The Eyes of Mara

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by blueerica

Which is the more "important" argument... Black vs. White? Gender Rights? Brown vs. Black? Gay/Lesbian vs. Straight? At what point is an argument invisible, or pale in comparison to another. I think the message Mara Keisling is promoting is one of not making these other issues pale in comparison to your own issue, that they all have their place.

I think that was totally her point. I wish you could have been there. Her talk was so empowering.


I think labels make things easy for some people. My grandfather talked like that all the time, 'That fairy at the front desk is stealing from me. The n-word next door snores too loud. The chink shortchanged me at the liquor store.' And I was thinking how black and white that made everything for him. It was easy to put a brown paper wrapping around everyone and placing a huge tag on the front. No need to investigate what's inside. Just trust the tag and go on to the next package...