http://xeniainstitute.org/2009/06/30/its-not-black-or-white/ Transformation through Dialogue Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:57:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://xeniainstitute.org/2009/06/30/its-not-black-or-white/comment-page-1/#comment-5799 Barbara Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:03:21 +0000 http://xeniainstitute.org/?p=3254#comment-5799 Clint, that's a great article, thanks for sharing that. It reminds me of what Gary Okihiro concludes with in his book Common Ground, which discusses the making of American identity. He says that the things we classify as perverse are sites of ambivalence that show us both where the boundaries to our identities are, and at the same time invite us to transgress. We are only what we are by what we are not ... and yet ... well, the possibilities are endless. Clint, that’s a great article, thanks for sharing that. It reminds me of what Gary Okihiro concludes with in his book Common Ground, which discusses the making of American identity. He says that the things we classify as perverse are sites of ambivalence that show us both where the boundaries to our identities are, and at the same time invite us to transgress. We are only what we are by what we are not … and yet … well, the possibilities are endless.

]]> http://xeniainstitute.org/2009/06/30/its-not-black-or-white/comment-page-1/#comment-5766 Clint Collins Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:31:21 +0000 http://xeniainstitute.org/?p=3254#comment-5766 I really enjoyed the analysis of race and identity and think you're pretty much spot on. This link is something I happened to stumble across while researching for my own blogging that I think is probably more relevant to your post than to mine! So here's a take from Laura Flanders at The Nation: http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion/447835/michael_jackson_trans_man I really enjoyed the analysis of race and identity and think you’re pretty much spot on. This link is something I happened to stumble across while researching for my own blogging that I think is probably more relevant to your post than to mine! So here’s a take from Laura Flanders at The Nation: http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion/447835/michael_jackson_trans_man

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