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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.
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The racist elements in Tolkien's writing Larry - 29/01/2012 01:31:02 PM 2865 Views
She has some points, of course. Legolas - 29/01/2012 02:25:32 PM 1624 Views
Quite a few points Larry - 29/01/2012 02:40:45 PM 1776 Views
Re: Quite a few points Legolas - 29/01/2012 04:59:11 PM 1461 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 1640 Views
Agreed - reading it, I struggled to find any redeeming qualities snoopcester - 30/01/2012 07:32:58 PM 1700 Views
Agreed, in general. The tremendous bad faith and sophistry turn me off, though. Dan - 29/01/2012 09:31:04 PM 1856 Views
Mostly agreed with the article, but thought she undermined herself with her own racism. Rebekah - 29/01/2012 02:50:11 PM 1682 Views
I wish I could agree with you, but I can't in full Larry - 29/01/2012 02:58:05 PM 1697 Views
I'm not bothered by the tone. Annoyance is justified. Rebekah - 29/01/2012 03:03:07 PM 1649 Views
Re: I wish I could agree with you, but I can't in full Macharius - 30/01/2012 02:11:07 PM 1630 Views
Do you really believe that? nossy - 30/01/2012 02:44:19 PM 1712 Views
Just read your Twitter convo... nice try, but looks like wasted effort. *NM* Legolas - 29/01/2012 10:37:08 PM 767 Views
Yes. nossy - 29/01/2012 10:41:15 PM 1353 Views
Oh, also: Rebekah - 29/01/2012 03:07:03 PM 1409 Views
Well, I'll be honest. nossy - 29/01/2012 10:34:46 PM 1571 Views
Let me try to summarize some of her points with the invective filtered out, then. Legolas - 29/01/2012 10:48:24 PM 1765 Views
Thank you. nossy - 29/01/2012 11:10:13 PM 1811 Views
What the hell, might as well go and play devil's advocate, right? Legolas - 30/01/2012 04:50:30 PM 1717 Views
I expected that. nossy - 30/01/2012 05:39:59 PM 1609 Views
Of course you did. I'm predictable that way. Legolas - 30/01/2012 10:28:10 PM 1643 Views
Re: Of course you did. I'm predictable that way. nossy - 31/01/2012 12:39:46 AM 1509 Views
Re: Of course you did. I'm predictable that way. Legolas - 31/01/2012 08:38:46 PM 1558 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 1962 Views
Oh. Legolas - 31/01/2012 11:07:52 PM 1614 Views
nossy - 01/02/2012 12:17:59 AM 1740 Views
Hmm? snoopcester - 31/01/2012 10:10:22 PM 1542 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 1423 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 1841 Views
I don't mind if you tell me I'm out of line here, but nossy - 31/01/2012 11:55:04 PM 1638 Views
I'm rarely ever offended Larry - 01/02/2012 01:54:58 AM 1954 Views
She was referring specifically to the Twitter "conversation" I had with the blogger. Rebekah - 01/02/2012 09:05:28 AM 1567 Views
Yes. nossy - 01/02/2012 10:47:22 AM 1802 Views
It makes me wonder what she thinks is happening in Zimbabwe, for example. Rebekah - 01/02/2012 11:13:11 AM 1802 Views
I've been thinking about that. nossy - 01/02/2012 11:29:18 AM 1577 Views
Re: I've been thinking about that. Rebekah - 01/02/2012 11:40:11 AM 1835 Views
We're nuts. nossy - 01/02/2012 03:09:15 PM 1555 Views
I know that nossy - 01/02/2012 11:15:48 AM 1644 Views
That blog post was mostly good, but the exception is a rather large one. Legolas - 01/02/2012 08:35:57 PM 1476 Views
Do you mean exception*S*? Macharius - 02/02/2012 04:27:03 AM 1606 Views
The Hobbit came out in 1937. Tom - 30/01/2012 01:35:45 AM 1501 Views
What's a neckbeard? And why am I supposed to care? *NM* Tom - 30/01/2012 01:29:07 AM 814 Views
neckbeards are when the person (either intentionally or through misfortunate genetics)... LadyLorraine - 30/01/2012 03:21:09 AM 1498 Views
She hates Tolkien's writings to begin with ... The_Muted_Grimaud - 30/01/2012 06:34:29 AM 1690 Views
The tone of the article is massively annoying DomA - 30/01/2012 06:45:19 AM 1718 Views
acrackedmoon is a racist, sexist bore. And I don't even like Tolkien. *NM* ranagrande - 30/01/2012 01:14:17 PM 1486 Views
I laughed while reading it A Deathwatch Guard - 30/01/2012 04:30:50 PM 1548 Views
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