tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post4599400170385060122..comments2024-03-06T08:29:13.333-08:00Comments on stuff white people do: white quotation of the week (carter revard)macon dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07795547197817128339noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-26990007664317556272010-04-08T21:09:45.303-07:002010-04-08T21:09:45.303-07:00For what it's worth, because of the title I as...For what it's worth, because of the title I assumed you were mocking him as some kind of "Pretendian" or something. Glad I was wrong.JJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-63393071963421274312010-04-04T12:36:22.719-07:002010-04-04T12:36:22.719-07:00How about just "quotation of the week"?How about just "quotation of the week"?macon dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07795547197817128339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-60581713522632035822010-04-04T12:34:03.953-07:002010-04-04T12:34:03.953-07:00I agree that the title is misleading. "White ...I agree that the title is misleading. "White quote" to me means a quotation of a white person's words, not a quote about whiteness. I found calling a whole poem a "quote" a little odd too and had to go back and read it twice to try to figure out what you were talking about.richenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-62422784362145330652010-04-04T08:23:18.274-07:002010-04-04T08:23:18.274-07:00Macon - Yes it does clarify it, thank you! :)Macon - Yes it does clarify it, thank you! :)Ajijaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14328347379621837240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-30104013348605535252010-04-04T07:57:55.888-07:002010-04-04T07:57:55.888-07:00Anishinaabekwe,
Thank you for your comment. I am ...Anishinaabekwe,<br /><br />Thank you for your comment. I am aware of these issues, as is the poet, whose poem is an allegory about precisely those issues -- the incredibly careless, callous, selfish treatment of Natives by white people. And that's what makes it a "white quotation" -- like some other "white quotation[s] of the week" here, which are by both white and non-white people, it's a quote about white people, not a quote by a white person. (Another example is <a href="http://stuffwhitepeopledo.blogspot.com/2009/06/white-quotation-of-week-diane-burns.html" rel="nofollow">this wonderful poem</a> by Native poet Diane Burns.) <br /><br />I hope this clarifies things for you?macon dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07795547197817128339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-70427841749387821872010-04-03T22:15:42.799-07:002010-04-03T22:15:42.799-07:00If he is Native this is not a white quotation of t...If he is Native this is not a white quotation of the week. Additionally, I know little about this person but it is important to honor the Native part in this person. It is unfair to label him solely as white and this is what I get from the title. All the issues in the Native community - with blood quantum and tribal politics - I just want to bring awareness to you regarding this here in this post. No other community of color has its existence as quantified as the Native community. We are 1% of the US population - our numbers are so small. So many of us are mixed. Annihilation was the goal of the colonizers but we remain even if we are mixed. Please be aware of these issues!Ajijaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14328347379621837240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-55346921051369179042010-03-30T09:21:39.315-07:002010-03-30T09:21:39.315-07:00I'm really looking forward to the arrival of t...I'm really looking forward to the arrival of those green skinned, red eyed aliens. It's the only way humans will ever realize that we're all of the same species.false1noreply@blogger.com