tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post4934916460227272455..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Wrong to point out stereotypes?Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-11486267678886347892008-08-18T07:18:00.000-07:002008-08-18T07:18:00.000-07:00Hi, Tami. We don't get nearly as many comments as...Hi, Tami. We don't get nearly as many comments as Racialicious does, so I'm glad to learn of lurkers.<BR/><BR/>Russ, I think I said casino revenues should go to tribal services first and individual Indians second. Which is only what the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act says, of course. About the only "law" I suggested was a requirement that tribal members earn their payments somehow--perhaps by going to college or studying their Native culture and language.<BR/><BR/>And again, I'm not forcing my views on anyone. People who come here and read them do so voluntarily. If you don't like what I have to say, you can go as easily as you came.<BR/><BR/>For more on the subject, see <A HREF="http://www.bluecorncomics.com/2008/08/telling-indians-what-to-do.html" REL="nofollow">Telling Indians What to Do</A>.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-72593579696627544492008-08-14T21:06:00.000-07:002008-08-14T21:06:00.000-07:00Writerfella here -- BUT -- BUT -- BUT -- you, ...Writerfella here --<BR/> BUT -- BUT -- BUT -- you, Rob Schmidt, already have said on this site that tribal per capita payments should by law be required to be invested instead of being cash-in-hand, and that we Natives should forego --gasp!-- fry bread! Are you not, therefore, in violation of your own statement that "I try not to tell Natives how to think or feel"? Someone here is doing that very thing, and it is not writerfella...<BR/>All Best<BR/>Russ Bates<BR/>'writerfella'writerfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111681906238053379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-32140741653121249432008-08-13T06:25:00.000-07:002008-08-13T06:25:00.000-07:00Rob,Tami here. Thanks for your comments on Raciali...Rob,<BR/><BR/>Tami here. Thanks for your comments on Racialicious and on your blog. I find all of those images you shared offensive. I think we ALL, regardless of our race, need to become more cognizant of the ways race bias and "othering" slips into our culture. I simply don't think that I have the right, as a black woman, to tell someone of another race what should and should not be offensive to them. <BR/><BR/>I used the Bobby Lee example in my post and a commenter chimed in that though she also found Lee offensive, many of her Korean friends felt differently. As much as I am interested in and study race in America, I don't think I have the right to argue with those folks--who actually experience being Asian in America and all of the nuances that I can never know--that they should be offended with me.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again for the comments. I am a fan of your blog--a longtime lurker.Tamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12940502776699227686noreply@blogger.com