tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post111311373652690967..comments2024-02-08T05:04:18.484-08:00Comments on J'S THEATER: Saturday Quote: Azar NafisiJohn Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073378940347627766noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-1113277969025456892005-04-11T20:52:00.000-07:002005-04-11T20:52:00.000-07:00Oh CS, I wanted to add that this is a tactic that ...Oh CS, I wanted to add that this is a tactic that some folks use to shut you down; <BR/> by appealing to nationalism (from the blackhandside) or stereotypes (that, is, "outside the race") and against what they take to be insufficient loyalty or adherence to your blackness (which is an improvisatory field, Lord knows), too much cosmopolitanism and interracialism <BR/> (which admittedly aren't the same thing)<BR/> and realizing that because you do possess feelings of solidarity and loyalty--you are GROUNDED<BR/> they know such attacks (which have been used on everyone from Hurston to Anthony Braxton--"Stop Messaien around") will hurt<BR/> I say pull your books to your chest and let 'em have it, cuz you know you can!John Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08073378940347627766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-1113180061200493922005-04-10T17:41:00.000-07:002005-04-10T17:41:00.000-07:00I hear you, CS. Try to let it roll off your back i...I hear you, CS. Try to let it roll off your back if you can, though it's not easy being viewed this way. Just do your own thing and be fierce about it! ")John Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08073378940347627766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-1113158121466807152005-04-10T11:35:00.000-07:002005-04-10T11:35:00.000-07:00I can relate in a way. Lord knows my "black" card ...I can relate in a way. Lord knows my "black" card is pulled every five seconds. Especially when I am accussed of "only" reading the white folks. As if just because I can appreciate a few white writers, my loyalty to anti-racist politics is suspect. <BR/><BR/>-C.S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com