Comments on: International Blog Against Racism Week – Ask the ABW

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:18:15 +0000

Hi ABW,

I like your weblog. Congratulations! It gives me a free and comfy feeling reading it. I have a question for you. How the kids of a black and white parents are called? and how should they be called in terms of their race?

Thank you,
Sarah

By: mizzo

mizzo — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:07:13 +0000

Good thing you have here. When you get a shot, check out Thestartingfive.wordpress. We tackle racial issues.

By: FAQ: What is “sexism”? « Finally, A Feminism 101 Blog

FAQ: What is “sexism”? « Finally, A Feminism 101 Blog — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 02:34:31 +0000

[...] That’s not to minimize how you feel when these things happen to you, but it is to put those things in perspective. Making you uncomfortable does not rise to the level of racism. Racism is not merely a bad attitude toward people of another race. Harassment is definitely wrong, and I’m sorry you experience it. Still, that’s all it is. [the angry black woman (The Angry Black Woman): International Blog Against Racism Week - Ask the ABW.] [...]

By: the angry black woman

the angry black woman — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 05:02:03 +0000

……what?

By: bob

bob — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:57:31 +0000

hi – you are a racist by definition are you not .. yes you are very much so. why oh why do you insist not furthering-ly festering this faulty way of framing the thinking and take it out of it, racism is such a consent in all human nature .. i just don’t see how you are going to get anywhere by talking about something that’s clearly not at the roots and heart of the issue… you for the most part talk about your perspective.. I’m a honky and there’s just know way I can talk about “racism” the same way someone who is not a cracker.. but I’m a white Canadian ..no I joke I don’t think I should feel any guilt or some think because my skin is white should I ? hey what part of the world has done more to confront human rights like women’s rights, what part of the world has at least acknowledged their trespass against other peoples, and challenge repression like religious fundamentalism, superstition, slavery, caste systems, exploitation,and on and on… now I know you could put together a good argument about who and how this is propagated .. I know because i’m usally blabering on about it.. maybe china has a better way of doing things… maybe the middle east there all for tolerance… maybe asia no just kiding some of the most racist people in the world. maybe Inadia hmm no wahts a caste system ? how about northern eruo noooo there white

By: moxie

moxie — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:01:10 +0000

Can you explain with some detail how class, race, and gender intersect to create a triumvirate of power? That is, how does dismantling one, relate to the elimination of another?

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:08:58 +0000

I don’t know if you are still answering questions or not, but I am going to throw this out there, either for ABW or her readers:

Is it wrong for a white woman to date a black man? I have been thinking about this since I recently watched Save the Last Dance, which is not a fantastic movie, but it does explore the idea that I had never even thought of as an 8th grader when I first saw it. The heroine in the movie, a white woman who moves to a lower-class, mostly black neighborhood, starts dating the hero, who is going to go far in life because of his education, etc. The sister of said hero gets mad at the heroine because she says that there aren’t very many black men available for black women to date because most of them are in gangs or prison, etc. This is resolved in some sort of pat way, but do you think it is wrong to “take” a black man off the market for black women?

I have a boyfriend, so this is more theory than anything else, but I do wonder about it- I would hate to not date a fantastic person, but I also would feel guilty when I know at any given time there is a large difference between the number of black straight men and women.

By: r@d@r

r@d@r — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:13:16 +0000

i’d be interested to hear your thoughts on differences, or perceived differences, in parenting style – it seems to be an arena rife with controversy. so emotional for us all, so much baggage, so much judgment. i know we all look at each other with our kids in public and go, “is that a _____ thing or is it just him/her?” – both good and bad things. i think that how we raise our kids – the ones we have biologically, the ones we adopt, or the ones in our neighborhood we help watch – will probably end up being the most important thing we do.

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Alas, a blog » Blog Archive » The 16th Erase Racism Carnival! — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 06:34:49 +0000

[...] Angry Black Woman: Ask the Angry Black Woman! ABW invites her readership to ask her anything about racism, and they do, in a comment thread that’s long and fascinating enough so you might want to pour yourself a cup of coffee before you sit down to read it. What’s even more impressive than the variety of questions asked is how perceptive and well-put the answers are. [...]

By: D’oh! Important Clarification « Feline Formal Shorts

D’oh! Important Clarification « Feline Formal Shorts — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:11:33 +0000

[...] Posted in Announcements at 2:11 pm by magniloquence Sooo… looking over my posts in the Race Relations 101 series, I realized that I’d forgotten to give credit where it’s due. While I had been intending to write such a series for a long time, and had talked it over with a few people, what really inspired me to put the series together the way I did was The Angry Black Woman’s International Blog Against Racism Week post. [...]