tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post1238888363618913640..comments2023-09-21T09:49:28.326-07:00Comments on Fierce Dandelions: Race Talk and White Dharma PractitionersNathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-72055230454227158792010-02-15T23:30:28.692-08:002010-02-15T23:30:28.692-08:00Thanks Kyle. I appreciate your comments. I have so...Thanks Kyle. I appreciate your comments. I have somewhat mixed feelings about having a blog much less to have it out in public but I also think this could be a good learning experience. Its important for us all to remember that while racism does have a specific structural and historical context, as your unfortunate experience may illustrate - prejudice, closed mindedness and stereotyping is equalFirehorsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01403730869216631953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-38131290360486816372010-02-14T17:07:20.370-08:002010-02-14T17:07:20.370-08:00PS Firehorse - I wasn't aware of your blog, it...PS Firehorse - I wasn't aware of your blog, its very cool. Hope you don't mind I added it to my blog roll.Kylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14925360776637168540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-68243175526575267232010-02-14T17:03:40.908-08:002010-02-14T17:03:40.908-08:00@Firehorse - I am too very sorry to hear about wha...@Firehorse - I am too very sorry to hear about what has happened to you, I can only imagine, its not something I could never really know.<br /><br />It is sad that those Sangha's you visited in Boston ignored you. I too had a similar experience last year when I was asked to leave a Thervada temple, during an open house Saturday, because they said I wasn't a 'member'..aka because IKylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14925360776637168540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-82656349854820691382010-02-14T16:25:08.786-08:002010-02-14T16:25:08.786-08:00@Kyle, on your comment "I disagree about mixi...@Kyle, on your comment "I disagree about mixing religion and politics"<br /><br />Politics involves choice and can be conveniently discussed or not according to the speaker's mood, company etc. As Nathan mentioned, race is our lived and inescapable reality... <br /><br />I am sorry you have been threatened. I have been threatened, chased and beaten, my parents home was vandalized, Firehorsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01403730869216631953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-25200546797470642582010-02-14T09:48:31.232-08:002010-02-14T09:48:31.232-08:00Thanks Nathan, I hope you don't think I rant a...Thanks Nathan, I hope you don't think I rant all the time, I very much appreciate your balanced views and willingness to put up with my loud mouth.<br /><br />I have to agree with Flyingpig's statement "Ultimately, I'm wondering if a white person can lead the charge for this movement and not appear condescending."<br /><br />During that whole fiasco, no matter what I said, Kylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14925360776637168540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-67230409179005600872010-02-14T09:09:12.926-08:002010-02-14T09:09:12.926-08:00Kyle,
I actually felt you were one of the people...Kyle, <br /><br />I actually felt you were one of the people willing to address these issues. I appreciated your willingness to step out and speak up. And I agree that there are extremists on both sides. The problem is that race isn't just about politics, it's personal, relational, effects every facet of life. So, somehow it needs to a topic people are willing to sit with, at least some Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-6661876557295466962010-02-14T08:55:14.313-08:002010-02-14T08:55:14.313-08:00"I choose to remain focused on issues of race..."I choose to remain focused on issues of race and class. That's the first lesson any white, middle or upper class practitioner must learn. We get to choose; people of color and those in poverty, regardless of race, don't get to choose."<br /><br />Nathan, <br /><br />I don't really know where to begin, but there's a lot to inference from the above paragraph. I guess I&#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-25931345213470488362010-02-14T05:28:09.419-08:002010-02-14T05:28:09.419-08:00LOL And by setting people off, I am sure you may h...LOL And by setting people off, I am sure you may have been thinking about me? First, let me say that I am not oppossed to the term 'white privilege', what I am oppossed to was and is the context that all white people are lazy or ignorant or racists. You can't deny some of the more extreme elements espouse this kind of notion.Ironiclly, I find that horribly racist.<br /><br />I get theKylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14925360776637168540noreply@blogger.com