Archive for the ‘Writings on Race’ Category
Monday, March 16th, 2009
Let's see... Themes for the week:
Dying
Race
Both located in my sense of family and the way people should be treated. Why is it that the individual at the centre point is so often ignored? While the absolute focus doesn't need to be there, it is the touchstone. Conversations radiate out from ...
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Monday, March 16th, 2009
So, like a fool I log on before I've had coffee or taken my morning shit. STOOOPID.
Some dude comes online: Some black kids in a cafeteria were using it and a white teach said she was offended and the kids looked at her.... and, what if the word in play ...
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Sunday, March 15th, 2009
So I've been reviewing and processing a couple of bad racist experiences that I had some time ago.
Arguing on FetLife will do that.
At one point I was having a conversation with someone and I said something like "there's a difference between political correctness and racial awareness ya know!" Now... I ...
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Sunday, March 15th, 2009
Why the FUCK can't I just let things slide and not get involved?
http://fetlife.com/groups/541/group_posts/115084
My most recent response to this thread on why can't certain words (nigger) be used in conversations around racism. Why? 'Cause focusing on the word is NOT focusing on the CONCEPT under discussion! Excuse me while I ...
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Friday, March 13th, 2009
A friend of mine, EM, emailed me this week to rhetorically scream about engaging in fruitless battles on FetLife. The question prompting her email? Is Poly Queer. In this case it was heterosexuals appropriating the land queers stand on. "How do I get sucked into these things?" she asked.
I read ...
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Friday, March 13th, 2009
From: Leather Journey
by Chris M (Black Rose) and Lady Medora (NOPE)
In fairness, we don't want to suggest that leatherfolk are inherently rude people. The scene, as wonderful as it can be, contains many subtle and seldom discussed "stress factors" that contribute to uncivil behavior. Like water over a stone, these ...
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Friday, March 13th, 2009
Do you remember when you first saw this piece? It came to me in email what seems like loooong ago. I've thought about this because of experiences I had at conferences I've been travelling to over the past year and a half. I've looked for a way to get permission ...
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Sunday, February 8th, 2009
February’s issue of Kink-e-Zine, honouring Black History Month, has just launched, & it has shaped up to be one of the biggest issues yet! For some of us, it’s a beautiful tribute, & for other it’s a valuable education---regardless, they are proud to present it to you.
Features on the inside:
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Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
I've been screaming about the intersection of race and BDSM for a bit (not as loud as some though!) Even at this past weekend's event I brought it up. No surprise when it came to the response of the participants. One of the presenters, Rope, who is Native American, lobbed ...
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Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
LOVE this:
http://www.illdoctrine.com/2008/07/how_to_tell_people_they_sound.html
A wonderful video. I stole the link from a friend who posted it to Facebook. Someone commented that they were confused because there was no need for the Vlogger to "act Black". I thought... REALLY?! Did you see the same video as me? GAWD.
Promise I'll write about my time ...
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Monday, November 10th, 2008
I am SOÂ fucking frustrated.
How is it that I am hear shit from queers about how "they" could vote for a Black man but "black people" didn't vote for Prop8?
SAYÂ WHAT?!
Like, even if one does the math and assumed that EVERYÂ black person voted (including those who inellgible like children), and EVERYÂ black person ...
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
... and may those around him remember that he inherited the legacy he is responsible for from not only a different man but a different party.
A short honeymoon methinks.
Keep him safe.
Keep him safe.
Keep him safe.
What now?
Damn... McCain yapping on TV. I'd like to kick him. ALL about race. Fucker. Make ...
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
I'm a Canadian. So I can't vote. But I did participate in the Global Electoral College:
http://www.economist.com/vote2008/index.cfm
This is a historical moment for the world I think. Hopefully I'm not just full of media and pop culture brain washing. I don't think so.
I was born two years after, almost to the day, ...
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Friday, October 10th, 2008
GAH!
http://www.headostate.com/
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Well meeting the author of the blog Stuff White People Like was very interesting. Started blogging January 8, 2008 and had a printed book by June 6, 2008. More abut that another time. He did mention that all kinds of lists had sprung up in imitation. So I googled:
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
The author of the blog/book "Stuff White People Like" is reading at 7pm tonight at the Chapters on Robson. http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/
I'd really like to go. Interested?
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
SO EXCITED!
Here's my planned schedule for BlackBeat so far:
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
Soon I'll be on my way to Black Beat. A conference I've been wanting (and fearing) to attend for five years or so.
http://www.blackbeatinc.org/
I can't wait to surround myself with black kinksters. To be able to walk into a space where I don't have to explain so many things about how ...
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Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
[emerging from the shadows of listening]
I been tracking some of the writing that has appeared since I return to writing with tales of the texture that my life has on a "this is 2008!?" level.
It always amazes/amuses me what people will speak to or address and what they won't. The ...
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008
How do I know?
'Cause the gauntlet was throw down to show up. To acquire some skills. To GET IT. And to have the courage to figure out what that meant to move through the world so that complicity is not a part of what I have to deal with in ...
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