Get a grip. It’s not that big of a deal.

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…………. Sithara

Addiction Recovery North Dakota

hmm….I just don’t know how else to take what you said as literally meaning that the writer of this entry expressed “hate”….; What is there to be sarcastic about — you are sarcastic that Ennis is hateful, when you know actually he’s not. I guess I just don’t get your “sarcasm” or irony in your statement, but maybe it’s just me.

I also agree that if you are trying to promote a persons of color blogging event, there should have been more outreach to other persons of color. And using the term “brown” was confusing at least to a desi; maybe many black americans don’t know that desis use “brown” or latinos too (though I didn’t know lations used it until recently). And I, as an indian american, didn’t know that black americans used “brown” often.

I’ve come across the same issue in other events – the issue, that is, that “persons of color” is inclusive only to the interests of blacks (that is African Americans or Africa diaspora)

Who’s hating? I pointed out that this conference positioned itself as broad but seemed narrow. Here’s more evidence, from one of the founding figures, in terms of what the conference is concerned with:

“There are things happening to black women and girls in this country that we think only happen in war zones in Africa,” she says. “And nobody’s covering them.” [Link]

Important issues to be sure, and ones we should all care about. But it seems more and more clear that the focus of this conference is by, for, and of African-American bloggers.