links for 2009-05-19
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"Let's make it really clear, people. If you identify as a POC/nonwhite person and you read or watch scifi or fantasy, give yourself a name check in this thread. I am particularly wanting shoutouts from people who do not live in the US and who have still managed to read genre fiction.
I'm tired of people trying to render us invisible unless they have been given a memo about our existences."
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of
That Queer Chick wrote:
FWIW, the community is called deadbrowalking, not deadbrownwalking.
Posted 19 May 2009 at 12:20 pm ¶
Latoya Peterson wrote:
Fixed.
Posted 19 May 2009 at 12:54 pm ¶
Restructure! wrote:
It’s allowing only people with LJ accounts to post a comment.
Posted 19 May 2009 at 9:37 pm ¶
A.R.Yngve wrote:
Also check out “Derailing For Dummies”, a primer to the typical rhetorical tricks used to smother any debate about bigotry/racism/discrimination:
http://www.derailingfordummies.com/
You may be familiar with classics such as:
- “But you said the N-word once, so you’re just as bad as they are!”
- “I don’t see ‘race’!” (Also used by Stephen Colbert, but ironically — see how many use it WITHOUT irony)
- “You’re just overreacting.”
And so on and so on…
Posted 20 May 2009 at 6:58 am ¶
Persia wrote:
Restructure, it may allow you to if you have an OpenID? I have an LJ so I haven’t tried.
Posted 20 May 2009 at 11:37 am ¶
Brinstar wrote:
/facepalm at the _two_ post edits asking white people to stop posting in the thread. Reading comprehension fail.
Posted 20 May 2009 at 3:30 pm ¶