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Avvaaa: I thought about the imagery of having a white authority-like character shoot a a black man to death in…
Why is PEPFAR, an agency explicitly focused on Africa and led by African-Americans, represented as a white man? Having the…
Those people only go to the gym to show off their fancy clothes. Fifty years of lifting weights I've never…
I can see parallels with other kinds of bigots.
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Author Archives: karnythia
The American Way or What’s Really Going To Destroy America…
Racism, Right-Wing Rage and the Politics of White Nostalgia. Tim Wise is trying to give America a history lesson. I don’t expect that to end well. Not because his facts are bad (they are excellent) but because America seems committed to pretending that various major events and policies over the last 200 years didn’t happen […]
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Last Word on WorldCon
So, Ms. Lamplighter apologized here and on her LJ. And yes, there are things I could respond to in both places, but as you can see on the first link I’ve already made my decision on how to handle it. Why that road and not another? I have work to do. And I’m learning to […]
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I’m about to be a jerk on the Internet or RaceFail Goes To WorldCon
As some of you know I went to Montreal for Verb Noire last week. It was…an experience. See, I don’t really like conventions. They are important and necessary to the success of my business and I get to hang out with some great people. But if it weren’t for the business I probably would not […]
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I’m about to be a jerk on the Internet or RaceFail Goes To WorldCon
We Have Feelings Too or The Cost OF Being A POC in Race Discussions
Originally I wasn’t going to write any posts for IBARW. Then it was just going to be the one. I’m up to three* now. Because it’s been that kind of week. And since this post is about emotion it’s probably not going to be as polished as some of my other pieces. Or as polite. […]
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Curing Racism…wouldn’t inoculation be easier?
I was totally planning to talk about something other than race and racism today. But then I read this post about residential schools and the subsequent fallout in Canada. And it got me thinking about the long term impact of racism on our community and the half life of such a virulent disease. (Some of […]
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Internalized racism (the silent face of bigotry)
We talk a lot about racism in America (particularly the violent sort of racism usually tied into supremacy groups) and it tends to be viewed as the only “real” problematic behavior by a lot of people. A smaller set of conversations also recognize aversive racism (stereotypes, even “positive” ones are not okay and often are […]
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We hate to say it
But Verb Noire needs to raise some cash to defray the expenses of WorldCon. We thought we could bridge the gap out of pocket, but money is tight and my kid’s face is expensive. So, we’re hoping book sales, merch sales, and anything else you guys want to suggest can make up the difference. We’re […]
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Hello Jim Crow!
Apparently, not only is Jim Crow alive and well, he isn’t even pretending to be hidden any more. What makes me say that? Well let’s start with a curious incident in Philadelphia. Seem a day camp paid for their kids to be able to swim one day a week at a private club. First time […]
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Beauty, Media, and Babies
So, a few months ago my husband took an illustration gig. That project is now published and it is a really good book for little black girls who need to remember that they are beautiful just the way they are. When he took the commission it was for a friend’s mother and at the time […]
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Fen Of Color United
So, Neo_Prodigy over at Live Journal has hatched a plan for a protest of all the Fail that has been Race in Sci-Fi discussions lately. I think his idea is genius. What is it?
As RaceFail 09 continues, it has become clear that there are those who are hellbent on marginalizing and silencing people of color. […] Continue reading
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I am repeating myself, but - when the Republicans say they are "anti-illegal immigration", they're talking about the law as…