I'll echo Phil's welcome...and alert you that we tend to shorten names around here, so you may end up being "Queen D!"
Reality Bytes, I'm sorry, I was away all afternoon. When I said 'Let's stop talking about "them" and start talking about "us"' I think I was trying to make the point that the problems originated within the dominant culture. Saying we can't do much of anything without minorities in the conversation is wrong, I think, because we each bring different experiences to the table, and I know that people with wider experience than mine have something to teach me, can make me aware of some of my own blindess.
Sorry. I'm tired and it's been an intense day, and I'm not really sure what I'm saying anymore. Maybe I'll regenerate some braincells tonight...
s'all right... I agree we all can learn from each other, even if we are the same race(
!), but that it would be even more fortunate to have some interracial discussions as well, both in 'real life' and on RR (actually, I find RR to be more real?!)), and so I too am happy to welcome Queen Diva!
By the way, here's
an article " Americans conflicted on how to discuss race" I just read that addresses so many of these points discussed here, and in so many complex and interrelated ways... one of the best treatments I think I've seen of any issue... and yet it only scratches the surface. But, I think it's made a good start at capturing all the nuances of the issue, as well as some of the ways to begin (again) this 'dialog'.
