Considering sending John Scalzi a tweet

[sqbr]

He said "Your Halloween reminder that blackface is an IQ test, and if you wear it, you've failed." and my reply would be:

Blackface is awful, but equating low IQ with racism/moral failing is unfair. Esp given it's history http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2007/11/27/the-pseudoscience-of-%E2%80%9Cintelligence%E2%80%9D-testing/

(I found the link via quick google)

But idk, it feels weird bringing it up as a white non American. And while I'm disabled I have a pretty high IQ. Plus of course it could open me up to trolls, unless I send it as a private message.

Hmmm. Will ponder when more awake.

Comments

[mooreeffoc]

You'd be in the right, but you're in no way obligated to open yourself up to trolls/any unwanted attention. I think the fact that Scalzi himself is white makes it unweird, though I am also a white non-American.

(Even aside from the infuriating but also depressingly predictable disablism, YOU CAN'T "FAIL" AN IQ TEST.)

[sqbr]

Thank you for this comment even though I read it 30 seconds late :)