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It makes me wonder what she thinks is happening in Zimbabwe, for example. Rebekah Send a noteboard - 01/02/2012 11:13:11 AM
Which was basically insult on her part, and condenscending comments because I am a White Woman and cannot possibly understand racism.

I fully understand that there are angles to racism that I cannot understand (not the way she can). However, I find the attitude and position she exhibited completely ridiculous, and it bothers me because it is wrong. I distinctly hate being treated as though I'm simply getting upset because I've got some latent racist guilt. Or color-jealousy?

Exactly.

The thing is that I come from a country where there's a separate electoral role based on race, there are separate electorates based on race, there is a national representative rugby team based on race, and a political party based on race. You can CHOOSE to be on all of these if you are Maori - i.e. not White, or Chinese, or Japanese, etc - or you can choose not to be. It's a priviledge that is only extended to one race in that country. And that race isn't the all-powerful White "race".

And when I was going to university there were scholarships that I, as a poor citizen of my country, could not apply for because my skin wasn't the right colour.

It seems that she thinks the whole world is the same, and everyone is the same across all countries.

Basically, she finds it difficult to distinguish between personal and ... "corporate" racism.
*MySmiley*

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The racist elements in Tolkien's writing Larry - 29/01/2012 01:31:02 PM 2706 Views
She has some points, of course. Legolas - 29/01/2012 02:25:32 PM 1487 Views
Quite a few points Larry - 29/01/2012 02:40:45 PM 1623 Views
Re: Quite a few points Legolas - 29/01/2012 04:59:11 PM 1302 Views
I don't find the tone blunt; I find it leading, patronizing and often wrong or inferring too much. Tom - 30/01/2012 01:43:27 AM 1494 Views
Agreed - reading it, I struggled to find any redeeming qualities snoopcester - 30/01/2012 07:32:58 PM 1556 Views
Agreed, in general. The tremendous bad faith and sophistry turn me off, though. Dan - 29/01/2012 09:31:04 PM 1706 Views
Mostly agreed with the article, but thought she undermined herself with her own racism. Rebekah - 29/01/2012 02:50:11 PM 1550 Views
I wish I could agree with you, but I can't in full Larry - 29/01/2012 02:58:05 PM 1548 Views
I'm not bothered by the tone. Annoyance is justified. Rebekah - 29/01/2012 03:03:07 PM 1499 Views
Re: I wish I could agree with you, but I can't in full Macharius - 30/01/2012 02:11:07 PM 1491 Views
Do you really believe that? nossy - 30/01/2012 02:44:19 PM 1554 Views
Just read your Twitter convo... nice try, but looks like wasted effort. *NM* Legolas - 29/01/2012 10:37:08 PM 696 Views
Yes. nossy - 29/01/2012 10:41:15 PM 1207 Views
Oh, also: Rebekah - 29/01/2012 03:07:03 PM 1275 Views
Well, I'll be honest. nossy - 29/01/2012 10:34:46 PM 1419 Views
Let me try to summarize some of her points with the invective filtered out, then. Legolas - 29/01/2012 10:48:24 PM 1628 Views
Thank you. nossy - 29/01/2012 11:10:13 PM 1656 Views
What the hell, might as well go and play devil's advocate, right? Legolas - 30/01/2012 04:50:30 PM 1570 Views
I expected that. nossy - 30/01/2012 05:39:59 PM 1455 Views
Of course you did. I'm predictable that way. Legolas - 30/01/2012 10:28:10 PM 1491 Views
Re: Of course you did. I'm predictable that way. nossy - 31/01/2012 12:39:46 AM 1350 Views
Re: Of course you did. I'm predictable that way. Legolas - 31/01/2012 08:38:46 PM 1412 Views
I <3 you, but there are several very key things we are not going to agree on. nossy - 31/01/2012 10:02:22 PM 1807 Views
Oh. Legolas - 31/01/2012 11:07:52 PM 1453 Views
nossy - 01/02/2012 12:17:59 AM 1611 Views
Hmm? snoopcester - 31/01/2012 10:10:22 PM 1388 Views
Yeah. I got to reading Encyclopedia of Arda just now, and it told me the same thing. Legolas - 31/01/2012 10:35:54 PM 1285 Views
As a sort of group answer (I've been mostly absent from forums the past two days) Larry - 31/01/2012 10:45:55 PM 1688 Views
I don't mind if you tell me I'm out of line here, but nossy - 31/01/2012 11:55:04 PM 1506 Views
I'm rarely ever offended Larry - 01/02/2012 01:54:58 AM 1708 Views
She was referring specifically to the Twitter "conversation" I had with the blogger. Rebekah - 01/02/2012 09:05:28 AM 1445 Views
Yes. nossy - 01/02/2012 10:47:22 AM 1627 Views
It makes me wonder what she thinks is happening in Zimbabwe, for example. Rebekah - 01/02/2012 11:13:11 AM 1638 Views
I've been thinking about that. nossy - 01/02/2012 11:29:18 AM 1419 Views
Re: I've been thinking about that. Rebekah - 01/02/2012 11:40:11 AM 1686 Views
We're nuts. nossy - 01/02/2012 03:09:15 PM 1424 Views
I know that nossy - 01/02/2012 11:15:48 AM 1506 Views
That blog post was mostly good, but the exception is a rather large one. Legolas - 01/02/2012 08:35:57 PM 1341 Views
Do you mean exception*S*? Macharius - 02/02/2012 04:27:03 AM 1452 Views
The Hobbit came out in 1937. Tom - 30/01/2012 01:35:45 AM 1360 Views
What's a neckbeard? And why am I supposed to care? *NM* Tom - 30/01/2012 01:29:07 AM 746 Views
neckbeards are when the person (either intentionally or through misfortunate genetics)... LadyLorraine - 30/01/2012 03:21:09 AM 1363 Views
She hates Tolkien's writings to begin with ... The_Muted_Grimaud - 30/01/2012 06:34:29 AM 1534 Views
The tone of the article is massively annoying DomA - 30/01/2012 06:45:19 AM 1586 Views
acrackedmoon is a racist, sexist bore. And I don't even like Tolkien. *NM* ranagrande - 30/01/2012 01:14:17 PM 1418 Views
I laughed while reading it A Deathwatch Guard - 30/01/2012 04:30:50 PM 1418 Views
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