Ankhesen Mié

Thanks for the feedback, guys.

2010-07-30T06:51:14.507-04:00

Thanks for the feedback, guys.

LOL - thanks for stopping by. Pass it on!

2010-07-30T06:41:49.415-04:00

LOL - thanks for stopping by. Pass it on!

I used to think that whites were heavily brainwash...

2010-07-30T02:33:37.890-04:00

I used to think that whites were heavily brainwashed and just did not know any better, but the kind of moral arguments they make - and even the way they apologize - show that they know full well what is going on. The truly clueless and innocent do not talk like how they do.

Thank you so much for interviewing the very talent...

2010-07-29T23:09:33.211-04:00

Thank you so much for interviewing the very talented Andrew Chen. I applaud any opportunity for the Asian acting community to be recognized for their contributions within the entertainment industry. I agree with the statement that suggests that Andrew is one of those “…sneak attack type dudes." Andrew Chen is certainly one to watch closely; he will wow you with his absolute awesomeness!

just beautiful, really.

2010-07-29T21:58:25.522-04:00

just beautiful, really.

I love this Ank! This is so profound and beautiful...

2010-07-29T20:49:04.906-04:00

I love this Ank! This is so profound and beautiful. I love the way it flows.

this is absolutely beautiful. thank you. *rushes...

2010-07-29T20:08:24.954-04:00

this is absolutely beautiful. thank you. *rushes to post on tumblr*

Thank you very much.

2010-07-29T19:34:57.276-04:00

Thank you very much.

I absolutely love this! I've been a huge fan of yo...

2010-07-29T19:34:49.466-04:00

I absolutely love this! I've been a huge fan of yours since I read your posts over at Abagond's blog.

I really like your site. It feels like a safe haven compared to all the crap and fakers on the interwebs.

Now this is beyond amazing, the flow is on point, ...

2010-07-29T19:03:54.830-04:00

Now this is beyond amazing, the flow is on point, but the words are even better, cause it can be open to interpretation. For me, it can be tracing back to slavery, and to the present as to how whites refuse to want to realize te facts. Whatever the correct interpretation is, the words are powerful.

I watched this movie. His unattractiveness was ver...

2010-07-29T16:43:59.400-04:00

I watched this movie. His unattractiveness was very high. The relationship was ludicrous cos there is no way in hell she would give him the time of day IRL. Just another white man's fantasy.
As for Merlin, They can choke on the hate. As mentioned previously, Arthur is the one who has to prove that he deserves Gwen...seeing as he is an entitled and spoiled brat...but still cute. :)

@Witchsistah: I know she's Black. Never claimed o...

2010-07-29T09:31:49.786-04:00

@Witchsistah:

I know she's Black. Never claimed otherwise. I'm just linking her comment to shit that I've also seen White folks do. Seriously, how much more clear can I be when I say, "not picking on you"?

It sucks to be an INTJ sometimes - people always too eager to read into shit.

And we're saying you can president without it mean...

2010-07-29T07:09:11.285-04:00

And we're saying you can president without it meaning a damn thing.

And this is America. It is by the will of white folks that a man of color is in that office. He didn't "work" to get there. He got there because they willed it to be so.

please note i'm not saying that discrimination is done and over with. i AM saying that you can be the president of the USA, among other things.

You might as well say, "I'm not a racist, but...." and then add something racist. If you truly believe discrimination is not done and over with, then this is all the more reason people need to be skeptical and demand to know we we have so neutralized a black president in office.

Furthermore, the black experience is changing, but it's changing slowly and roughly and surprise, surprise, black people are sick of it. And if you look to our fellow brethren of color here and abroad, it takes no oracle to see they feel the same.

America is a deeply flawed, ruled by a formalized system of white supremacy. Having a black president doesn't magically change that.

Hmm. I'm very late to this, but I'll add my two ce...

2010-07-29T03:04:09.803-04:00

Hmm. I'm very late to this, but I'll add my two cents anyway.

One of the things I like about Merlin is how they seem intentional about casting people of color in the show and not making a big deal about their race. It is ok with me because it is a fantasy show and because blacks have been in Britain since the middle ages. For instance, random townspeople, knights and people in the court will be black. In one episode, the main villain was a black assassin. We got a bit of a backstory with Gwen in season 1 when they showed her relationship with her father, the king's blacksmith.

I guess I was never bothered by Gwen being a maid and not a princess because I like the whole Cinderella story and although Gwen is shy, she is never a push over. She often stands up to Prince Arthur and speaks her mind and she has sort of been cast as the prince's conscious. Within the world they have created, skin color doesn't seem to be a defining or determining factor for how one is judged. In one episode, Gwen and Morgana were kidnapped. Gwen was passed off as Morgana by her hired kidnappers to their boss. It wasn't Gwen's skin color that later tipped him off to her identity or even her behavior not being queenly enough. Rather, it was her work roughened hands that clued him in.

I guess I am willing to not read into the casting choices with the racial filters that I examine other things with because this is a fantasy story full of magic, talking dragons and the like set in a place completely divorced from the racial history which shapes how we live today. It differs from Doctor Who and Torchwood in that regard. There overlooking these racial issues was not just problematic in a PC sense, but sloppy and/or lady writing.

I am really enjoying Merlin. Plus, we don't know for sure what set of Arthurian legends they are following. The one that most people know is notoriously misogynistic and Guinevere is a total whore. But, others don't have the Lancelot affair. I'm hoping they either don't carry the story all the way to Arthur's kingship (which, at the pace they are going, seems likely) or they choose the Gwen friendly narratives.

this is drivel. there is no "they". to get where h...

