Date: 7 March 2009 03:43 pm (UTC)
Not enough. I had heard of the original back-and-forth about Bear's LJ "discussion", and had read a bit about it then, but after that it slipped my mind. I had absolutely no idea that it had not only continued, but escalated.

When you posted about the larger situation again last week, I was shocked. Particularly, I was shocked by the whole Nielsen Hayden thing -- that was "It's not my fault and this is now about my hurt feelings" writ large. And these are people, I know, but they're also professionals, and it was probably the biggest bunch of petty nonsense I've seen in my life.

I have not joined [livejournal.com profile] 50books_poc, but I am making a point of reading more books by PoC. I came across the mention of [livejournal.com profile] verb_noire in the [livejournal.com profile] tnh thing, and was delighted.

I think that there has been a lot of fighting against the conservatives* of con-goers, and I hope that it continues. Saying one wants new blood, but only if they do things exactly the same way you do, is utterly ridiculous. I am going to make a point of suggesting some of those things listed above and elsewhere. I'm thinking of the new congoer panels, panels by and for PoC, and about fiction by PoC, plus perhaps other groups. (Can we have serious discussions about representations of sexuality at a con yet?) I'll suggest things for/by/about women too, of course, but I think that white women are marginally better represented in most con programming than other underrepresented groups.

ETA: I knew I'd forgotten something. My original asterisked point was going to be this: I know that the entrenched "our way or the highway" folk tend to be above a certain age, and that "old guard" isn't really to do with age anyway, but I dislike conflating one's age with one's outlook.

PS I haven't said it before, but thanks for linking to the whole thing, and the individuals' posts. I am consistently amazed at their eloquence and patience, and particularly their knack for distilling things down, one benefit of which is that CWP can understand without feeling attacked. Of course, that makes me feel bad that they *have* to address this stuff at all, but it's still nothing compared to the original.

PPS They are NOT doing it for the CWP, and it was bad phrasing on my part to suggest that they were, or should be.
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