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badgerbag ([personal profile] badgerbag) wrote2009-02-04 08:22
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Abstraction

http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/010999.html

What? Oh, that? No of course I'm not talking about that. It's just totally abstract.
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[identity profile] lavendertook.livejournal.com 2009-02-04 19:29 (UTC)(link)
It's possible, but why is this the first assumption, the very first question, given that a POC minority in a majority white culture has more experience than a white person in experiencing racism? Why not extend the benefit of the doubt to POC off the bat?

And knowing how pervasive racism is (or do you disagree that racism is a pervasive problem?) do you think that POC cry foul on every possible indication of racism they see?

No, language is culturally constructed. And if you have something about the definition of racism you want to point out, please have out with it now.
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