A birthday and a blanket (response)
Aug. 5th, 2008 10:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
keilexandraFirst, happy birthday ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ryuutsurugi! I hope BMC works out well for you; don't forget to come visit, for tax-free shopping if nothing else. ;)
Second, I am astonished by the diversity of comments on yesterday's IBARW post. The incident I described was intensely personal, something that I strove to downplay; at one point in the card-table debate, I was close to tears. But I am heartened--and simultaneously disheartened--by the knowledge that my Chinese community isn't alone in being racist. The island is still in the middle of the ocean with little hope of rescue soon, but at least I have friends and allies on the island too.
Another post to follow, this time hopefully more objective--a book review.
ryuutsurugi! I hope BMC works out well for you; don't forget to come visit, for tax-free shopping if nothing else. ;)Second, I am astonished by the diversity of comments on yesterday's IBARW post. The incident I described was intensely personal, something that I strove to downplay; at one point in the card-table debate, I was close to tears. But I am heartened--and simultaneously disheartened--by the knowledge that my Chinese community isn't alone in being racist. The island is still in the middle of the ocean with little hope of rescue soon, but at least I have friends and allies on the island too.
Another post to follow, this time hopefully more objective--a book review.