tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post2714503451290680857..comments2023-10-17T06:59:53.759-04:00Comments on No Cookies For Me: Regarding "African"...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post-76022030344923412722008-03-27T10:27:00.000-04:002008-03-27T10:27:00.000-04:00Hey Roy, just found your blog though I've seen you...Hey Roy, just found your blog though I've seen you comment often on feministing. I missed this post over there though, and I'm probably lucky I did. You had your hands full with abysmally out of touch Gopher. She/He actually went on to say later "Italys a nation?I always thought it was part of the European Union, and part of Western Europe." LOL, wow.<BR/><BR/>As someone who lives in Europe, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post-67353602144520004842008-03-19T07:59:00.000-04:002008-03-19T07:59:00.000-04:00Well said. Jeez. What idiots some people are. OF C...Well said. Jeez. What idiots some people are. OF COURSE Africa which is like half the planet (well, maybe not, but you know maps are distorted so that white countries look bigger and black ones smaller thatn they really are?) is one big homogenous lump *sarcasm*.<BR/><BR/>Tribal affiliation is often more important than national identity(countries which were of course carved out by white people butterflywingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16873407072604417252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post-91500719533456082008-03-10T13:00:00.000-04:002008-03-10T13:00:00.000-04:00Not to mention that "culture" is *self* identifyin...Not to mention that "culture" is *self* identifying. I am more about the culture I choose than I am about the dozen cultures that make up the experiences of my ancestors. But you'd have to know me pretty well to know what that it.<BR/><BR/>If you see me walking down the street you'd see a white woman, probably European. If you're particularly astute you might note that I'm Irish.<BR/><BR/>But Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16950308971562405846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post-90283248152205016732008-03-10T02:00:00.000-04:002008-03-10T02:00:00.000-04:00And besides, as I understand it, the Africans who ...And besides, as I understand it, the Africans who were kidnapped and enslaved to become the ancestors of the people we now know as African Americans weren't from "all over Africa." They were from west Africa, which is still a broad range, but a lot different from, say, northern Africa.<BR/>The Europeans didn't go in there and kidnap a shlew of Egyptians.snobographerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11874569135368534339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post-30058928553043241202008-03-09T22:39:00.000-04:002008-03-09T22:39:00.000-04:00Yeah, I came into that thread sort of late, but I ...Yeah, I came into that thread sort of late, but I completely agree with you and was shocked to read GopherII's comments about Africa. She thinks if she doesn't call herself "white" she doesn't benefit from white privilege? Like calling people "European" is any more accurate than "white?"<BR/><BR/>What about all the white people in Australia, NZ or South Africa?<BR/>"Europe" is not the home of "SarahMChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13882726532685116250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post-37913625905448646002008-03-06T17:39:00.000-05:002008-03-06T17:39:00.000-05:00Yea, i noticed they kinda ganged up on you... that...Yea, i noticed they kinda ganged up on you... that happens on feministing sometimes and it's pretty annoying, especially since you didn't mean anything negative by the point you were trying to make. Sometimes i feel like the biggest obstacle to the feminist movement are the varied opinions among the feminists themselves. I'm glad you posted about it on your site though. :)Radical Remindershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09155472776262393597noreply@blogger.com