From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------- Original Message -------- I was griping on my blog, earlier this week, about how I've encountered more
overt homophobes, racists, sexists, etc., within the speculative fiction community than in any other literary realm. Some of them are of the not-quite-benign, "one day we'll all be one race so let's try hard to breed racism away", stupidism branch of the family. But there are also a surprising number of unapologetic extremists (e.g., Orson Scott Card). Now as I read about the racist opinion piece published last week in the Asianweek newspaper by columnist Kenneth Eng, (details here: http://www.maynardije.org/columns/dickprince/070228_prince/ ) I see some articles pointing out that Eng is a science fiction writer. WTF?? What *is* it about this field that attracts such people? Aren't we supposed to be progressive? Nora Community email addresses: Post message: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe Digest Mode: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiNoir_Lit/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiNoir_Lit/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiNoir_Lit/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
