Racism is not in your intent. Your intent is immaterial in how racist your actions are. This isn’t about you BEING a racist. It’s about you DOING A THING that is racist. Your intent doesn’t change it. Your ignorance of its meaning doesn’t change it. It’s got nothing to do with you as a person and everything to do with the meaning of your action in the context of sociocultural history.
On hold
I haven’t posted anything personal for quite a while now. It is not that nothing is happening (the opposite is the case) but I don’t feel like blogging right now. I was considering deleting this blog, but when scrolling and reading through my posts I felt nostalgic and thought “hello no!”. I put quite some time and effort into this blog and although I have a only very limited readership it is a little bit like an online diary—a historical document:)
So, instead of canceling I will just put this on hold for a while. I might “like” the odd entry in my blogroll (pictures, art, links), or post a cool quote or two though.
All the best
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Bobby Bare Jr. is looking for “creative consultants” for his new album. Donate money and be mentioned by name. You’ll be send 7-8 demo songs and can give feedback and make suggestions. I got the limited vinyl (there are various packages).
Human relationships are not rocket science; they are far, far more complicated.
the Sounds & Sights of Radical Face // Current TV
I couldn’t find this video for a while and now stumbled across it once more. It’s a fascinating glimpse behind the curtain of Ben Cooper’s (aka Radical Face) recording of his debut album Ghosts (his new one Family Tree was just released). Check it out and get hooked:)
