{"id":8774,"date":"2009-09-22T13:36:01","date_gmt":"2009-09-22T20:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theangryblackwoman.com\/?p=1176"},"modified":"2009-09-22T13:36:01","modified_gmt":"2009-09-22T20:36:01","slug":"the-bingo-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=8774","title":{"rendered":"The BINGO Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’ve had a little project in mind for a few weeks but I’ll need some help bringing it to fruition. As many of you know, when engaging in discussions about contentious topics such as race, gender, politics, oppression, etc., there are always clueless and\/or privileged people who whip out arguments so often used and so stock that they end up on a BINGO card somewhere. Veterans of such discussions often comment on this and sometimes even link to specific cards. And the more patient amongst us will explain to the clueless\/privileged person why their argument is a cliche.<\/p>\n

While rolling my eyes at some of the drive-bys over on Alaya’s Supernatural thread I thought that it would be useful to not only be able to point to BINGO cards and say: “Look, what you just said is on here, this is how clueless you are,” but also have that square link to a post or comment thread wherein the statement is taken apart and shredded to pieces. It’s similar to the way I tell people to read the Required Reading or simply point to coffeeandink’s excellent How To Suppress Discussions of Race. We’ve all had these debates so many times that at this point all we really should have to do is say: “Go here and click on I\/3.”<\/p>\n

First step is to find the existing BINGO cards. Liz Henry has an awesome Flickr pool with the ones she’s found here<\/a>. Are there any more we should add to the list? Let me know in comments.<\/p>\n

Next, I suggest we go one card at a time and find a link or multiple links for each square. As I said, it can be a comment or thread or a whole post wherein the statement\/question is debunked or someone has taken the time to explain why it’s wrong\/stupid\/prejudiced\/not worthy of addressing.<\/p>\n

I think this was the first BINGO card I ever saw:<\/p>\n

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So I would like to start with that one. You can suggest links (your own or someone else’s) in the comments, just be sure to indicate which square the link is for. If you want to take part in the project by posting a card to your blog and compiling links, go right ahead. Just tag your post bingo-project in Delicious and ping me here or on another BINGO Project post so others won’t replicate your efforts.<\/p>\n

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