tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774857805670338578.post9168642434866512099..comments2023-09-03T09:55:21.774-05:00Comments on Of Science Fiction: My Belated Comments on The Lastest Blog Wave - Racism in Readingtexasboybluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13462124020273975347noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774857805670338578.post-73639632429348124892007-08-18T22:29:00.000-05:002007-08-18T22:29:00.000-05:00I stand corrected..and humbled. Thank you very muc...I stand corrected..and humbled. Thank you very much for your corrections and your very graceful and thoughtful response.<BR/><BR/>Welcome to my baby site! Please come back anytime!texasboybluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13462124020273975347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774857805670338578.post-55002936387052982362007-08-18T10:59:00.000-05:002007-08-18T10:59:00.000-05:00Texasblueboy, Hello. Thanks for this thoughtful po...Texasblueboy, Hello. Thanks for this thoughtful post. My response is an easy one. I agree with absolutely everything you just wrote. Your sentiments are honest, and open, and yet also show an awareness and respect for other peoples' experiences. You acknowledge differences and difficulties, and wish to push through them and connect with our shared humanity. That, sir, is exactly what I'm about. It's part of what every word I've written as a novelist is about. It's fundamental to my view of the world and all the experiences that got me to where I am now.<BR/><BR/>Does that surprise you? There seems to be a tone in your post that suggests your in disagreement with me about some of these things. You're not. Not at all. But you wrote...<BR/><BR/>"While Mr. Durham is absolutely correct in his assertions on institutional racism, I would argue that there should not be an African American literature section."<BR/><BR/>Who would you argue with? Not with me. I agree completely, and I think you'll find that nothing I wrote suggests I like that African American literature section. I don't. I point it out because I don't, and because I think so many people don't even know it's exists.<BR/><BR/>If you go back to my original post - and/or read anything I've written in responses thereafter - you may find that what I actually said differs from what many people seem to think I said.<BR/><BR/>So, again, I think there's considerable wisdom in your post. But that's patting myself on the back also - because I couldn't agree with you more.<BR/><BR/>-David.David Anthony Durhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13885922955551669016noreply@blogger.com