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03.14.05 04:03 PM
these r my impressions...
post the blogging while black panel...
some of these statements could come from the core of my very soul, but then some of them could be made up
• much like curriculum of inclusion - the dominant culture is open to inclusion and/or diversity - but at the end of the day aren't really going to spend the time to do the research required to find the "others"
• when the dominant culture does have a fascination with the other, and the other is black, it's always the big bad black "negro" or the tragic mulatta who become the core of the obsessions
• the dominant culture always thinks that race shouldn't matter b/c we're all so diverse now and therefore the dominant culture feels that those of color are obsessed with the concept of race and need to stop talking about it so much (if we are all so diverse then please - do tell me the last time you had a person of color over for dinner?)
• white folks should never ever tell black folks that they did a good job at anything or that they speak well - most of the time black folks will be suspicious of this statement and are unable to see its genuineness for belief that you mean "you did well for a black person"
i'm sure i could come up with more of these, but i'm taking a break for now
go to full circle to read a blow-by-blow of SXSW: Bloggine While Black
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Thanks for sharing the link to the excerpts. Now I really hate I missed being there.
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| March 14, 2005 5:56 PM #
that was absolutely, positively awesome.
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| March 14, 2005 6:05 PM #
Ooh...loads of lovely text to read; I so wanted to be there. Maybe next year. I'm interested to know just what the racial breakup of the room was. Was there much talk about the BWB seminar? So curious!
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| March 14, 2005 11:09 PM #
Next year, if there's another Blogging While Black panel, I'll be there. Y'all coming again, too? I think many of us share that dream of diversity, but are not willing to ignore shit or to homogenize ourselves to attain what is supposed to be a universal reality. Okay, going over to Full Circle now! *LOL!*
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| March 15, 2005 5:57 AM #
Come hell or high water (or having to pay for it myself), I will be back next year. Donald, I think Lynne will agree that there is room for another BwB at next year's SXSW, but what might be necessary now is to branch out beyond the issue of identity and to begin to talk about representation. Now that people are aware of us and know who we are, how do we create spaces where people of color are viewed as experts on other things, not just identity. We want to have a hand in creating programming that will be of interest to other people of color, of course, but we also want to be represented on the dais of other panels, too.
I'm so proud of y'all - I just hate I had to miss half of it. It was absolutely wonderful meeting you, Lynne.
posted by Cecily | March 15, 2005 8:56 AM #
BTW - this person has the best notes on the panel I've seen thus far: http://www.lawver.net/wiki/index.php/Blogging_While_Black
posted by Cecily | March 15, 2005 8:57 AM #
uh oh, I'm white and I'm pretty sure I said to some of the panelists afterward something like "great job!" - i hope that didn't trigger suspicion but if it did, what's the solution? Perhaps it's just to shut up and listen? (That's why I didn't ask questions during the session.)
I'll console myself by noting that at least I didn't say "Wow, you guys are very articulate" with an astonished look on my face!
posted by xian | March 15, 2005 9:36 AM #
xian, don't take all of my comments seriously - sometimes these are stereotypical comments expected of black folks burdened by oppression and racism - they are not necessarily my true views - well not all of them
posted by lynne | March 15, 2005 1:01 PM #
thanks, lynne. i get that you were posing typical questions, and i figured i'd just put out the response it evoked in me. having met you and having been in the room i have nothing but good feelings about the panel - still the highlight of sxsw for me so far.
posted by xian | March 15, 2005 3:39 PM #