[sudo-discuss] Dia de los Muertos fundraiser: is happening?

[yar]

On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Johnny <mostmodernist at gmail.com> wrote:
> Please quit the rabid accusation of cultural appropriation.  It is ugly, cuz
> the people of this community are basically "culture warriors", most of whom
> I am sure are very keen to be respectful, who basically walk on cultural
> eggshells in a concerted effort to be inclusive and non-alienating.  And
> why?  THEY KNOW THAT CULTURAL EXCHANGE IS IMPORTANT.

Sorry, but to me the only thing rabid, incendiary or ugly in this
thread is the idea that naming power relationships is somehow itself
rabid, incendiary, or ugly. This is the "she who smelt it dealt it"
theory of sociology, and in my experience it only serves to silence
marginalized people.