tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36009958.post4686549338416758876..comments2023-11-09T14:15:40.111+02:00Comments on Fatima and Ahmed's Son: The Missing Ingredient in Sweden’s Racist-Misogynist CakeRidwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758153484699728802noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36009958.post-69129453538432240032012-04-26T10:50:49.419+02:002012-04-26T10:50:49.419+02:00I have not seen that interview but will take a loo...I have not seen that interview but will take a look for sure.<br /><br />Thanks for link and feedback.<br /><br />Peace.<br /><br />RidwanRidwanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758153484699728802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36009958.post-79411342824356411142012-04-26T03:55:48.727+02:002012-04-26T03:55:48.727+02:00Wasalam,
I saw that. It does look like Linde is c...Wasalam,<br /><br />I saw that. It does look like Linde is confused, lumping in Sara Baartman, FGM and blackface-to-make-a-point all in one. <br /><br />Btw have you seen the most recent post on Africa is a Country that features an interview with Linde?<br /><br />http://africasacountry.com/2012/04/24/africa-is-a-country-interview-with-makode-linde/cosmicyorubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16913395879445418408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36009958.post-34945796680159973832012-04-25T10:05:22.601+02:002012-04-25T10:05:22.601+02:00Oh before I forget I read that Linde intended the ...Oh before I forget I read that Linde intended the cake to represent Sara Baartman!<br /><br />Did you see that?<br /><br />Now how does a South African woman who was dissected literally and racially abused by whiteness over centuries tie into FGM?<br /><br />This fool it seems cannot even distinguish between epochs.<br /><br />See the story here:<br />http://colorlines.com/archives/2012/04/how_can_artists_use_racism_for_justice_reader_forum.html<br /><br />Onward!Ridwanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758153484699728802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36009958.post-28981657223948209522012-04-25T10:00:22.756+02:002012-04-25T10:00:22.756+02:00SLM eccentricyoruba:
Thank you for registering yo...SLM eccentricyoruba:<br /><br />Thank you for registering your disgust here my sista. It is important that we take a stand against this kind of racist misogyny.<br /><br />You are accurate when you describe the kind of go-between role that Linde is playing here (does he even read Fanon I wonder?).<br /><br />As I read you I could see a thousand other Linde's I've encountered over the years - the ones who interpret for whiteness in such a way that it is confirmed and raised up.<br /><br />I think you are also right to deconstruct even further when you say women who have suffered FGM are absolutely silenced and disfigured by his nonsense.<br /><br />Sadly though there are as you say among us those who think our reaction and resistance is misplaced.<br /><br />I have no patience with this kind of thinking because it is supposed upon a dysfunctional self-hatred.<br /><br />Thank you for the link sista - I will pass it around for sure.<br /><br />Much peace,<br />RidwanRidwanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758153484699728802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36009958.post-86545164686895932742012-04-24T23:37:20.159+02:002012-04-24T23:37:20.159+02:00I am still deeply disturbed every time I see a pho...I am still deeply disturbed every time I see a photo of the "nigger cake". It was almost traumatizing the first time I saw it and I don't think I'll be able to stomach watching the video in which the cake is sliced up while Linde screams.<br /><br />This is a perfect example of gendered racism. It is not surprising that largely the voices of African women, in particular African women who have undergone FGM have been excluded from the discussion. Linde clearly doesn't know much about FGM (or he'd know that the practice is mostly carried out on babies or young girls for example). It also looks to me like he is the typical white supremacist Black person who doesn't mind playing anti-Black racist tunes to get in the good books of his white "friends".<br /><br />I was somewhat disappointed to come across blogs written by Black African men calling for "calm" and suggesting that the uproar against the "nigger cake" was unwarranted. The only relevant voice I appreciated in this conversation was that of Kola Boof who has written about being genitally mutilated. She <a href="http://www.owlasylum.net/?p=1823" rel="nofollow">wrote an excellent response to the incident</a>.cosmicyorubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16913395879445418408noreply@blogger.com