarity, support, visible outrage or whatever without seeming entitled to express it.

[missfuzzybunny]

This one's good. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/18/racism-becoming-the-norm-sweden From a Swedish politician of color who's been cruelly taunted by racists in the past for objecting to their humor.

As a woman living in Denmark, let me just say that this incident doesn't surprise me. Children here still read from a book called "Little Black Sambo," and the blackface parties the author mentions are not considered a big deal, nor is the use of the N word here. Surprisingly, I had thought Sweden was supposed to be much more accepting of diversity and much less tolerant of such displays than Denmark. It's normally how it's portrayed here.