I can't even get my head around most of the racism debate - my rule is just to keep reminding myself that I'm a clueless white person and I need to let people who know what they're talking about do the talking. The position we're in, being white and studying Japan, is something I've also been considering - but I don't know what to say about it, besides sometimes joking that I'm majoring in cultural appropriation. It's complicated, to say the least.

:) LJ has taught me so much - about race relations, about writing and literary criticism, about academia, but most of all, about how not to make a complete idiot out of myself most of the time. *also hugs LJ*