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[delux_vivens]

so jim butcher is complaining on the internets because someone said something about what, exactly?

eta: someone said this.

eta2: yeloson has a few thoughts on the topic.

eta2: there is afrofuturism in chicago.

Comments

[la_vie_noire]

Ah. The Dresden Files guy. Yeah, I have heard shit about him. Not really excited about reading him.

[delux_vivens]

he really seems to be losing his shit.

[hapex_legomena]

Reading that, I feel like I need a promotion. I'd like to move p from orc to eldritch abomination, my alien geometries too horrible to fully perceive or comprehend. I think it would explain a lot.

[rydra_wong]

Also, he's oppressed because he's white:

OH, okay. Now I get it. I'm white, so I need to have that kind of hate thrown my way and STFU.

Seeking Avalon has thoughts:

http://seeking-avalon.blogspot.com/2011/07/fuck-you-jim-butcher.html

[delux_vivens]

he... what?

[rydra_wong]

That was in response to someone making heroic efforts to teach him White Privilege 101 over Twitter (and getting piled on by his followers as a result).

Lucy: ... I... Oh wow. I'm pretty sure if you set your novels in a real location with a real living history, you should respect those familiar with the city when they take issue with what reads as apparent whitewashing of extremely serious issues.

JB: I did respect them, actually. Up until the "fuck you Jim Butcher" part. I take that back. Up until the part where they play the racist card. :)

Lucy: Sir, please don't bring up the tone argument. They have valid complaints. Don't delegitimize them for daring to be angry. What you did read as racist. It may not be fair to call *you* a racist, but they have the right to level that to the text. You are a white man. You do not get to tell a marginalized group what they can and can't be offended by.

JB: OH, okay. Now I get it. I'm white, so I need to have that kind of hate thrown my way and STFU.

[delux_vivens]

so i'm going to make a tag for this: racefail2011.