tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post50238626959650472..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: Race and GenderJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-65866045014388819442017-05-20T09:02:45.389-05:002017-05-20T09:02:45.389-05:00I agree. The attempt to pass as black, having had...I agree. The attempt to pass as black, having had all the benefits of having the ancestry I do, would be grotesque. Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-76514549948531383242017-05-19T21:37:58.637-05:002017-05-19T21:37:58.637-05:00Well, I am not for the Tuvel pile-on, one can writ...Well, I am not for the Tuvel pile-on, one can write an article in response.<br /><br />But especially when I deal with white supremacist types and get a small inkling of what it must be to be black in this society, seen as black, treated as black, I am more and more convinced that it really is true, I couldn't possibly claim that identity and experience.<br /><br />I'm also not Leslie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10020364290777579994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-55090731618553472442017-05-16T01:14:16.688-05:002017-05-16T01:14:16.688-05:00"...humans, like other mammals, come in two s..."...humans, like other mammals, come in two sexes. Nobody seriously argues that there is not a difference between a cow and a bull, and that this difference is not biological. Why is this different for human animals?"<br /><br />This reminded me of Pound's "The Serious Artist", where he says:<br /><br />"From the arts we also learn in what ways man resembles and whatThomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.com