I sent personal message to Marco off list too, before suggesting a reading on
race, saying how I would like to follow up on chats I had hoped to continue and
not to be a stranger and that I hoped to see him around. I think Marco's issue
can be addressed in a two-fold manner, by people who care outreaching him and
others who have felt alienated and also by finding out exactly shat happened at
the last reading group; and also by continuing the post-capitalist readings on
a relevant critical and relevant theme. I think we need to double our efforts
to address this problem.
Sent from my iPhone
On 20/07/2016, at 9:19 AM, alex wisser <lenscap105@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all,
I'm not sure a reading on racism is the answer here. To continue on the
level of discourse and ideology, of studying and reading more texts, without
actually addressing the fact that one of our members feels alienated and
dismissed will spell the end to our little group. I for one, cannot
participate in a group that is willing to think about challenging modern
capitalism in the abstract but cannot confront the functioning of capitalism
within itself, in this instance through the issue of racism. I also wasn't
at the meeting so I don't make accusations and can't comment on what went
down but I do think this needs to be addressed directly.
To Marco,
I am saddened that you have had such a negative experience of what I thought
was a great little group and I do hope that you will at least give us the one
chance to address your concerns.
Alex Wisser
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On 19 Jul 2016, at 11:26 PM, jacquelene drinkall
<jacquelene.drinkall@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So sorry you had that experience and sorry I wasn't there Marco. I had
really nasty head cold, as mentioned already. Thanks again also for the
awesome Hardt and Negri text. I would have loved to have been there and I
hope I would have been sensitive and responsive to your situation. As
someone who didn't attend last time when you were sadly alienated, it is not
my place to suggest anything to read for the next session, but I would be
really happy if we have a focus on race in the next post-capitalist reading
group. Does anyone have a text that specifically addresses race in relation
to post-capitalism? Or even just a recent text that focuses on race and
economy?
Here is a recent review of some postcapitalist texts in LRB:
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v38/n13/owen-hatherley/one-click-at-a-time - it touches ;
of identity isssues and afro-futurism, but just a little bit.
BTW this looks really useful for anyone following discourses relevant to
Black Lives Matter:
http://abigailasewell.blogspot.com.au/2016/07/race-and-policing-ready-access-dropbox.html
On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 9:06 PM, Marco Cuevas-Hewitt <birdsong703@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
As usual, I was the only brown person in the room the other night, and had
to put up with being told by white people that racism isn't the real issue.
So pissed off with white "leftists" and do-gooders constantly making
excuses for One Nation and the far right. Honestly, what the fuck would
they know about racism or how we should respond to it. Take it from a brown
person with 30+ years first-hand experience with these matters.
Last Dog hit the nail on the head:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/19/do-not-fear-the-racist-why-not-make-the-racist-a-nice-cup-of-tea
No woman would put up with a room full of men telling her that sexism isn't
an issue would she?
I'm done. I'm still pretty new in Sydney and trying to build community, but
I've come to the conclusion that my people are elsewhere, not in the
"post-capitalist" reading group. Please unsubscribe me from this list.
Thanks.
