Re: more fun (sort of) with names

[Kelvin Bailey <prestokelvo at yahoo_com>]

Okay, in my sleepy sickness, I think I have been
hitting reply instead of reply to all, causing my
replies to go only to Tina.
Tina...Dear...sorry about that.  That must make me
seem to you like the biggest reactionary jerk in the
world.  Please give me another chance.  I'll try to do
better.  I just want you to like me.

For the rest of ya'll.  I responded to this post by
stating, very angrily, how tired I am of being made to
feel guilty for being white...How "white guilt"
demeans everyone, especially those black folks who are
deserving of much respecet and admiration...and,
finally, how I'm tired of being made to feel like
everyone has a rich cultural heritage, a worthy story
to tell, except white protestant men.  Only when I
said it all before, it was more clever...more
pithy...a biting commentary both startling and
daring...oh never mind...

tail between my legs...

Kelvin

--- Tina Ladner <unbornbuddha at yahoo_com> wrote:
> ysobelle, i'm not trying to make it a racial thing,
> but when you learn the history of how powerful white
> people humiliated so many black musicians over and
> over again, it goes without saying that in the year
> 2001, we all, and artistic people especially, try to
> show respect for the accomplishments of minorities
> in
> this country, especially considering how the cards
> were (and sometimes still are) stacked against them
> from the get go.

> my initial point was what i saw at a monk show
> seemed
> a bit self-indulgent and not all that interesting.
> and
> yes, very white.


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The job requires trying;
The hard part's avoiding buildings and concrete."
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