Original discussion of thread debate

[Charles Brown]

As this thread goes on I would
say you have pretty good consciousness
of Blackness, However, concretely, as you
ask, I would say the one comment in your
initial post that seems weak on Blackness
is your questioning the historical depth
of the Blackness I was asserting. Why
would you question the historical depth of
a discussion of Dubois, etc. ? It evinced
a lack of historical depth in the questioner
that threw into question your Black consciousness.

Also, responding to pro-Blackness, love of
Blackness as antagonistic to the other
Peoples of color is not a Black reflex.

I hope this addresses your issues below.

CB


>>> "K" <d-m-c at worldnet.att.net> 11/21 7:23 AM >>>


>Likewise, with respect to you
>taking on the role of a Black person
>in a discussion about Blackness
>and racism. You are likely to miss
>something that most Black people would
>not. Not too many Black people would
>react the way you did to what I said.
>I am not saying that they would
>agree with me, but their response
>would be different.

I participated on
the African Americans in Higher Education list for two
years and  I can honestly say that debate would have
been much more rancorous and would have, of course,
involved a lot more listers.  There were some threads
that went on for weeks.   And, I'm not
certain how whether or not I'm a Black woman or a
woman of color or a white woman would make a
difference as to *how* I  responded.  Please clarify
this for me in some sort of concrete way.  I really
just can't figure out why you think you know who I am
and why it's important.

That folks on this list get in a huff
over a debate like this I find truly surprising given
what's gone on in the past.  In that sense, I suspect
the intensity had much to do with our identities.  Or,
assumed identities anyway.

Snit