Boosting the Signal: Voices from IBARW 4 (part 1)

[chomiji]

Daddy, don't you know that everything moves in cycles?
"... it's always about creating our stories and finding our voices, until we live in a world where we can be in our own stories, have our faces on the covers of our own books, and be more than someone else's lies." - yeloson

IBARW, Carl Brandon's Open Letter, and the cost of anger
"... Why anyone would think I like watching my blood pressure numbers inch up week by week. Why anyone would think I happily, eagerly "play the race card", whatever that means -- or that doing so would actually benefit me in any way. Why anyone would think I'm glad to spend hours of each week reading up about the latest imbroglios, writing responses to them, posting clandestine reviews of problematic books (and worrying about how those reviews will come back to bite me on the ass), preparing for difficult panels at cons, and bracing myself for uncomfortable interactions at every single networking event I attend ... ." - nojojojo

It's Not The Same Thing (Or, Leave Your Irish Ancestors In Their Graves)
"... Like it or not, to be white in the U.S. is to have the privilege of being unmarked, and those of us with Mac or O' in front of our names enjoy that privilege right now just as much as those of us named Smith or Walker (and enjoy it more than many people named Smith or Walker, for that matter) ... " - evilprodigy

Extracts from the IBARW 4 bookmarks at Delicious. Read More ...