A small dose of link-suey

Aug 18, 2009 14:54

Yea! Putting the responsibility where it belongs

WTFF??? I'm sorry, but we'll need to see your genitals

And an "a-ha" moment about particular folks' reactions: That does not mean what you think it means"... I finally grokked what was going on after some thought. It's something I've always understood on a subconscious level, but never really ( Read more... )

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dana3 August 18 2009, 20:26:50 UTC
The colorblind thing remains a WTF for me. I was raised colorblind, and saw the riots as being about equality rather than necessarily skin color. (Also laughed at the hypocrisy of my parents when I brought home an other-raced date ( ... )

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elfwreck August 19 2009, 02:16:12 UTC
At its simplest and least offensive, least impressive, "colorblind" is insulting. It says to people of color, "a major part of your identity, a fact that has shaped your whole life, for which you may have suffered tremendous harm, is irrelevant to me; I'm going to pretend it doesn't exist ( ... )

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