on privilege and the burden of proof

[thingswithwings]

I haven't said much about Racefail 09, or Bride of Racefail, or Racefail III: The Revenge, mostly because I've been reading and reading, every day reading posts by people who've said it far better than I ever could, and who know much more about this than I do. As always rydra_wong has linkspams and timelines and summaries to help you navigate all the words

Comments

[anatsuno]

Apparently I managed to talk EB out of deleting older posts! I am very surprised. And tempted to link her to your post, because: YES. It's been glaringly obvious to me throughout - like you said, nothing new for anyone who's been through this earlier - and yes, it deserved to be put in the spotlight. Thank you.

[msilverstar]

well done you! Owning your (her) words is really important. Leaving links pointing at nothing undermines the whole conversation. Discussion can't happen in a vacuum.

[anatsuno]

I hesitated - I truly thought she must already know what the consequences were going to be, thought I. And I wasn't sure I wanted to engage her at all. But I think that once more it was a case of ignorance-not-malice -(hard to believe, and yet!), and she must truly have thought it was going to stand as a better apology for her to 'retract' by deletion than any other way. Which, yeah, NO.

Fandom and F_W taught me a lot. :)

[nextian]

WHAT. Where do you want your unicorn delivered?

[anatsuno]

Oooh! Can I also choose the color?

to be honest, all it took was one comment. No heroism required, rather lucky timing?

[thingswithwings]

hahahaha

[thingswithwings]

I saw that right after I posted! well done you. I hope that she turns around her flocking of her post - that would increase my willingness to believe that she's trying, and trying to apologise.

[anatsuno]

she did! Cease fire is unlocked, with new link at the top.