things i am thankful for this week
Nov. 26th, 2010 12:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kalmni am not a big fan of that holiday we had here in the states yesterday-- turkey is not my favorite food and genocide not my favorite thing to celebrate.
but i am thankful for things, so here we go.
i am thankful for my family, who will haul themselves out of bed, abandon their lunches, and ditch the rest of their plans for the day when i need them.
i am thankful for the juggler, who loves me, loves pirate, loved josie, and thinks my family is pretty swell too.
i am thankful for all of you reading this, for those of you i've met in person so far, and for those of you i haven't but hope to.
i am thankful for the internet, which keeps me employed and keeps me in touch, both with people across the country and across town.
and i know i complain about it, but i am thankful that it is 23f and beautifully sunny out, and that myself and the piratedog will be headed out for an afternoon of dogrelated errands shortly.
but i am thankful for things, so here we go.
i am thankful for my family, who will haul themselves out of bed, abandon their lunches, and ditch the rest of their plans for the day when i need them.
i am thankful for the juggler, who loves me, loves pirate, loved josie, and thinks my family is pretty swell too.
i am thankful for all of you reading this, for those of you i've met in person so far, and for those of you i haven't but hope to.
i am thankful for the internet, which keeps me employed and keeps me in touch, both with people across the country and across town.
and i know i complain about it, but i am thankful that it is 23f and beautifully sunny out, and that myself and the piratedog will be headed out for an afternoon of dogrelated errands shortly.
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Date: 2010-11-26 06:46 pm (UTC)I had a native american friend tell me a story that had to do with her being uncomfortable with the word 'genocide' being used about native people (especially in white contexts), as there can be so much of a perception in the white world of ALL NATIVE PEOPLE BEING DEAD (what I grew up with!), especially on the US east coast.
I thought that was interesting (I suggested 'attempted genocide' and she seemed more OK with that) - she said that the main time she'd put this forth in a group, a Jewish man pointed out that he was OK with 'genocide' being used to describe the Holocaust.
We were talking (she's a queer/gender/race/theorist) about why this would be different - is it that no one thinks all of the Jews were really destroyed? Most uses of 'genocide' aren't literal, there's usually the implication of an unsuccessful attempt. So why with native people is there a different perception/implication, and how much more important then is it to raise visibility about that?
It was an interesting conversation and not something I'd thought about before, and I'm always touched that she's willing to talk about this stuff with me.