:) I'm smiling because that great precedent was ap...- June 28, 2007 :) I'm smiling because that great precedent was apparently set because of a disagreement over the sound of train whistles, of all things. I love the way the law works sometimes. It's so ridiculously unrelated, yet it applies well.http://francislholland.blogspot.com/2007/06/maryscott-oconnor-calls-me-racist.html?showCom... Anne: The strongest (and only) meaningful qualm a...- June 27, 2007 Anne: The strongest (and only) meaningful qualm against abandoning the word "race" (offered by Field Negro) is that, although the word refers to a disproven biological concept, it also refers to a very real sociological reality - that of a nation divided along color lines, with people of different colors living in very separate worlds, almost the way we live in the same world with "birds," knowing they are there, but never speaking their language, interacting with them or knowing very much at..http://francislholland.blogspot.com/2007/06/maryscott-oconnor-calls-me-racist.html?showCom... Zimbel - I hate those questionnaires that ask fo...- June 27, 2007 Zimbel - I hate those questionnaires that ask for my "race." I don't think it should matter, and I'm suspicious of how the information is used. If I have no choice, I check white because realistically I'm closer to white than black in color (similar to the color of Mariah Carey, who does NOT look black). I'm literally talking about color here, not social culture.Anyway, I got here because I liked how Francis expressed himself in the comments at Field Negro. I got to Field Negro through Woozie..http://francislholland.blogspot.com/2007/06/maryscott-oconnor-calls-me-racist.html?showCom... Thanks, Zimbel! It's one thing to be ridiculed by...- June 27, 2007 Thanks, Zimbel! It's one thing to be ridiculed by fools, which is quite common, but it's quite a treat to be complimented by people of obviously superior intelligence and information. Thanks for visiting. Would you like to write a guest post on why you believe color-arousal is a useful concepthttp://francislholland.blogspot.com/2007/06/maryscott-oconnor-calls-me-racist.html?showCom... anne-I can only give a sample of one, but when I'...- June 27, 2007 anne-I can only give a sample of one, but when I'm forced to choose a "race", and OtherMulti-racial isn't an option, I put down "WhiteCaucasian". The majority (although by no means all) of my relatively recent ancestors were European in origin, and my skin-color is very light.I first encountered Francis's work over at MyDD. The first post of his that I recall responding to was one that cheered Clinton's position, and disagreed with Obama's position on a particular topic. My response was not...http://francislholland.blogspot.com/2007/06/maryscott-oconnor-calls-me-racist.html?showCom... Zimbel: Yes, Zimbel, sometimes one phrase makes a...- June 27, 2007 Zimbel: Yes, Zimbel, sometimes one phrase makes a whole day's work well worth the effort!http://francislholland.blogspot.com/2007/06/maryscott-oconnor-calls-me-racist.html?showCom... "Color-aroused"- June 27, 2007 "Color-aroused"http://francislholland.blogspot.com/2007/06/maryscott-oconnor-calls-me-racist.html?showCom... Anne: Because color-aroused antagonism does exist...- June 27, 2007 Anne: Because color-aroused antagonism does exist, but there are people who say that it doesn't, people are very suspicious of anyone who wants to reconceptualize it and restructure the arguments. There is a debate going on between the Black conservative lap-dog sold-out right who say that color doesn't matter at all, on the one hand, and the realist who look at America and enumerate the many ways in which it still matters as much as it always did.Into this debate I come with an idea that...http://francislholland.blogspot.com/2007/06/maryscott-oconnor-calls-me-racist.html?showCom... I suspect that this approach won't make any friend...- June 27, 2007 I suspect that this approach won't make any friends with O'Connor or her friends, but other than that, this is beautiful:"It seems more likely, though, that calling people 'racist' has the same therapeutic effect on somebody who is color-aroused as repeatedly calling someone a 'fcking drunk' would have a therapeutic effect on someone who is an alcoholic."http://francislholland.blogspot.com/2007/06/maryscott-oconnor-calls-me-racist.html?showCom... ...You allude to this woman's opinion as being typ...- June 27, 2007 ...You allude to this woman's opinion as being typical of white people's thinking. Can you make a guess as to what percentage of whites and what percentage of blacks who you've contacted are open to considering your ideas And what reasons have people given you for not giving your ideas a chancehttp://francislholland.blogspot.com/2007/06/maryscott-oconnor-calls-me-racist.html?showCom... |