February 23, 2005

Coloring the blogosphere : Join the Brown Bloggers series
by Liza Sabater

Nichelle Newsletter: Brown Sugar

Chris Raab, wrote Afro-Netizen. Substance. | Leaving one's comfort zone, in response to his experience at a panel discussion that occurred here in NYC. The post also appeared on Personal Democracy Forum. It's amazing that given how many "minority" bloggers are in the NYC area, the organizers of Concerts for Change and Cosmopolity.com could not find another black, brown, latino or [ choose your ethnic o racial allegiance ] blogger to attend the panel.

If diversity and inclusiveness were truly important to the organizers of this event, the panel and audience would have averred this. Clearly, it did not.

If the whitefolk in the audience who I made uncomfortable truly believed in inclusiveness, they would commit to doing something -- anything -- to address the segregation which they in part help maintain by their complacency. In other words, they would have to take a leap into the unknown -- that is, real diversity, where the majority of people of color in their presence are of the same or higher social status.

And it is indeed a leap. Woody Allen and the cast of 'Friends' aren't the only New Yorkers who can experience a white Manhattan, if they wish to. The fact of the matter is that most white people live in a segregated world of their own making, and the only thing keeping them from jumping into the mix is the will to do so. Maybe before Google, I'd cut my white compatriots with no Black friends or acquaintances some slack. But, damn, just Google "blackfolk" and "Manhattan" and if you don't come up with something germane within 5 minutes, you're either an imbecile or full of shit.

For this reason, Nichelle Newsletter and Culture Kitchen present our inaugural event of the Brown Blog Series on Sunday April 10, 2005. It's time to desmensar the blogosphere and show them where the political agitated melanin is at.

And yes, we'd like people all over the country to take heed and start their own flavas of Brown Bloggers. Here's the first ever, Brown Bloggers Meetup. Now run with it and make your own. Heck, I'll even fly in if you tell me well in advance. So go, get going if you can't make it to NYC this April, May, June, July ...

Color or Content: Does Race Matter When You Blog?

Nia (Purpose): To gather, to discuss and to have fun

Location:
Lava Gin
116 Avenue C
between 7th and 8th Streets

Time: 7PM-10PM

Guests Include:
Prometheus6
Ronn Taylor
EJFlavors
Hip Hop Blogs
ALLABOUTGEORGE

If you are coming, just leave your RSVP on the comments section or Brown Bloggers Meetup.

Thanks!

Posted by Liza Sabater in Activism, Blogs, Culture, Ethnicity, Grassroots, Media, Politics, Race
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