Comments on: What it is it about the white feminist blogosphere this week? http://burningwords.net/2008/03/07/what-it-is-it-about-the-white-feminist-blogosphere-this-week/ perspectives on stuff from an angry feminist Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:01:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5-RC2 By: Hugo http://burningwords.net/2008/03/07/what-it-is-it-about-the-white-feminist-blogosphere-this-week/#comment-227 Hugo Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:20:10 +0000 http://burningwords.net/2008/03/07/what-it-is-it-about-the-white-feminist-blogosphere-this-week/#comment-227 I'm afraid I misrepresented my reason to donate. I was donating not in support of racism but in the name of the very white, very middle-class, anti-choice Lila Rose -- the 19 year-old UCLA student who rigged the sting operation. It's possible to loathe and decry what Kearsey did -- and call for her to be disciplined, as I did on my blog, while also finding what Rose and her "Advocate" newspaper did to be juvenile and reprehensible. Telling Lila that her attacks on abortion providers will result in donations being given to those providers in her name is a bit of poetic justice, and has nothing to do with what PP ought to do with its clueless vice-president. My post is here: http://hugoschwyzer.net/2008/03/03/the-troubled-sanger-legacy-some-thoughts-on-planned-parenthood/ And the last sentence makes it clear how I feel about Kearsey. I’m afraid I misrepresented my reason to donate. I was donating not in support of racism but in the name of the very white, very middle-class, anti-choice Lila Rose — the 19 year-old UCLA student who rigged the sting operation. It’s possible to loathe and decry what Kearsey did — and call for her to be disciplined, as I did on my blog, while also finding what Rose and her “Advocate” newspaper did to be juvenile and reprehensible. Telling Lila that her attacks on abortion providers will result in donations being given to those providers in her name is a bit of poetic justice, and has nothing to do with what PP ought to do with its clueless vice-president.

My post is here: http://hugoschwyzer.net/2008/03/03/the-troubled-sanger-legacy-some-thoughts-on-planned-parenthood/

And the last sentence makes it clear how I feel about Kearsey.

]]> By: mac http://burningwords.net/2008/03/07/what-it-is-it-about-the-white-feminist-blogosphere-this-week/#comment-226 mac Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:40:51 +0000 http://burningwords.net/2008/03/07/what-it-is-it-about-the-white-feminist-blogosphere-this-week/#comment-226 I'm a professional fundraiser who works in the reproductive rights industry [not PP, by the way]. While I have been trained 12 ways from Tuesday about how to handle calls from whackadoos and sly calls from the anti-choice crowd, I can tell you that most fundraisers have not rec'd that kind of training and it comes as a shock when someone calls you and says something that vile. I listened to the call in question and it's clear that Kersey didn't know what to say and was pretty freaked out. It doesn't excuse her - I mean, working in reproductive rights means being prepared for this kind of thing...and giving anyone ammunition to use against your employer is always bad news. I also know a little bit about Kersey's background - she comes from a multi-racial family. It's important to take these things into consideration before deciding how to feel about this particular situation. I’m a professional fundraiser who works in the reproductive rights industry [not PP, by the way]. While I have been trained 12 ways from Tuesday about how to handle calls from whackadoos and sly calls from the anti-choice crowd, I can tell you that most fundraisers have not rec’d that kind of training and it comes as a shock when someone calls you and says something that vile. I listened to the call in question and it’s clear that Kersey didn’t know what to say and was pretty freaked out. It doesn’t excuse her - I mean, working in reproductive rights means being prepared for this kind of thing…and giving anyone ammunition to use against your employer is always bad news.

I also know a little bit about Kersey’s background - she comes from a multi-racial family. It’s important to take these things into consideration before deciding how to feel about this particular situation.

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