Regardless of how offensive Gaiman's original comment was, the responding wave of white privilege from people coming to his defense is infuriating.
I wrote out a pretty long comment expressing my disgust at the abundance of white privilege being directed at Dr. Reese's post, part of which included looking at my own white privilege. I deleted most of it after reminding myself that one of the most important things an ally can do is to show support and not make it about themselves.
So, I agree and will be writing about this on my own blog.
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Regardless of how offensive Gaiman's original comment was, the responding wave of white privilege from people coming to his defense is infuriating.
I wrote out a pretty long comment expressing my disgust at the abundance of white privilege being directed at Dr. Reese's post, part of which included looking at my own white privilege. I deleted most of it after reminding myself that one of the most important things an ally can do is to show support and not make it about themselves.
So, I agree and will be writing about this on my own blog.