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Category Archives: Multiculturalism
Kenji Yoshino: Who wants to be a stereotype?
When discussing what he calls “covering” (the pressure to assimilate into the privileged “default” ways of acting, thinking, etc), the Harvard law professor and queer theorist Kenji Yoshino makes this observation: Who wants to be a stereotype? Who wants to … Continue reading
Posted in Multiculturalism, Privilege, USA
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New Blog: Anti-Racist Parent
Just a quick post to highlight a new-ish blog, Anti-Racist Parent. From their introductory post: Thank you for visiting us here at Anti-Racist Parent! This is a blog for parents who are committed to raising children with an anti-racist outlook. … Continue reading
Posted in Link Blogging, Multiculturalism
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Using Privilege to Make the Oppressed Look Like the Oppressors
And here I am talking about race… again. I have all these beautiful posts on gaming started, but then I see things like nubian’s interview over at feministing and I feel like I have to say something. Whenever posts from feminists of colour talking about their experiences as feminists of colour get linked, invariably at least one person (sometimes another feminist, sometimes not) turns it into how the feminist of colour is mean, bad, racist, whatever.
I’m ashamed to admit it, but it still surprises me how easily the tables get turned on the feminist of colour. How easy their righteous rage, their justified anger, is presented — and accepted! — as them unfairly attacking white feminists/women/men. I just see the smooth 180 and it boggles my mind. Does no one besides the women being attacked see the ridiculousness of privileged people crying, “help, help, I’m being oppressed!’? Does no one see how it’s used to derail the thread from productive conversations?
In the interest of time (and my sanity) I’m just going to examine two of the many ways this happens, using the feministing thread as a case study. But don’t be fooled — nubian may be the most recent victim of this phenomenon, but she is far from the only one. Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Multiculturalism, Privilege, Racism
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Link Blogging: AA and Multiracial Reading List
First off, sorry for the lack of posting recently. School has just stepped up a notch and I’m struggling to readjust. Next week my part-time job starts, too, but I’m hoping to get some quality posting time in this weekend. … Continue reading
Posted in Link Blogging, Multiculturalism
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Integrating Minority Spaces
On the subject of integrating spaces, Claire of SeeLight has written an interesting article, How To Welcome Outsiders, on what to do when a privileged person enters a minority space that you’re hosting. She tackles topics like determining acceptable versus … Continue reading
Posted in Multiculturalism, Privilege
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On The Feminist Carnival, Privilege, and Objectivity
Reading blac[k]ademic, as I am known to do, I came across this excellent post by nubian, did i hurt your feelings?, on (white) feminism and (not) respecting minority spaces. First of all, I’m telling you all to put my post on hold and go read it. Now, not later.
Have you read nubian’s post yet? Yes? Good.
So, aside from thinking that I want to include it in my How to be a Real Nice Guy post, I was struck by this line:
the really upsetting part about this, is that the posting by nio was linked in the (white) carnival of feminists
“White carnival of feminsts??” I cried. Then my mind started inventing all these reasons why Niobium’s post would have been included in the carnival. The one I settled on was that the Feminist Carnival has a duty to be objective. It should include all of the feminisms, even the ones that contradict each other.
But… is that true? Is that true objectivity, and even if it is, is objectivity really useful in a carnival by feminists, for feminists? Continue reading
Feminist SF Blog: Joss Whedon & race
Over at the Feminist SF Blog, Laura Q has written an excellent analysis of Joss Whedon & race. Here’s a small excerpt of what she says in regards to characterization in Firefly: The ‘Verse is much more suggestive of Whedon … Continue reading
Posted in Multiculturalism, Popular Culture, Racism
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Japanese Beauty, Indeed
Japanese Beauty, Indeed As all of you know, I was in Tokyo last weekend (it was a fun trip; thanks for asking!). There was an advertising campaign that I saw on the train whose tagline was “Japanese Beauty.” The first … Continue reading
Posted in Japan, Multiculturalism
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In Lieu of Pop-Culture Part Deux
I have the next installment of my series mostly written, but it’s already 6 here and I haven’t eaten nor done my homework yet. So, I’m going to point you in the direction of an interesting post instead. OS.CB regular … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Gender Democracy, Multiculturalism, The Evil -ism's
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I like Chinese, I like their tiny little trees…
A Chink in the Armour by White Light Films Via one of my friends, A Chink in the Armour is a light hearted documentary that explores the stereotypes about Asians (specifically Chinese) in North America (specifically Toronto). There was a … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Multiculturalism, Pop-science, Racism, USA
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