tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448127131767532664.post7699472796920046713..comments2024-02-16T00:29:29.884-08:00Comments on Lowrider Librarian: #EthnicBullies and #GateKeepers in Academia and EducationMax Maciashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793680019483683005noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448127131767532664.post-8240878805539167312016-07-07T10:38:42.512-07:002016-07-07T10:38:42.512-07:00Hi Max,
You'll note that I am commenting anon...Hi Max,<br /><br />You'll note that I am commenting anonymously. This is because of all the reasons you list here in this and other blog posts. I can't speak for others, but I can share that my experience is similar to what you describe in your posts. Some of us do "everything right" to make it and then hit a wall. For me, this has been a wall I can only describe as "being Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448127131767532664.post-2144453048072269002015-04-15T19:25:45.219-07:002015-04-15T19:25:45.219-07:00Angry blog post? Please?
I'm pointing out so...Angry blog post? Please?<br /><br />I'm pointing out something very real. <br /><br />I'm sorry you didn't get that from reading the post. Perhaps you should read it again, but you still might not get it. <br /><br />Puercos suck--said in an un-angry,rational self-defense kind of way. <br /><br />Your comment is a good example of a passive aggressive microaggression that Max Maciashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09793680019483683005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448127131767532664.post-53438274413295830272015-04-15T19:15:11.649-07:002015-04-15T19:15:11.649-07:00Or you could just replace the word pigs with polic...Or you could just replace the word pigs with police in your comment. Then maybe people will take you seriously and think you want to do more than write an angry blog post in response to someone thinking you're an ass.Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448127131767532664.post-89070078367975193422015-04-08T09:28:20.580-07:002015-04-08T09:28:20.580-07:00@ Shaun--I don't think it was just White peopl...@ Shaun--I don't think it was just White people who believed this Shaun. There is a very clear limit on what the politics or representation can achieve. We need people who can create change--not people who are successful in a pathological system that needs change. Success in this system=failure...<br /><br /> Max Maciashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09793680019483683005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448127131767532664.post-11074343595837882252015-04-08T08:20:58.107-07:002015-04-08T08:20:58.107-07:00I think whites believed that through affirmative a...I think whites believed that through affirmative action we would see enough POC enter various workplaces and that increase alone would be enough to change the culture - you know, without actually having difficult conversations or taking serious action around issues of race. I think it's pretty clear that's not what happened -- especially in the library, which remains one of the whitest, Shaunnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448127131767532664.post-60141827913645622252015-04-05T07:46:24.787-07:002015-04-05T07:46:24.787-07:00@Ramontrane Thanks so much for reading this! It c...@Ramontrane Thanks so much for reading this! It comes from the negligible treatment of these issues (Social Justice, Diversity, Equity, Racism, Colonialism and more) combined with the unconscious White-supremacy ingrained in our culture. <br /><br />Yes, I know--uniforms indeedI wonder how many of these kids have already had a negative experience with the puercos? In my case, some of my Max Maciashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09793680019483683005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448127131767532664.post-64743611155386182992015-04-05T07:40:59.118-07:002015-04-05T07:40:59.118-07:00Thanks so much for reading and sharing! We are of...Thanks so much for reading and sharing! We are often pigeon holed. When I tell people I am Chicano and don't speak Spanish--you should see the looks on their faces! Then I am also guaranteed no opportunities--because I'm useless without Spanish. What utter BS! Max Maciashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09793680019483683005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448127131767532664.post-87364427376848213672015-04-04T22:50:48.435-07:002015-04-04T22:50:48.435-07:00This is so very thought provoking. It is a sad an...This is so very thought provoking. It is a sad and disgusting truth that I find myself in on an almost daily basis. My ability to communicate with our Spanish speaking patrons is appreciated but my ideas to provide programming that will encourage our people to feel welcomed and comfortable, not so much. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448127131767532664.post-81547727520357711362015-03-31T15:42:42.721-07:002015-03-31T15:42:42.721-07:00Unfortunately, most librarians don't think cri...Unfortunately, most librarians don't think critically of injustice if it's directed towards minorities or the Other. They prefer to be oblivious than to offend the force of repression.<br />"Today Officer Smith will read to the children during storytime". A uniformed person? What kind of message we're giving to our children? Have we ever thought of inviting somebody who haveramontranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06759765243116999884noreply@blogger.com