I got all posty and thoughtful a while ago about RaceFail 09, and then my posts on race and racism stopped. I haven't stopped reading, or thinking, or looking our for, or noticing. I've just run out of spoons to gather all of that into articles I can then go on to defend or explain further. I have to say more than grawr: racism=bad or grawr: racism ( Read more... )

I haven't posted, mostly because by evening, when my Daily Posts would be made, I am so tired and headachey I can't face making the post. Anyway, I am over the flu and embedded in yet another RaceFail, now with added mammoths.

Positive things do actually come out of these heated online discussions. For example, here is a list of recommendations for ( Read more... )

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This post expands on points I recently made in a comment. It answers a question that hasn't so far been asked, but I can feel it hovering in the background and I've had to also ask it of myself. Why have I suddenly decided to speak about racism, after being completely silent on the subject until just now? What's my motivation? What do I, a white ( Read more... )