tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post3096014622974686034..comments2024-03-06T08:29:13.333-08:00Comments on stuff white people do: focus on "race" by focusing on non-white people, as if white people don't have a racemacon dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07795547197817128339noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-41465036907464984492010-06-14T01:11:50.117-07:002010-06-14T01:11:50.117-07:00could this documentary ever be made? has it?could this documentary ever be made? has it?starlightnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-70643173625419095392008-08-21T22:03:00.000-07:002008-08-21T22:03:00.000-07:00I love the spirit of this piece but have one issue...I love the spirit of this piece but have one issue with it.<BR/>The use of the term 'down low' to mean not only affairs with adults but also 'affairs' [which are actually abusive relationships] with children is very problematic especially because we live in a culture where homosexuals are often conflated with same-sex pedophiles. There's a big difference between cheating on your wife and raping a child...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-39168928161811154422008-08-21T08:57:00.000-07:002008-08-21T08:57:00.000-07:00I would love to spot like your blog in mind; will ...I would love to spot like your blog in mind; will that be ok with you? Brilliant topic and great execution on the matter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-44012339434369060312008-08-17T18:54:00.000-07:002008-08-17T18:54:00.000-07:00Excellent outline, but one ironic inclusion (given...Excellent outline, but one ironic inclusion (given the preceding post): the shooter in the Red Lake, Minnesota high school was an Ojibwa teenager.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-47012105446154088162008-08-10T19:54:00.000-07:002008-08-10T19:54:00.000-07:00I read this whole post and laughed the whole way t...I read this whole post and laughed the whole way through. Extremely amazing and informative!!<BR/><BR/>I'd totally make this series.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-14835916424217124252008-08-09T11:56:00.000-07:002008-08-09T11:56:00.000-07:00Thanks all, and thanks to Macon D and Trill for ci...Thanks all, and thanks to Macon D and Trill for circulating this piece.<BR/><BR/>I am glad you enjoyed it. <BR/><BR/>As we all know talking about whiteness in the abstract is so difficult precisely because neo-liberal colorblindness has robbed us of the language to talk about race (I am working on an article on this point so it is stuck in my head), but a visual narrative and one tied to the CNN special seemed like a perfect opportunity to talk about "White America."Lady Zora, Chauncey DeVega, and Gordon Gartrellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09138154899923808806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-38526542396006969842008-08-09T08:00:00.000-07:002008-08-09T08:00:00.000-07:00Awesome. I think this is the best way of illustrat...Awesome. I think this is the best way of illustrating the white=norm that I've ever seen.Ethnic Midgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426619463880480260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-50998142958129631892008-08-08T12:19:00.000-07:002008-08-08T12:19:00.000-07:00wow. this was stupendous.wow. this was stupendous.Delia Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-8300629933629843392008-08-08T07:59:00.000-07:002008-08-08T07:59:00.000-07:00white america has the privilege (and sometimes the...white america has the privilege (and sometimes the burden) of being transparent. as such the acts of white america are the norm against which the rest of societ is cast against. thus deviations from the norm within white america is seen as INDIVIDUALIZED rather than patterns. so if a white female teacher takes advantage of teenage boy it is seen as one instance of behavior not a pattern of behavior throughout a culture. the opposite is true for blacks where one instance of behavior may immediately be cast as look at what THEY are doing now. you would never ask or expect one white person to be able to speak for all of white america. but whites in my experience.. look to their one black friend, colleague or media representation as being characteristic of all blacks. it is a problem on both ends one that hopefully given exposure (such as this enlightening post) will be actively remedied.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-19473171586193061462008-08-07T05:53:00.000-07:002008-08-07T05:53:00.000-07:00wow...a well written post. Its funny how these "p...wow...a well written post. Its funny how these "problems" within the white community never outshine its own image. <BR/><BR/>Continue the good work...I enjoy your perspectivethelegacymakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17590688796702356996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-8226274560039610682008-08-06T09:52:00.000-07:002008-08-06T09:52:00.000-07:00Thanks for the suggestion, abagond. I've actually ...Thanks for the suggestion, abagond. I've actually been considering a post along those lines, even though I don't know exactly which early realization about race was also a realization that I was white. I think when I encountered black kids in my early "mixed" neighborhood (before my folks rode their whiteness out to the burbs, when I was ten), I was more aware of them being "black" than I was of myself being "white." I do remember people saying "That's mighty white of you!" as a way of saying thanks for something, but even with that example, it took me awhile to realize that "white" in that phrase was about whiteness in a racial sense.<BR/><BR/>I'll keep working on it.macon dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07795547197817128339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-4323302686178703352008-08-06T09:41:00.000-07:002008-08-06T09:41:00.000-07:00Clever topic.I have a suggestion. It may or may no...Clever topic.<BR/><BR/>I have a suggestion. It may or may not make a good post and maybe you already did it: do a post on the first time you realized you were white.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-52760857887285201672008-08-05T05:57:00.000-07:002008-08-05T05:57:00.000-07:00Excellent.Excellent.Anonymisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13030472200941563001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-34476970830700234242008-08-03T15:18:00.000-07:002008-08-03T15:18:00.000-07:00spectacular. thanks.spectacular. thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-37868736937665387772008-08-03T10:16:00.000-07:002008-08-03T10:16:00.000-07:00ha! thanks for this. exactly my sentiments. that s...ha! thanks for this. exactly my sentiments. that series did nothing but to perpetuate "answers" to stereotypical questions that people who don't know any black people might ask. at the same time, they don't want any of those people made uncomfortable by watching the series. i believe they spent more time talking about the "crack epidemic" than slavery. supposedly black in america had 13 million viewers and was the most watched cable documentary ever. so there are a lot of still-misinformed people out there.j. renhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13395485873501868250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-55337893224528997312008-08-02T15:24:00.000-07:002008-08-02T15:24:00.000-07:00this is what's up!this is what's up!Blaque Swanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627683764935084863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-74689601081611872142008-08-02T13:44:00.000-07:002008-08-02T13:44:00.000-07:00I hear all of that. I didn't read the whole post, ...I hear all of that. I didn't read the whole post, but it looks good.Bianca Reaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04367735763877953363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-15912628413395194592008-08-02T11:50:00.000-07:002008-08-02T11:50:00.000-07:00wow. this is potent.this piece demonstrates my is...wow. this is potent.<BR/><BR/>this piece demonstrates my issues with the series quite well actually. and I'd imagine that it wasn't difficult to come up with the examples and material for this never-to-be-produced special.<BR/><BR/>well done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com