It is *so* good to hear from you! How have you been doing?
One of the reasons why color_blue's entry resonated with me was that I was recently complaining to a friend that depictions of Africa in the US are almost always of disaster, war, etc, and that they come with a subtext of "look at the horrid place we saved the African-Americans from! Wasn't slavery beneficial and civilizing?" (which I've had stated to me as text, too). It's not that these wars and famines don't exist, but it's frustrating to see them portrayed as the whole of African experience, and to see the uses that portrayal is put to. That said, I wouldn't be very happy with refusing to help people because it draws attention to wars and disasters either.
I've tried three times to make a cute metaphor about how none of us are the Borg, and failed, so I'll just say that my having found a lot to agree with and to learn in color_blue's entry doesn't mean I wouldn't in your reply to it, either; if you have time and energy for it, I'd love to read your thoughts.
And it's *always* nifty to see your name in my journal. :D
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Date: 2009-02-11 04:49 pm (UTC)One of the reasons why
I've tried three times to make a cute metaphor about how none of us are the Borg, and failed, so I'll just say that my having found a lot to agree with and to learn in
And it's *always* nifty to see your name in my journal. :D