Comments on: Why is this an Issue? http://knitgirlll06.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/why-is-this-an-issue/ More than knitting......doing it Knitgirlll06 style Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:01:51 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: mardi http://knitgirlll06.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/why-is-this-an-issue/#comment-251 mardi Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:30:18 +0000 http://knitgirlll06.wordpress.com/?p=192#comment-251 I was actually amused by this comment. I hadn't even noticed except that I assumed you are an African American woman. I happen to be Caucasian, and that is what you would see on my blog (I am just creating one, and it's not ready to go public yet). I could show a photo of my husband, who just happens to be African American. However, I want to do business from my blog, and I don't care to invite comments from insensitive persons that might take me off course. At some point, I may include photos of him, but, as entrepreneurs, he and I have learned that it is often best to separate our businesses from our personal lives. I was actually amused by this comment. I hadn’t even noticed except that I assumed you are an African American woman. I happen to be Caucasian, and that is what you would see on my blog (I am just creating one, and it’s not ready to go public yet). I could show a photo of my husband, who just happens to be African American. However, I want to do business from my blog, and I don’t care to invite comments from insensitive persons that might take me off course. At some point, I may include photos of him, but, as entrepreneurs, he and I have learned that it is often best to separate our businesses from our personal lives.

]]> By: Kelley http://knitgirlll06.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/why-is-this-an-issue/#comment-218 Kelley Mon, 26 May 2008 02:45:47 +0000 http://knitgirlll06.wordpress.com/?p=192#comment-218 Unbelievable. It would never have dawned on me to think about the model's skin color. I am a white woman born and raised in the south, and I am ashamed of my own kind. Who gives a rip what color your skin is? I apologize for this woman's ignorance. Why in the world would she think she needs to "identify" with whomever you have model for you? Bless her heart, she must have no life. Unbelievable. It would never have dawned on me to think about the model’s skin color. I am a white woman born and raised in the south, and I am ashamed of my own kind. Who gives a rip what color your skin is? I apologize for this woman’s ignorance. Why in the world would she think she needs to “identify” with whomever you have model for you? Bless her heart, she must have no life.

]]> By: k2sc1 http://knitgirlll06.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/why-is-this-an-issue/#comment-216 k2sc1 Fri, 23 May 2008 14:27:14 +0000 http://knitgirlll06.wordpress.com/?p=192#comment-216 I just found your blog today through Rav, and I cannot believe the comment that person left. Of all the nerve. Maybe it was a troll, looking for blogs to cause trouble in. I just found your blog today through Rav, and I cannot believe the comment that person left. Of all the nerve. Maybe it was a troll, looking for blogs to cause trouble in.

]]> By: Susan http://knitgirlll06.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/why-is-this-an-issue/#comment-214 Susan Mon, 19 May 2008 17:05:35 +0000 http://knitgirlll06.wordpress.com/?p=192#comment-214 I cannot believe that anyone would say that. In this white person's opinion, there is no reason why she should have said what she did. Does she really expect you to go out and take pictures of white people to put on your personal blog!? I cannot believe that anyone would say that. In this white person’s opinion, there is no reason why she should have said what she did. Does she really expect you to go out and take pictures of white people to put on your personal blog!?

]]> By: Nicol http://knitgirlll06.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/why-is-this-an-issue/#comment-213 Nicol Mon, 19 May 2008 03:41:34 +0000 http://knitgirlll06.wordpress.com/?p=192#comment-213 She had to be kidding. This is the kind of thing that white people do without a second thought to how someone might feel. Some not all white people think that everything on this earth should be catered to their needs. Hence the reason for us (women of color) to do things for us by us....You are a better woman than I cos she really woulda got cussed out.... She had to be kidding. This is the kind of thing that white people do without a second thought to how someone might feel. Some not all white people think that everything on this earth should be catered to their needs. Hence the reason for us (women of color) to do things for us by us….You are a better woman than I cos she really woulda got cussed out….

