(NAME-MCE) Race in the 21st Century Workshop

[Ilsa Govan]

This is clever and funny! I'd like to point out that the danishes will
actually be warm.
I do hope you'll consider joining us to engage in some serious conversations
about racism today as well.
Respectfully,
Ilsa Govan
www.culturesconnecting.com

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Kearney Lykins <kearney_lykins at yahoo.com
> >wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > As a powerful and privileged white person, I noticed that the workshop
> > features a continental breakfast. Based on my conference experiences I am
> > assuming that the unnamed continent is not Africa, Asia, Australia, or
> the
> > Americas.
> >
> > How could an event that wants to stamp out white supremacy be so blind as
> > to foist upon all attendees platters of cold danishes and hot coffee with
> > cream and sugar, all of which are centuries-old manifestations of
> capitalist
> > Euro-tyranny. Surely I am not the first person to notice this culinary
> > attack on peoples of color, as hungry as they may find themselves on a
> cool
> > Seattle morning.
> >
> > Please advise.
> >
> > Kearney Lykins
> >
> >
> > Kearney_Lykins at yahoo.com
> >
> >