Mirror, mirror...

White people in blackfolk have been severely chastised in the past for speaking up too much - I know this, in fact just watched the last mini-drama go down, and suddenly, my own post-count in that community has jumped.

What the hell? I wish I could crawl inside my brain and figure out what's going on in there, because it almost seems like I'm tempting the fates. (Or the tempers and patience of the folks there. Whichever.)

I can't believe that I have sat back and sat on it for so many months, and RIGHT after someone gets smacked for being too noisy, I start opening my mouth.

I mean - what am I doin'?


Ironically, I am SO FRUSTRATED with most of the white people in that community right now. Do they EVER stop wandering in with their you're not allowed to hate my benevolent white ass shit?


[Completely random] Every time I try to go to the bookstore, I try to look up bell hooks on the computer there, and I can never remember who I am trying to look up. Why can I only remember things when I DON'T need/want to? I could cry. [/random]

FEMA Prison

I've been sick recently (yes, AGAIN) and spent most of yesterday in bed, sleeping like I was saving up waking hours for winter or something. I keep trying to get on to post some Katrina coverage, and keep falling on my face on the way to the 'puter. I have a bunch of stuff saved up in private entries to post "when I'm not exhausted," and it's largely old news by now.

However, I think this is well worth posting, as it's relevant for the next several months to come:

Conditions in a FEMA Detainment Camp.

These people are essentially going to be TRAPPED for the next five months (unless they want to walk out with virtually nothing). They're only going to be able to have two meals a day (what the fucking hell? how is this acceptable, to only feed people twice a day, and they're STILL turning away food?), they can't have milk (what about the children? what are they going to be given all day, Kool-Aid?), and they don't seem to be concerned about making sure that there are enough tampons and such for the women. (Which leads one to think of much more disturbing implications...what about birth control? What about needed medications? What about basic health care? How are these things going to be dealt with?)

And if I'm reading this correctly, they will not be allowed to even have FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.

For FIVE MONTHS.

If ANYONE doubts that race is playing into this, just direct them to this link, and the repeated statement that

"It could cause a riot. You don't understand the type of people that are about to come here."