Re: [-empyre-] Fwd: ayo should go byo

[claudia@anat.org.au]

probably not for too long ... have you ever seen the workshop blue eye, i think 
this is the name ... white people get angry, anxious, distressed, cannot take 
much at all of what they have been giving for centuries

cheers claudia {;-)
Quoting Katherine Moriwaki <kaki@kakirine.com>:

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> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: Michael Arnold Mages <magesm@mindspring.com>
> Reply-To: soft_skinned_space <empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au>
> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 15:16:39 -0600 (MDT)
> 
> >However, it seems to me that there is not a great amount of thoughtful
> >discussion (in non-academic fora) about how race is a part of social
> >discourse. Is it fear of giving offense that mutes considered
> >conversation?
> 
> I think it has both to do with that, and because of the "heroes and holidays"
> approach to race... many people tend to avoid thinking about race and racism
> because it does not "apply" to them. I liked damali's suggestion for a
> net.art project, subscribing people to a black facts list to see how long it
> takes for people to unsubscribe. how long *would* people stay on such a list?
> 
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> 
> 
> ---------- Original Message ------------------------
> From: Michael Arnold Mages <magesm@mindspring.com>
> Reply-To: soft_skinned_space <empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au>
> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 15:16:39 -0600 (MDT)
> 
> 
> >By having this service where human 
> >beings are rented out, you are making blakc people seem like an 
> >exotic delicatessent for white people.  Blacks are made into an 
> >exihibit.  
> 
> I think the most interesting thing in this entire response is that this
> respondent has "gotten it" without realizing that they "got it".  The shame
> of it is, that this line of thought was not followed on with "Hmmm... Where
> else have I seen blacks made into an 'exotic delicatessen' for whites?"
> 
> Which leads me to another question--and this may be a grotesque
> generalization--it seems that this month has been fairly light; but damali's
> site gets >5 emails a day expressing (inarticulate) outrage, hostility,
> etcetera... It seems to me that those with polemic views have no problem
> sharing them. However, it seems to me that there is not a great amount of
> thoughtful discussion (in non-academic fora) about how race is a part of
> social discourse. Is it fear of giving offense that mutes considered
> conversation?
> 
> -Michael
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