Quote o’ the Month: Blackademic

From “to clarify” at Blackademic:

when the “tokenized” feminism is discussed in regards to women of color, in general these postings are not as praised, commented on, or link backed to—or once the topic is proposed, the comments usually ignore the issue at hand, if people comment at all. once again, whiteness becomes the center and authority of an anti-racist struggle and white guilt is at play where it seems that these issues have to be addressed at least “sometimes.” and in return, these white feminist gain recognition for playing the role of the “good” white person, whereas people of color who are writing about the same things, are largely ignored—and not as applauded. instead, we are deemed as angry and racist in return, or just completely wrong.

The author, nubian, responds to feedback in the comments thread to her poem, “i blog because i need to”.

Via Slant Truth.