Fwd: Re: POCs

[JBrown72073 at cs.com]

>>That is more background than you want. Yes, we have to deal with the 
problem.
>>We can benefit by open and pretty fearful discussion - but not all the
>>painful points will be aimed at white radicals. It is very easy when race
>>is involved to play the race card when it isn't in the deck. The same was
>>(and sometimes still is) the case with the women's movement.
>>
>>In haste, but not, sorry, brevity,
>>David

Yeah, that's true about feminism.  We just had a small mixed group 
(anarchist) fly apart here based on accusations of sexism (or, in the words 
of the parting manifesto the men were 'allied with the rape culture') which 
in my opinion was a case of playing the card when it wasn't in the deck.  The 
only cure for this is to insist that the criticism be very specific.  
Otherwise, how can anyone be expected to cure the violation?

Jenny Brown