Part of me agrees that all the Othering is counterproductive. The other (Other?) part reads past comments and thinks that while the discussion goes to minority appropriating from minority, minority appropriating from dominant culture, and dominant culture appropriating from dominant culture, no one seems to really be discussing dominant culture appropriating from minority culture. I do realize that saying this is also Othering, but... I don't know how to fix the problem if I don't point it out?
I guess it's like ... dundunDUN stupid metaphor! A bridge! I see some people on one side of a gap due to economics/race/gender/insert-trait-here, and I would like to build a bridge across the gap, and I can't do it myself because, wow, bridges, hard work. But because it's so hard getting people to see the gap, a) people keep walking into it and falling down screaming and b) no one will build a bridge.
Um, I'm guessing this is where we agree to disagree?
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Sat, Jun. 3rd, 2006 06:01 am (UTC)Part of me agrees that all the Othering is counterproductive. The other (Other?) part reads past comments and thinks that while the discussion goes to minority appropriating from minority, minority appropriating from dominant culture, and dominant culture appropriating from dominant culture, no one seems to really be discussing dominant culture appropriating from minority culture. I do realize that saying this is also Othering, but... I don't know how to fix the problem if I don't point it out?
I guess it's like ... dundunDUN stupid metaphor! A bridge! I see some people on one side of a gap due to economics/race/gender/insert-trait-here, and I would like to build a bridge across the gap, and I can't do it myself because, wow, bridges, hard work. But because it's so hard getting people to see the gap, a) people keep walking into it and falling down screaming and b) no one will build a bridge.
Um, I'm guessing this is where we agree to disagree?