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[tielan]

catechism's post here. It even comes complete with a "the internet is not the place to discuss these things" argument in the comments (not her comment, someone else's).

I'm tired of reading about RaceFail. It's exhausting and painful and it pisses me off. I've been reading about it and reading about it and reading about it every day for... what, six weeks or something, probably more. And it's very tempting to just... not. To say, "you know, this doesn't have anything to do with me, and it harshes my squee, so I'm just not going to click on these links."

And hi, that right there? That's my privilege talking.

And seperis, who elaborated on why Elizabeth Bear's assumption that we can stop talking about this now because she's tired of it is privileged bullshit:

This entire thing--it just made it so easy for white people to really get this you know? Let me tell you how easy it was; all it took was methodical and malicious attacks on POC so they had no choice but to respond. All it took was over two months of watching in interest while they struggled to make a simple concept understood, sometimes in single syllable words because God knew going polysyllable was too emotional or too intellectual or something, and cost me absolutely nothing but some uncomfortable moments and got me a new book list (hey, thanks for that!). I had the marvellous opportunity to sympathize with my flist and show support.

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[beatrice_otter]

synecdochic has an excellent post from a White perspective about "What I have learned from these conversations about race." Might also be a good place to steer White folks looking for a primer on what to do and say (and what not to do and say).

[beatrice_otter]

synecdochic has an excellent post from a White perspective about "What I have learned from these conversations about race." Might also be a good place to steer White folks looking for a primer on what to do and say (and what not to do and say).