tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827968588643415787.post6848759354745277341..comments2024-03-27T06:58:00.659-05:00Comments on Balancing Jane: Blogging to My PhD: Aristotle's Politics Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07801229525416203656noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827968588643415787.post-41856016511943301242013-05-16T22:41:27.753-05:002013-05-16T22:41:27.753-05:00so so true. i just posted at my own blog and at t...so so true. i just posted at my own blog and at the Broad Side about the history of black vernacular and Charles Ramsey. the response has been good but i'm still amazed at the comments that want to dismiss race & racism altogether--implying, as you say, that if I'd just stop talking about it, it wouldn't be an issue. Some of this kind of denial comes, i think, from the well-intentioned colorblind movement from the 80s, where we were all supposed to see each other as equal without noticing skin color. unfortunately, that turned out to be code for seeing everybody as white - with whiteness being the status quo we were all supposed to pretend everybody had. discounting racial difference in this way shut down conversations about racism in general, about positive cultural characteristics that didn't correspond to whiteness, and about how race exists socially even though it doesn't exist scientifically. i get so very frustrated with this desire for silence. it's like my dog thinking we wouldn't see her if she snuck into the living room with her eyes closed! as a culture, we need to open our eyes and accept & value difference rather than deny it. so go ahead and rock - i'm right there with you. and great picture btw!!deb werrleinnoreply@blogger.com