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If you read a range of sources in the blogosphere, you probably are already aware of the fact that this week has been International Blog Against Racism Week (August 6-12, ending today).
I've read with interest--and often exasperation--discussions sparked in other blogs about a whole panoply of issues relating to race, bigotry, and prejudice.
I think that discussion itself is of great import--airing of feelings, respectful debate, even heated argument is better than silence and avoidance. Talking leads to thinking, and sometimes thinking facilitates changes of heart and mind. Even in the discussions that have exasperated me, i know many people's hearts are in the right place, that they are trying to understand or to make others understand, and that in and of itself is hopeful.
I did not want to make a randomly off-topic post, along the lines of "I know this blog is normally all about costume craftwork, but today i'd like to talk instead about the social and economic challenges faced by an interracial couple in rural Tennessee!" However, in the past couple of days, two situations have presented themselves which are both topical for La Bricoleuse, *&* address aspects of racism and race-based prejudice (and, in one of the two cases, sexism as well).
( straw hat bigotry and stereotype masking )
I've read with interest--and often exasperation--discussions sparked in other blogs about a whole panoply of issues relating to race, bigotry, and prejudice.
I think that discussion itself is of great import--airing of feelings, respectful debate, even heated argument is better than silence and avoidance. Talking leads to thinking, and sometimes thinking facilitates changes of heart and mind. Even in the discussions that have exasperated me, i know many people's hearts are in the right place, that they are trying to understand or to make others understand, and that in and of itself is hopeful.
I did not want to make a randomly off-topic post, along the lines of "I know this blog is normally all about costume craftwork, but today i'd like to talk instead about the social and economic challenges faced by an interracial couple in rural Tennessee!" However, in the past couple of days, two situations have presented themselves which are both topical for La Bricoleuse, *&* address aspects of racism and race-based prejudice (and, in one of the two cases, sexism as well).
( straw hat bigotry and stereotype masking )