2010-07-29T00:49:14.266-04:00

this is drivel. there is no "they". to get where he is (a position he EARNED) Barry worked hard and took advantage of the opportunities afforded him (including, no doubt, white guilt) and played to his gifts, amongst which are charm, humility and good looks. this whole "he's nothing but a token" sentiment is the mirror image of what all those give-me-my-country-back/Obama-can-not-possibly-be-American protesters represent: the inability of some decent, good hearted people to deal with the fact that reality of the black experience is changing.

black people are no longer second class citizens who are eternally marginalized. Barack didn't change everything by himself, but whether any one of us chooses to accept it or not, it is a matter of fact that every black (and minority) kid now has one more example of what is possible.

please note i'm not saying that discrimination is done and over with. i AM saying that you can be the president of the USA, among other things.

When the country goes to shit, they will blame PoC...

2010-07-28T22:36:27.778-04:00

When the country goes to shit, they will blame PoC.

They already do*.

Dave Chappelle is a prophet, y'all!

@RVCBard, ThatDeborahGirl is Black. She's just t...

2010-07-28T22:10:01.156-04:00

@RVCBard,

ThatDeborahGirl is Black. She's just trying to be the Good Darkie telling us Bad 'Uns how to behave.

Can't they at least come up with something MORE original?

Like you've said repeatedly, Ankh, this country, r...

2010-07-28T21:46:10.097-04:00

Like you've said repeatedly, Ankh, this country, really WHITES in this country are about to fall into the abyss. They're going to lose their power and hegemony, that's just fact and it's inevitable as worldwide White birthrates lag behind that of PoC.

But they're not going to give that up quietly. Shit will get worse before it gets better and it's going to be ugly. They're going to act like cornered raccoons, biting, snarling and slashing at any and everything that tries to get at their privilege.

The next 10-20 years are really going to be trying as this country transitions from being numerically White-dominated to PoC-dominated. I expect neo-Jim Crow legislation to be proposed or simply the conditions to be set up de facto. That's already starting to happen with racist legislation in Arizona and Texas leading the way and the utter lack of outcry or resistance from so-called "good" White folks.

In a way this is good. It's very difficult for PoC to keep wearing the blinders. It makes us see the reality for what it is. And in order to be able to construct a decent strategy for our survival, we have to know what the real lay of the land is. We now know we cannot count on White folks as a group for anything progressive on our behalf. At most, they'll make "tut tut" sounds and say "Isn't that a shame," "That makes me so angry" to our faces and then do absolutely nothing. PoC can keep on with the hope that White folks will change or that we can change them or we can start figuring out strategies that do not involve Whites.

For those few Whites who do want to help, they need to know they are soldiers and grunts in our army, not officers. If they just NEED to be in charge, we can't use them. This is not their movement or struggle.

the reality I see now which leads me to believe he...

2010-07-28T21:30:20.305-04:00

the reality I see now which leads me to believe he might be able to be swayed or "rented".

And I shudder because I see it too.

I hate watching the media and the right try to paint him as the culprit. Where were they when Bush was sinking not billions but *trillions* into the war? He was taking the funding left and right without one single protest from the right. Why no whining then?

And where was the Tea Party?

I just wanted to clarify that my comment was about...

2010-07-28T21:10:35.619-04:00

I just wanted to clarify that my comment was about the difference in the way I saw him at the beginning of his term and the reality I see now which leads me to believe he might be able to be swayed or "rented". I hate sounding even remotely like I don't support him because I do. Those 2 areas do trouble me. The education thing didn't immediately raise a red flag - all presidents skimp on education. And I'm *really* critical of the education system, obviously. The BP thing seemed so out of character for him that it has made me think there's that remote possibility. I hope I'm wrong.

I hate watching the media and the right try to paint him as the culprit. Where were they when Bush was sinking not billions but *trillions* into the war? He was taking the funding left and right without one single protest from the right. Why no whining then?

@ Witch I'm not even lookin'. I just interviewed...

2010-07-28T20:46:03.483-04:00

@ Witch

I'm not even lookin'. I just interviewed Andrew muthafuckin' Chen and I ain't lettin' nobody fuck up my day after that.

@ Caridad LOL - the original draft of this blog p...

2010-07-28T20:43:15.503-04:00

@ Caridad

LOL - the original draft of this blog posted ended with, "I hear Canada's nice."

@ gedama

Yeah...I wish them good luck with that.

@ Victoria

I think if anyone can find the right price (and believe me, I have my doubts now) then he will swiftly become Rented.

I shudder to think of it.

But I don't think you'll be lurking for long. I th...

2010-07-28T20:35:52.773-04:00

But I don't think you'll be lurking for long. I think you'll soon be gone to tell/warn other WP not to visit that den of nigger she-beasts that is Ankh's blog. And we'd be much obliged to you if you do.

Too late. One of the Good Darkies already has:

http://stuffwhitepeopledo.blogspot.com/2010/07/go-on-hiatus.html?showComment=1280343258918#c6406616530002427198

AAAAAAAAAAWWWWWW! Po' White folk! Don't want to subject their oh so delicate sensibilities to the wrath of us nigger she-beasts. They might think SHE's like US! Heavens forfend!

When the country goes to shit, they will blame PoC...

2010-07-28T20:35:09.172-04:00

When the country goes to shit, they will blame PoC.

yeah...I'm seriously thinking about moving to Cana...

2010-07-28T20:11:41.764-04:00

yeah...I'm seriously thinking about moving to Canada.