tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post7111484648863390266..comments2023-10-26T05:43:54.865-05:00Comments on Screed: 'responsibility' has more than one faceDelia Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-53634317211866133082008-07-25T08:18:00.000-05:002008-07-25T08:18:00.000-05:00I know!He was the 'angry Black man' template and n...I know!<BR/><BR/>He was the 'angry Black man' template and now he's running for Congress!!<BR/><BR/>Gotta love it.Delia Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-72466626026113450332008-07-24T19:35:00.000-05:002008-07-24T19:35:00.000-05:00Wait, Kevin? From TRL? Didn't he get booted from...Wait, Kevin? From TRL? Didn't he get booted from the house because he was an "angry black man"?bitchphdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118578280520171800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-52448653662713050522008-07-22T16:25:00.000-05:002008-07-22T16:25:00.000-05:00if you and i ruled the world, wade...you're right;...if you and i ruled the world, wade...<BR/><BR/>you're right; Whoopie probably passed up a teaching moment with that Elizabeth person. but that Elizabeth person doesn't seem to be 'teachable.' you know?<BR/><BR/>if you read the MacIntosh piece in its entirety (and there's a better version <A HREF="http://www.nymbp.org/reference/WhitePrivilege.pdf" REL="nofollow">here</A>) you'll come across thisDelia Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-32292716072061044472008-07-22T15:42:00.000-05:002008-07-22T15:42:00.000-05:00i'm going to agree with you on being tired of the ...i'm going to agree with you on being tired of the conversations you listed. in addition, as a gay man, how many more times do i need to be asked "who is the woman, who is the man in a relationship"? so i get it.<BR/><BR/>But to take it one step further and hold Whoopie accountable... (devil's advocate that i am) She is in a position to hold just such a discourse with her audience. That other Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-55488073406470769982008-07-22T15:12:00.000-05:002008-07-22T15:12:00.000-05:00As for Whoopie, I can understand her shortness and...As for Whoopie, I can understand her shortness and abruptness. Elizabeth has said some problematic shit on that show and Whoopie is probably about to snatch her bald.<BR/><BR/>As brown people, how many times have we patiently explained to other people how certain things play to us brown folk? No, that cover wasn't funny; no, you can't call black women's hair 'unprofessional;' no, you can't callDelia Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-91863821709850752512008-07-22T14:53:00.000-05:002008-07-22T14:53:00.000-05:00Well, Wade, unfortunately, it all depends.I think ...Well, Wade, unfortunately, it all depends.<BR/><BR/>I think there are different ways of analyzing Racism. (I'll use a big R to set it apart.) Most of those who do anti-Racism work use the following equation:<BR/><BR/>Race prejudice + Institutional Power = Racism<BR/><BR/>Where I work, this equation is the primary framework for our internal racial justice training. From here, we go on to Delia Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-25962461850563599162008-07-22T13:40:00.000-05:002008-07-22T13:40:00.000-05:00As a low, low, (recently made even lower thanks to...As a low, low, (recently made even lower thanks to big oil), middle-class, white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant male I’m even more confused now by the recent re-emergence of race discussions on the national dialog. I’ve always considered myself progressive and a live-let-live kind of guy but even I don’t know what to think anymore. My definition of racist doesn’t fit with your definition of racist, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com