“When whites fantasize about becoming other races, it’s only fun if they can blithely ignore the fundamental experience of being an oppressed racial group. Which is that you are oppressed, and nobody will let you be a leader of anything.
It feels good to know that Analee Newitz, who I loved to read as a teenager, really is effing awesome.
# When Will White People Stop Making Movies Like “Avatar”?
(via an article in today’s Times about the many critical responses to the movie.)
