Carl Brandon Society blog

Weblog of the Carl Brandon Society, dedicated to improving the visibility of people of colour in the speculative genres of science fiction, fantasy, horror, magical realism, etc. (moderated jointly by CBS Steering Committee members).

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

25 ways to tokenize or alienate a non-white person around you

... (or, 25 examples of the racism we witness on a regular basis)

by basil, billie, qwo-li, jenn and colin


Examples:

11. ask a native person; "do you make your own jewelry?"

12. use the identity of white anti-racist as a shield against accusations of racism.


(thanks to Walking the Walls for the pointer.

As a game, I started counting how many of the 25 I've experienced. Stopped when I'd gotten to 10 and was barely half-way through the list.

-nalo

1 Comments:

  • At 2:29 PM, Anonymous Reid Southwick said…

    Good day,

    I am a journalism student at a college in eastern Canada. I'm working on a profile on author and columnist Charles Saunders and was wondering if any of the authors would like to speak with me about his contributions to science fiction as a black author.

    you can reach me at rsouthwi@dal.ca

    I would deeply appreciate an interview.

    Thank you for your time

    Reid Southwick

     

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