{"id":2268,"date":"2009-03-24T12:32:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-24T16:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/?p=2268"},"modified":"2015-08-28T11:11:46","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T15:11:46","slug":"in-response-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/2009\/03\/24\/in-response-to\/","title":{"rendered":"In response to&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RaceFail 2009 [in <a href=\"http:\/\/rydra-wong.livejournal.com\/146697.html\">which<\/a> white sf\/f writers are called out as racist by POC readers, and waaaaah, the white writers&#39; feeeeewings are hurt, so they throw insults and won&#39;t listen to POC&#39;s reasoned, increasingly exhausted arguments, la la la la la WE&nbsp;CAN&#39;T&nbsp;HEAR&nbsp;YOU], the correct <a href=\"http:\/\/davidlevine.livejournal.com\/154220.html\">response<\/a> is not to pick up your toys and go home. [RaceFail &#39;09 threads compiled by rydra_wrong. Pout&#39;n&#39;exit executed by davidlevine and deconstructed by multiple people, <a href=\"http:\/\/tacky-tramp.livejournal.com\/159291.html\">including<\/a> tacky_tramp.]&nbsp; A more productive response is to:<\/p>\n<p>1. Acknowledge one&#39;s racism.<br \/>2. Educate oneself through reading, listening and paying attention to POC and their experience. Coffeeandink has a <a href=\"http:\/\/coffeeandink.livejournal.com\/890662.html\">collection<\/a> of links to start with here. So <a href=\"http:\/\/zvi-likes-tv.livejournal.com\/491579.html\">does<\/a> zvi_likes_tv.<br \/>3. Don&#39;t stop with baby steps. Actually change your life and perspective.<br \/>4. Continue creating art and learning from your mistakes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RaceFail 2009 [in which white sf\/f writers are called out as racist by POC readers, and waaaaah, the white writers&#39; feeeeewings are hurt, so they throw insults and won&#39;t listen to POC&#39;s reasoned, increasingly exhausted arguments, la la la la la WE&nbsp;CAN&#39;T&nbsp;HEAR&nbsp;YOU], the correct response is not to pick up your toys and go home.&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/2009\/03\/24\/in-response-to\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">In response to&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[657,656],"class_list":["post-2268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-people-of-color","tag-racism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2268"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6124,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268\/revisions\/6124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}