So, I mentioned at the beginning of my critique of V as colonialism that I was sure PoC who've been subjected to colonialism could talk about it better than I could, and indeed, that's happened.

If you haven't, please read this excellent post by
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I guess this is sort of for International Blog Against Racism Week (the "global" theme sure didn't hurt), and part of my decision, as a result of RaceFail, to think hard about science, the cultural assumptions underlying it, and the ways that can go wrong, particularly in racist/colonialist ways. Admittedly, this is in some ways an easy cop-out - ( Read more... )