[MR] Asian Personas

[Steven Chang]

Bambi, again, nobody was criticizing anyone about their persona. This
discussion came about because I off-handedly mentioned that I dunno if
I could ever play a persona that is part of my Chinese Heritage. It
had nothing to do with Racism or anything else remotely close to that
for that matter.

It seems to be a common theme on the Merry Rose, people assuming the
worse from other people's comments. There was no disrespect or racism
here. I know foxy, she's not a sarcastic person (not much anyway)

I'm sorry I was indirectly responsible for this thread. Please lets
just drop it.

Thanks,
Donal Maclauren.


On 9/21/09, Bambi TBNL <hippy_dippy_dancer at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Sigh.
> 24 yeasrs ago I was sitting in a little dark corner reading the Merry Rose
> off of UUNET and being totally intimidated because a conversation just ike
> this one was raging over the "blue eyed samuri" running around pennsic. As a
> black woman who had done civil waar and got really tired of having to defend
> my self for not wearing burlap and ashes, I would not concider jumping from
> one frying pan into another fire.
> It took me another 3 years to attend my first event and I was waiting for
> someone to say something because I wor German Renn my second event.
> Everybody was very welcoming...the dress wasnt half bad either..but I kept
> waitng for the other shoe to drop.The dress has since gone on to dress other
> women in the SCA as my waistline has gone on to grow out of it. I have
> learned a lot..including some really miserable stories about people who were
> dreadfully hurt by someone saying basically..how dare you represent
> something you couldnt possibly be....
> It is the Society for Creative Anachronisms...
>  not       Society for Commenting Acrimoniously.
> No one has ever been that  way to me ,personally ,but it made me believe
> that I would be unwelcome because if I did do middle eastern or
> northafrican...I would then have been ostrisized because it wasnt european.
> It wasnt true, but just reading this stuff trying to get the nerve to be
> part of this organization can be very discouraging.
> Which is why I suppose, when I went to my first Pennsic,XVIIII, there were
> 6000 attendees and only 4 other women of color, and we regularly all got
> called Isabella, who didnt attend that year!
> The Creative part should be obvious but sometimes it isnt.
> After 20 years in the SCA, I cant believe this caca even comes up
> anymore....I thought it had been outgrown.
>
>
>
> Bambi (To be named ater) TBNL
>