Fen of Color United May 18th Campaign

LiveJournaler neo_prodigy has created a campaign and LJ community for visibility of Fen of Color inspired by RaceFail 09:

On Monday May 18, 2009, we are asking anyone who identifies as a POC/non-white to post this banner, their speculative short stories, artwork, poetry or simply write a post on their favorite fandom on their blogs as an act of protest to show we will not be silent or invisible. The day of protest is entitled Fen Of Color United or more aptly, FOC_U.

White allies can also show solidarity for this event by posting this banner and expressing the need for diversity and speaking out against the bigotry in the genre, through posts and/or their creative work as well.

Full post: http://community.livejournal.com/foc_u/435.html

SF community discussion on race in the real world continues

Mary Anne Mohanraj is guest-blogging on John Scalzi's blog, Whatever:

That's a starting assumption for me -- the world is racist, the culture I grew up in is racist, I've internalized and carry around a hell of a lot of racist baggage, and on some deep level, many of my basic assumptions are racist. So are yours.