This is a post for Intl. Blog Against Racism Week.

My terms, definitions, and disclaimers

This is sparked by these comments made during the HP Daily Deviant Debate, but I am not specifically commenting on said debate.

Definition: The "But Japan is racist too!" fallacy is used in discussions of racism as a means to deflect attention from white ( Read more... )

This is a post for Intl. Blog Against Racism Week.

My terms, definitions, and disclaimers

It's odd to be posting this right now; I've finally gotten more than five hours of sleep and so am obnoxiously peppy and optimistic.

I've read the following posts/articles lately, which have all tangled together in my head in a giant mess: Zee on tone, zvi ( Read more... )

This is a post for Intl. Blog Against Racism Week.

My terms, definitions, and disclaimersI am sure some of you are reading the post title to see if you read it correctly. Yes, I am going to write about racism in POC: that is to say, I am going to write about the racism that POC display toward other POC ( Read more... )

Welcome to Intl. Blog Against Racism 2! Check the link for how to participate.

This is going to be my general terms, defininitions and disclaimers post, so I don't have to write a massive disclaimer in front of every post I make. In fact, the statements in this post probably hold for most or all of my others on race as well.

( Terms and Definitions )

Aka, I do not want to study for midterms. Entertain me!

1. Someone mentioned in the comments of IBARW 2 that it may be a good idea to promote it outside of LJ. To which I went, "Oh yeah. Duh." Except I singularly hate promoting stuff and I have no idea where to start. So I would be forever grateful if people pimped IBARW (on LJ and off)! I am not ( Read more... )

Guess what? It's almost time for Intl. Blog Against Racism Week again ( Read more... )

I realized that my 2006 in review post didn't really mention the Great Cultural Appropriation Debate of DOOM or International Blog Against Racism Week even as I was writing it. I wasn't sure how to put them into the meme -- how can I claim finally reading up on racism and race as an accomplishment ( Read more... )

(subtitle: Writings by Radical Women of Color ( Read more... )

Wow, that was a hectic week ( Read more... )

I'm too tired to actually put together a coherent post right now, so, assorted random thoughts.

(Insert standard disclaimer on not speaking for all POC, not being shining star of anti-racism, speaking from personal experience, being privileged in other ways, being US-centric, etc.)

PSA: If you're trying to be anti-racist, random anti-Semitism ( Read more... )