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[serene]

Mine is a white ethnic blog.

That is to say, I recognize that when I am talking about anything here, I am talking about it from a white person's perspective. I have a lot of examined-and-discarded bias in my history, but don't doubt I have a lot of unexamined bias, too. I was raised in a racist environment in a racist country by racist people, and I can't possibly have escaped some of their thinking. I just want to acknowledge that here, and let you all know that if you ever wanna call me on that shit, I'm listening.

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[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

I used the word "racist" because I was raised by racists. I've met them, and it's a good word.

I believe that it's possible to be single-cultural without being racist, that in fact it's difficult and time-consuming and, frankly, often detracting from the charm and interest of any particular blog for them to have to intentionally attempt a broader perspective all of the time. I think there's a lot to be gained from having blogs with specific perspectives, be they Asian or African-American or British or Californian or white.

I don't think I understand where the disagreement is here.