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[jhameia]

Well, another hot unproductive day. I slept at 1am, but then woke up at 5am, which is pretty horrific. Was too sleepy to function, so I napped after lunch for like three hours.

I did write a poem, though. Not sure where to send it.

A new friend from WisCon was free at 6pm for a writing session, so we did a couple of rounds, which was great, I am two paragraphs up.

I'm re-reading Ruth Frankenberg's White Women, Race Matters which was a seminal work in whiteness studies back in '93, for a definition of whiteness. Out of curiousity, I googled her, and found this obituary of her. She died in 2007, aged 49, which seems a huge loss. I'm thinking to buy a copy of this book, because I think it'll be good for future reference.

Had a schmoopy conversation today. I am allowed schmoopy things.

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[jhameia]

I recognize that Jewishness has its own set of conditions for recognition and misrecognition (I recently published an essay on whiteness and Jewishness, which was fascinating) (there's an entire discourse on Tumblr on Jewishness and race and writing that's really fascinating). It's that the more I study racism, the less comfortable I am with statements of how these issues do or don't affect one's own standpoint. I don't think I could say that of myself, because it feels like not allowing my interlocutor's identity be part of my interaction with them. So, I think it's a sign of comfort to be able to say that identitarian issues don't factor at all in how one treats others.

Also I am fascinated that you used a MacDonald's ad as a point of reference for multiraciality... I feel outdated because I use Benetton XD