I'm part of that discussion. I thought you should have some background
on this. The message thread which can be viewed by the public at:
http://301url.com/nalo-sells-out
Here is the short version: He posted a link to your blog with the
question of you selling out. (great post and discussion by the way-
added your blog to my feeds, so I'm glad he brought it to our
attention) Most who were involved in the discussion, did not agree that
your well a sell out. Some of us interpreted your comments to be a
clarification of your position and that in world in which female and
African American writers can be easily pigeon-holed, perfectly reasonable.
Most of us do not really understand his premise for saying that you are
a sell out. Most of us had a problem with the fact, that he raised the
question with us and not you, since you provided a forum for discussion
that matter below the post. His reason was that he did not want to take
the time to register. That prompted several participants in the
conversation to discontinue. So, perhaps that is what prompted him to
finally address you directly. He posted, in my opinion, irrelevant
factors that he claimed were evidence that you "sold out" and were
indeed a part of the Afrofuturism "movement" in the past. They include:
the fact that you have not forced Alondra to remove the Amazon link to
Brown Girl in The Ring from her Afrofuturism site and that you
dramatically changed your look to a straighten hair do. Many of us felt
his accusation and lack of real substance in his argument to be a
"crabs in the barrel" act (as Nora put it). "sniping at someone who's
successful and trying to make them look bad."
I'm glad he has decided to address you directly since you provide
several ways in which people can do so. I'm also glad this conversation
was raised because it inspired an interesting discussion on Afrofuturism
Note: I'm cross-posting this on SciFinoir Lit
Tracey de Morsella
SciFiNoir Literature Moderator
Nalo Hopkinson wrote:
> It's going to be a day like this, apparently. Just received the
> following email, which was copied to the SciFiNoir discussion group on
> Yahoo:
>
> Dear Ms. Hopkinson:
>
> I saw this on your blog.
> >
> > >
> http://nalohopkinson.blogspot.com/2006/04/just-want-to-clarify.html
> >
> > **Are you selling out?**
>
>
>
> My response:
>
> NH: Dear (embargoed):
>
> Read the post. Read my blog. Read my writing. Read about the
> political work I do. Come to your own conclusions. I'm not
> interested in trying to convince you one way or t'other.
>
> Best,
>
> -nalo
>
> --
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