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

[Praveen Sinha]

Well, since we are at it:

http://ayadeleon.wordpress.com/2014/10/31/dear-white-peoplequeridos-gringos-you-want-our-culture-but-you-dont-want-us-stop-colonizing-the-day-of-the-dead/

Lots of good stuff to read there.

I had a great time today at DDLM celebrations and will be posting pics.

BTW this little discussion actually sparked a lot of great food for
thought.  Thanks!


On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Johnny <mostmodernist at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ha, you were not silenced, by word count!  In the bigger scope, you
> silenced yourself.  Could this event have been a forum and awesome
> show-n-tell case for cultural exchange about customary DDLM and ideas about
> transhumanism?  They are both of them "virtual realities" IMO.
>
> Well, but you had to react negatively becuz of the verbiage in a rough
> draft of a flyer, and antagonized the project from the very start, dead
> worried some actual mexicans might show up and be offended.
>
> I only came into this thread again to retrieve the flyer, to share on
> twitter.  Sad there's nothing DDLM about the event.  HOLD ON, now there is,
> becuz I synthesized the concepts in mind, without paying royalties to
> anybody.  I'll share the synth tonight if you wish.
>
> So bring on the DDLM tonight in costume, if you want to, without fear or
> shame of cultural criticism from your peers. Happy Halloween Everyone.
>
> And here is our consolation prize, courtesy of Ford Motor Company.  They
> paid to show me this.  Well, they didn't pay until I clicked so I could
> show you:
>
> https://twitter.com/Ford/status/528231562467213312
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 12:24 PM, yar <yardenack at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>
>
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