Evolution of a Race Riot
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IA.ITM.001632
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Description
As written in the introduction;
" Why this exists: I'm flipping through a zine and I read an ad by a white woman calling for submissions from white women and women of color for a compilation she wants to put together about racism. And she's calling is Sister We Are Obe or something equality homogenizing, something to deflect conflict and differences across race and class and geography, something to domesticate the threat posed by women of color saying, " But you are not like me, and you are not the center of the universe, feminist or otherwise." And I'm thinking, this call for submissions ( I mean, literally) is typical, this is an affirmation of existing and far too dominat white feminist/radical discourse that magisterially invites the person of color to participate, not in dialogue with other people ofcolor, but with white women and men. ( And thus white women and men once again assert their power.) And how much of our time and energy has gone towards whites who constantly demand our attention, our validation, our absolution, our presence as political fetish ( monster, mammy, "third world" revolutionary, token). whatever? Okay, it's not nearly out of my system, but I'll move on."