]]> By: Kitten with a Whiplash http://knitgirlll06.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/why-is-this-an-issue/#comment-212 Kitten with a Whiplash Sun, 18 May 2008 17:00:47 +0000 http://knitgirlll06.wordpress.com/?p=192#comment-212 Your blog is a warm and open invitation to all. The way I read it is "Welcome to a world fine craftsmanship and fine thinking.", all here to be shared without restriction. Perhaps if this woman focused more on what is here, not on what she feels is missing? She's simply cutting off her nose to spite her face. By the way, I notice you don't have a lot of semi-centarian, male-knitter, bad-housekeeping, overweight-with-dandruff type pictures on your blog. Funny that I still feel welcome isn't it? Your blog is a warm and open invitation to all. The way I read it is “Welcome to a world fine craftsmanship and fine thinking.”, all here to be shared without restriction. Perhaps if this woman focused more on what is here, not on what she feels is missing? She’s simply cutting off her nose to spite her face. By the way, I notice you don’t have a lot of semi-centarian, male-knitter, bad-housekeeping, overweight-with-dandruff type pictures on your blog. Funny that I still feel welcome isn’t it?

]]> By: Saffron http://knitgirlll06.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/why-is-this-an-issue/#comment-211 Saffron Sat, 17 May 2008 17:55:34 +0000 http://knitgirlll06.wordpress.com/?p=192#comment-211 I honestly don't understand that comment. Diversity is a good thing and personally, I'm drawn to crafty blogs that reflect different cultures, countries and such. I can't always relate to them, but reading them is how I learn and open up my world and see the possibilities that exist outside my own world. I am the better for it. Keep on keepin' on. :) p.s. Btw, the pizzas on your previous post look Delicious!!! :D I honestly don’t understand that comment. Diversity is a good thing and personally, I’m drawn to crafty blogs that reflect different cultures, countries and such. I can’t always relate to them, but reading them is how I learn and open up my world and see the possibilities that exist outside my own world. I am the better for it.

Keep on keepin’ on. :)
p.s. Btw, the pizzas on your previous post look Delicious!!! :D

]]> By: Debbie Cook http://knitgirlll06.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/why-is-this-an-issue/#comment-210 Debbie Cook Fri, 16 May 2008 13:09:25 +0000 http://knitgirlll06.wordpress.com/?p=192#comment-210 I came here via a link on Mimi's blog. My mouth is wide open in shock. Frankly, as white woman, I truly appreciate the diversity that personal blogs provide because I see and learn things I might not ever know if I were to stay insulated in my own environment and perspective. But the specific point about a specific race featured??? Wow. It never would've crossed my mind to think of it at all, and then as a negative too. I came here via a link on Mimi’s blog. My mouth is wide open in shock. Frankly, as white woman, I truly appreciate the diversity that personal blogs provide because I see and learn things I might not ever know if I were to stay insulated in my own environment and perspective. But the specific point about a specific race featured??? Wow. It never would’ve crossed my mind to think of it at all, and then as a negative too.

]]> By: Elaray http://knitgirlll06.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/why-is-this-an-issue/#comment-209 Elaray Fri, 16 May 2008 11:53:53 +0000 http://knitgirlll06.wordpress.com/?p=192#comment-209 I followed a link here from Mimi's Domestichaven. Some people just don't get it. And they never will. I randomly clicked in your archives and , sure enough, I saw lots of Black women. My blog has mostly one Black person - ME!!! Does that mean anyone who is not me might be offended? It just doesn't make sense. I wouldn't expect you to go out and find White women, or blind women or physically challenged women to photograph. Your blog reflects your life. There is nothing wrong with that. Some people just don't get it. I followed a link here from Mimi’s Domestichaven. Some people just don’t get it. And they never will. I randomly clicked in your archives and , sure enough, I saw lots of Black women. My blog has mostly one Black person – ME!!! Does that mean anyone who is not me might be offended? It just doesn’t make sense.

I wouldn’t expect you to go out and find White women, or blind women or physically challenged women to photograph. Your blog reflects your life. There is nothing wrong with that. Some people just don’t get it.

]]> By: Laura Valentine http://knitgirlll06.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/why-is-this-an-issue/#comment-207 Laura Valentine Thu, 15 May 2008 16:13:48 +0000 http://knitgirlll06.wordpress.com/?p=192#comment-207 Just...wow. I guess it never occurred to this person how many women of color have to go through every damn day not seeing pictures of anything but white women. Or that the inability to identify with someone else because of the color of their skin might indicate a spectacularly racist failure of imagination. Just…wow.

I guess it never occurred to this person how many women of color have to go through every damn day not seeing pictures of anything but white women.

Or that the inability to identify with someone else because of the color of their skin might indicate a spectacularly racist failure of imagination.

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