https://sqbr.dreamwidth.org/ Thorns - Dreamwidth Studios Fri, 30 Oct 2015 23:25:55 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios sqbr personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/70443/56053 https://sqbr.dreamwidth.org/ 100 99 https://sqbr.dreamwidth.org/342570.html Fri, 30 Oct 2015 23:25:55 GMT https://sqbr.dreamwidth.org/342570.html He said <a href="https://twitter.com/scalzi/status/660093276834373632"> "Your Halloween reminder that blackface is an IQ test, and if you wear it, you've failed." </a> and my reply would be:<br /><br />Blackface is awful, but equating low IQ with racism/moral failing is unfair. Esp given it's history <a href="http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2007/11/27/the-pseudoscience-of-%E2%80%9Cintelligence%E2%80%9D-testing/">http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2007/11/27/the-pseudoscience-of-%E2%80%9Cintelligence%E2%80%9D-testing/</a><br /><br />(I found the link via quick google)<br /><br />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. <br /><br />Hmmm. Will ponder when more awake.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=sqbr&ditemid=342570" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://sqbr.dreamwidth.org/342570.html race intersectionality intelligence social justice disability public 6