tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post6968884926744781187..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: Lyons confirms the problem in his response to Harris-Perry (updated)Nancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-87086072202056851732011-10-01T12:24:23.142-05:002011-10-01T12:24:23.142-05:00Anonymous @ 12:04 - Thanks a lot for the link to E...Anonymous @ 12:04 - Thanks a lot for the link to Elon, I hadn't seen that one and its very well done!<br /><br />I disagree about calling for apologies. I don't think we should ever give racism a pass. We should always call it out and demand redress.Nancy LeTourneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-19729783215437238522011-10-01T12:04:42.429-05:002011-10-01T12:04:42.429-05:00Elon White provides a very necessary take down of ...Elon White provides a very necessary take down of Lyons that Salon actually ran; I link to newsone.com.<br />http://newsone.com/nation/elonjameswhite/salon-melissa-harris-perry-kkk/<br /><br />The bullying and thuggery that's been deployed against Harris-Perry is disgusting, but not really surprising. Their extreme defensiveness pretty much confirms a lot of what Harris-Perry was writing about.<br /><br />I don't believe we should be demanding apologies from the Salon writers; why have people apologize for showing and/or confirming who they are. We should be thanking them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-29169305550311229812011-09-30T10:03:03.808-05:002011-09-30T10:03:03.808-05:00I strongly disagree. Salon or no one else need apo...I strongly disagree. Salon or no one else need apologize or retract anything. Let Melissa Harris and others keep doing what they do and keep telling it as they see it. This flushes out the deep seated ugliness that is racism intertwined with white privilege that is the heartbeat not only of America but of many Western societies. It's not just in your face racists that are fighting to preserve white privilege, but also white liberals. Whiteness is like always having money in your pocket no matter where you are, who you are, or what you might have done to earn it. It's a form of political and social capital not easily or often willingly relinquished. Perhaps this is what confuses many white folks. They might see themselves as biologically white and fail to realize that they are also socially white and all that that entails.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-72823215145525372992011-09-29T21:13:43.651-05:002011-09-29T21:13:43.651-05:00Totally agree. People need to read real history bo...Totally agree. People need to read real history books in order to historicize their critiques. How is it so easy to dismiss hundreds of years of racial oppression?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-85710379876243850102011-09-29T11:39:21.163-05:002011-09-29T11:39:21.163-05:00This is a great article. Thank you and I've u...This is a great article. Thank you and I've updated my post and added a link to this. Keep up the good work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-3693133984669380142011-09-29T08:31:45.935-05:002011-09-29T08:31:45.935-05:00Anonymous - excellent point. An apology and retrac...Anonymous - excellent point. An apology and retraction would be in order.Nancy LeTourneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-43807235992587120142011-09-29T08:29:06.255-05:002011-09-29T08:29:06.255-05:00Well done. Salon needs to apologize to M. Harris-P...Well done. Salon needs to apologize to M. Harris-Perry, and retract this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com