deadbrowalking, in wild unicorn herd check in, and thought it was worth reposting here. RaceFail, and now MammothFail, have been constantly at the back of my mind because of my friends and social circles. You know, it's a few months short of thirty years since I first met a group of fans at the Medieval Festival in Fort Tryon Park, and twenty-nine years since I entered fandom, and I was not the only black fan in the city or at conventions back then.Black, second generation (at least) science fiction and fantasy reader, from a family of readers and fans. Older cousin is/was a major player in the east coast SCA in the 70s and 80s (Master El of the Two Knives, I believe was his title), another older cousin wrote science fiction as well, immediate family watched Star Trek and HHGG together and argued the science, worked on cons for over a decade, brother and another cousin also worked on cons, favorite niece is a big ol' Clive Barker fan (my fault). Published writer; all my stories (fantasy and erotica) have POC as their protagonists.
There are/were at least twelve of us in my family into the stuff since the 1940s, probably more cousins that I don't know about doing it outside of the NYC area.
I'm on page 24 of the comments, which I take as a good sign (I'd also posted, without details, earlier, but can't find that post). And I am very glad that these conversations are going on, and not sorry at all. If they bore you, or if you don't like thinking about the fact that some of us don't have a choice but to think about these things, go somewhere else, and enjoy your privilege.
Tags: anger, chromolume, fan, race, science fiction
sounds around me: "Black Men Ski" by Stew