An arab man (Raed Jarrar) was hassled at JFK airport for wearing a shirt with Arabic script on it. Because, as well all know, all Arabic script translates into: “All your airplane are belong to us. Someone set us up the bomb.” While I am
Last week I took my life into my own hands, got on a plane, and went all the way to California to attend the World Science Fiction Convention, known to those in the know as WorldCon. I’ve mentioned before that I’m an SF/F fan and
Many times I come across articles or discussions that i’d like to point to, but don’t want to clutter up the blog with one every five minutes. Instead, I’m going to do twice-weekly link roundups. If I find I need to, it’ll be daily (say
International Blog Against Racism week is coming to a close. I bet you all thought I was going to let this one slip by, didn’t you? I almost did. I feel the same way about IBAR week as LJ user misia does: I am fundamentally
Over in the comments on the Pirates post Wendy said something very prescient: I didn’t think about the racism at the … but now, dammit, you’ve made me think about the racism. Grr! I hate racism! I hate finding myself colluding with it, mentally, even
The brilliant LJer coffeeandink authord a brilliant article called “How to Suppress Discussions of Racism” in the tradition of How to Suppress Women’s Writing (which you should also read). Tired of discussions of racism in literature, television, and film? Worn out from the unexpected criticism
There are spoilers for the new Pirates movie in this post. I warned you. There’s been some talk around the blogosphere about a section of the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Specifically, the part where Jack Sparrow and the crew are captured by some
An ad from the Netherlands: (click to enlarge) Consider this an open thread. Found via blackfolks. ETA: I said I wouldn’t comment, but I lied. Someone pointed me to this article, which elicited this response: Sony is being disingenuous about the message their ad for
People ask me why I am so angry all of the time. Putting aside the fact that I don’t spend 24/7 angry, I tell them that I have plenty of reason to feel this way. Today’s reason? This post by blogger Y. Carrington. The short
This one comes from LJ user stickykeys633 in the blackfolk community: Dear lovely white people in real life, The people who can rightfully declare racism to be over? Are the people to which the racism is happening. Don’t worry, we’ll let you know. Yes, yes,