tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506995090336963455.post9130162730115090824..comments2023-03-21T05:49:21.694-04:00Comments on Seeking Avalon: No Means NoAvalon's Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539301720154191607noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506995090336963455.post-30531317390780162272009-02-06T16:41:00.000-05:002009-02-06T16:41:00.000-05:00Avalon, It's a semi-helpless emotional-reaction c...Avalon, <BR/> It's a semi-helpless emotional-reaction condolence, I guess. <BR/><BR/>I am the same age as these people, and I do not think their age (which is one card that keeps coming into play) excuses the way the white liberal reflex trumps EVERYTHING. It's appalling, shaming, and seems to be an unending river of fail. And I'm just... really wishing, wave-a-wand-and-make-it-stop wishing, that it wasn't so unending.<BR/><BR/>And if it helps, I am not planning to walk away at anytime, because I know that dogged endurance at least, can wear down an obdurate mind or two.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506995090336963455.post-24536355197910772792009-02-02T17:12:00.000-05:002009-02-02T17:12:00.000-05:00Dharma:Sorry about...? I'm not sure how you're res...<STRONG>Dharma:</STRONG><BR/><BR/>Sorry about...? I'm not sure how you're responding.Avalon's Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07539301720154191607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506995090336963455.post-89846564652471314682009-02-02T12:44:00.000-05:002009-02-02T12:44:00.000-05:00I have been closely following this latest iteratio...I have been closely following this latest iteration of the cultural appropriation debacle. I have been reluctant to say anything, because as a white person I am afraid of adding to your hurt. I cannot be silent any longer because I have seen too many people of color attacked for trying to bring depth to this issue. I have seen too many white people subvert the discussion to make it about what we are and are not allowed to do, as if that were the power people of color were wielding in the first place. I have seen white people threaten to walk away and people of color attempting to bring the discussion back to a real discussion of important issues. This is not a discussion with "sides" to take. These are important issues which need to be explored. What white people seem to refuse to acknowledge is that we have the power to choose to engage or disengage. For people of color there is ALWAYS a price to be paid for being in fandom. I just want you to know that someone does see that, and acknowledges it here. My hope is that somehow, that would lessen the cost a little, this time around.Beth Plutchakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07508464254981745418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506995090336963455.post-67037818968825606412009-02-02T11:42:00.000-05:002009-02-02T11:42:00.000-05:00God, I am so sorry.God, I am so sorry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506995090336963455.post-73754101227023596202009-02-02T00:09:00.000-05:002009-02-02T00:09:00.000-05:00*nods in agreement.*And it is unfortunate that pos...*nods in agreement.*<BR/><BR/>And it is unfortunate that posts like this have to made again...and again...and again...<BR/><BR/>...because too many people are in love with their own ignorance.<BR/><BR/>I decided to expand a little further at my blog on Blogger.Heavy Armorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12753726301435923033noreply@blogger.com