My most favorite-ever blog is Racialicious. I wish I could pick it up in magazine form from the bookshop across the street from work. I read it, now, more than I do the NY Times and absolutely more closely.

So many times it verbalizes the things that I think, but often don't say. Things I don't say out of not wanting to make others feel bad, don't want to hurt their feelings or upset them. Who really wants to point out racism in someone else? It's such a loaded word, racism. It doesn't necessarily correlate to being racist (and, oh man, when people say that everyone is a little bit racist line, I swear it always makes me want to break something because no, not everyone is a little bit racist).

And I know it's important to point those things out to people because the last vestiges of racism are those unseen and unfelt by so many. They're the most dangerous because that is what really keeps things as they are, it's the infrastructure of systems of privilege and oppression in the modern form.


A new article was posted. Picking Up the Pieces by Wendi Muse. It articulates a lot of things that I won't say. Isn't it stupid, the things people won't say in fear of offending or upsetting people? (I feel like it's important to note that this has nothing to do with telling jokes, or sharing thoughts that are in fact racist as can be. Things told in low tones and after glancing around.)

It's an article that everyone should read. Or at least glance through. Especially those who get tired of being told how pretty their skin color is or that they look exotic.

As is Do You Understand Where You Are over at Group News Blog. A commentary on the Jena 6 (if you have not heard about this and are American, then you should feel even more disgusted with your news media than ever before) and the realistic state of racism in the United States.