For people who are not caught up on what has been dubbed RaceFail 09, Anne Somerville has an excellent and clear summary. (Claire, remember that thing I e-mailed you about awhile ago? It's still goingIt's kind of surprising for me to realize that I *haven't* posted a lot on this subject. It's been occupying so much of my brainspace recently, I ( Read more... )

nextian is running a Characters of Color Yenta Meme! Basically, you post what kind of shows/characters interest you, and then other people tell you what CoCs might work for you.

In other news, I am sick and my nose is essentially a leaky faucet. A red, chafed faucet. Bleehh. Skipping class tonight, even though I shouldn't.

Just a heads up for those in the Philedephia area that there's going to be another protest of the whitewashed Avatar casting. I can't go- California's kinda far- but I thought I'd spread the word.

I am so, so fucking angry. I didn't cry over prop 8 passing, but I am close to this crying over this bullshit about how it's the fault of Black voters that it did. (Have also seen some lovely comments along the lines of "No, don't blame black people- it was probably Latinos, what with the Catholicism." Fuck. You.) I'm not surprised to see it from ( Read more... )

So yesterday while my computer at work was down I wrote out outlines for posts I want to make for IBaRW. (Ironic, given how I completely froze up when Betty asked me to write something for G_W. ...maybe I can trick my brain into writing something for ibarw, and then adapt it? Brain, you are odd ( Read more... )

So I guess this is a good time to remind folks (and myself) International Blog Against Racism Week is coming up soon- starting August 6th. I'm hoping I can get my brain together enough to write some things which might vaguely make sense, but I definitely plan to post *something* every day that week, even if it's just links.

You know what's more fun than movies that back up blatant racist stereotypes? Movies that have someone actively *question* and *fight* those blatant racist stereotypes, and then have them proved horribly, horribly wrong when the not-actually-innocent black man they saved from death row tries to rape and murder their wife and daughter! :D Because ( Read more... )

Dr. King wrote more than one speech in his life.

We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Frankly, I have yet to engage in a direct-action campaign that was "well timed" in the view of those who have not suffered unduly from the disease of segregation. For ( Read more... )

ladyjax is calling for submissions for boom_tube, a zine on race, culture and fandom. She's looking for essays from fans of color for the first issue. Check it out.

[edit] now linking to the LJ comm.