View source for My only statement on the cultural appropriation imbroglio

==Original Post==

<blockquote>There has been a major Internet kerfuffle going on in the last couple of weeks over the question of cultural appropriation and racism in SF and Fantasy. Many friends of mine on both sides of the debate (and, yes, there are clearly two sides to this debate, despite the complexity of the underlying topic) have been badly hurt. I have been sitting on my hands because it appears that there is no way to enter the slapfight without getting slapped, but I am tired unto death of the ongoing vitriol and character assassination, so I am going to make one statement. Comments are disabled, and I will not respond to comments elsewhere about this post. '''([http://davidlevine.livejournal.com/154220.html Read more...])'''</blockquote>

Author and zine Editor [[David Levine]] posted [http://davidlevine.livejournal.com/154220.html this] to [[LiveJournal]] on January 26, 2009.  The comments were disabled.

==Responses in Other Blogs==
* [[Nick Mamatas]]: [http://nihilistic-kid.livejournal.com/1256858.html MY GOD, WHAT HAVE THE NEGROES DONE!]
* [[coffeeandink]]: [http://coffeeandink.livejournal.com/888881.html How Not to Engage in Discussions of Cultural Appropriation]
* [[K. Tempest Bradford]]: [http://ktempest.livejournal.com/365999.html Talking About (And To) David Levine]
* [http://tacky-tramp.livejournal.com/ tacky_tramp]: [http://tacky-tramp.livejournal.com/159291.html Oh David Levine No]
* [http://vito_excalibur.livejournal.com/ vito_excalibur]: [http://vito-excalibur.livejournal.com/208031.html my last public post on the Late Great Unpleasantness]


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