Sustainable Seafood

[fabrisse]

Once again I volunteered for this discussion at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. This doesn't mean I was on any of the panels, just for the record; only that I did things like make certain people had water, directed them places, and generally dogsbodied for anyone who needed me

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[daylyn]

Okay, you just made my wallowing post of self-misery seem rather insignficant. Yeah... thanks for the perspective.

That seven-year-old sounds pretty awesome. And the shocked volunteer who opposed your idea of putting fliers in Libraries and Rec Centers sounds like an ass. I honestly don't understand her mentality. Disseminating information and learning and instilling a love of learning should be encouraged, everywhere, because, yes, people are intelligent and interested everywhere. Race, employment status, and level of education does not define someone's intelligence or interest. I'm actually quite disappointed to hear of that perspective at some place like the Smithsonian.

The world sucks. (But I'm in a fairly cranky mood, so everything suck right now).

How was dinner with your parents, btw? I hope you got to enjoy the time you did get with them.

[fabrisse]

H was a cool kid.

Just for the record, the Smithsonian staff I spoke to are well aware of the "lily-white" problem around museum attendance and are looking for ways to get involved with the community. I spent several hours after the discussion with a friend of mine who's a staff member making suggestions.

[daylyn]

I'm actually glad to hear that since it would have been quite upsetting if that woman's attitude was actually representative of the Smithsonian itself.

[breeamal]

I've noticed that people who's lives have worked out, as it were, who have money and have never faced the idea of going to bed hungary for any reason other than a diet, just assume that it will work out for them - money and class will insulate them. Nothing else even occurs to them.

[fabrisse]

Yes. Class is one of the unspoken issues in this country. We are horrible about race, but we are at least talking about it. One of the reasons so many of the people "whose lives have worked out" think we're in a post-racial society is that no one will discuss class and its intersection with race.

I swear at least one of the panelists stopped looking at me when I said I'd gotten my food budget under $2 per day when I was unemployed (app .50 each on breakfast and lunch, and $1.00 for dinner).

[breeamal]

You might as well have started speaking in tongues.

One of the nicest things about the Tea Party movement is that it has forced many Republicans to actually look at the people thy have gotten in bed with. I don't think it will actually change their outlooks, but it may cause a few uncomfortable moments - an occasional razor blade in the candyfloss of life.

[fabrisse]

As well it should. *hugs*