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[maevele]

still trying to reboot the brainpan enough to blog about the con, but first I totally have a race question.

Where the fuck do these people come from that black people are so unusual or foreign or gawkworthy? or fucking indistinguishable? because I should not leave the con hearing MULTIPLE stories of people not being able to tell the PoC apart, or treating them like they are either on display or there to help them process their race issues. DON'T DO THAT SHIT AT MY CON, FELLOW WHITE PEOPLES. GO MAKE PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE SOMEWHERE FUCKING ELSE IF YOU HAVE TO.

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[al-zorra.livejournal.com]

Where in THE WORLD do these people live!!!!!!!!!!!!

Or, perhaps, more kindly, what do they ever pay attention to?

Of course, I've had sfnal friends move here and they couldn't tell the difference between Portuguese and Italian -- in fact, Portuguese as a language or a nation, hadn't ever been on their radar. Ever.

Much less that all Asians aren't Chinese: right where I live I interact closely, daily, with Chinese, Japanese, Koreans and Indians. And they are not all hyphenated Americans. Some of all the above are from South America, particularly Brasil (see Portuguese and Portugal), and from the Caribbean.

I've started to believe that most people aren't really aware there are other people in the world, and certainly don't even LOOK at other people, who aren't themselves or their very own family members, and some can't even manage that!

Love, C.

Love, c.