where exactly is the suggestion circling that people who haven't engaged in Racefail are exercising privilege by doing so? I mean, I've seen people complaining about people who show up in comments to say, "I don't know what's going on! It is too much reading for me! Will you tell me what's been happening?" and the privilege that entails, and I've seen people talk about potential reasons behind the conspicuous silence of some SF/F authors and editors, but neither of those seems to be aimed at general folks on LJ. I know that toft_froggy posted saying that she felt that she was exercising privilege by not reading posts, but that seems like a decision she's made for herself - she finds that she does have the time and the energy to be able to do it, and she was making excuses for herself before. YMMV, right?
The reason I am concerned about this is because of posts like this one, which seems to be rather accusatory without ever stating what she's reacting to or who is accusing her - see also sparkymonster's post that deals with this. No one has to post who doesn't have the time, or the spoons, or the inclination, or whatever. But if you have the time to make a post on your lj, or leave a comment on someone else's lj, about how you don't have the time to even read any of the posts, and resent the implication that you should, that seems to me to be . . . I don't know, a conscious representation of your ignorance of the race debate as a mark of pride? Which is problematic.
I don't think that's what you're doing in this post, by the way, and I hope you know that I don't mean to be accusatory myself . . . I just wanted to point out that it's not clear where exactly these suggestions are coming from, but I don't think they're coming from the front-lines antiracists in this debate, and I certainly don't think they're aimed at you or me. I hope that helps with your discomfort.
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The reason I am concerned about this is because of posts like this one, which seems to be rather accusatory without ever stating what she's reacting to or who is accusing her - see also sparkymonster's post that deals with this. No one has to post who doesn't have the time, or the spoons, or the inclination, or whatever. But if you have the time to make a post on your lj, or leave a comment on someone else's lj, about how you don't have the time to even read any of the posts, and resent the implication that you should, that seems to me to be . . . I don't know, a conscious representation of your ignorance of the race debate as a mark of pride? Which is problematic.
I don't think that's what you're doing in this post, by the way, and I hope you know that I don't mean to be accusatory myself . . . I just wanted to point out that it's not clear where exactly these suggestions are coming from, but I don't think they're coming from the front-lines antiracists in this debate, and I certainly don't think they're aimed at you or me. I hope that helps with your discomfort.
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