tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post450014997780506328..comments2024-03-17T20:04:18.872-05:00Comments on Indomitable | The online home of Chauncey DeVega: Letting First Nations Peoples Speak for Themselves: Native American Graphic Novel and Comic Book Creators Discuss Their CraftLady Zora, Chauncey DeVega, and Gordon Gartrellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09138154899923808806noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-35598304157799514202013-07-13T02:16:15.210-05:002013-07-13T02:16:15.210-05:00Better to overstand as my Zulu Nation and 5 percen...Better to overstand as my Zulu Nation and 5 percent nations brothers would say :)chauncey devegahttp://wearerespectablenegroes.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-30864132500247824742013-07-12T14:26:36.028-05:002013-07-12T14:26:36.028-05:00Yeah, wouldn't be the first time I've over...Yeah, wouldn't be the first time I've overthought things. :-) I'll check out the book, thanks!Daniel Goldbergnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-34479949401902455652013-07-12T11:36:07.657-05:002013-07-12T11:36:07.657-05:00I am not a First Nations brother. I think what we ...I am not a First Nations brother. I think what we can do to help each other is first to be human beings who are good listeners, empathetic, and respectful of each other as people. The Golden Rule and all that other stuff we learned in kindergarten still applies.<br /><br /><br />Re: political race, that is from Guiner and Torres' book The Miner's Canary. I think you would find it of use and great interest.chauncey devegahttp://wearerespectablenegroes.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-58845818211795936652013-07-12T08:19:15.237-05:002013-07-12T08:19:15.237-05:00This is great, Chaunce. Thanks for posting on thi...This is great, Chaunce. Thanks for posting on this again. It's an important issue, one I struggle with, though I worry that even the struggle is narcissistic. (Reminds me of Achebe's classic criticism of Heart of Darkness, that it casts the entire continent of Africa as the background for the dissolution of one European mind). <br /><br />For too long, white men have subsumed the voices of First Nations peoples. FN people do no need white people to save them, and they certainly do not need white people to speak for them either.<br /><br />So how can a white man help? STFU and listening is the first step, of course, and I work pretty hard at that (doesn't come at all naturally for me!). Can I do more? How can i help?<br /><br />To be cont'd, surely.<br /><br />(And I love the idea of political race, BTW. Thanks!)Daniel Goldbergnoreply@blogger.com