The general point is that the past is more tightly woven together than you think, and no amount of "world-building" can salvage a project that starts with such sweeping assumptions but ends up in such a familiar place anyway. I'm not usually all that much of a materialist, as historians go, but jeeze, you can't just ignore the interconnectedness of everyone's material existence, either.
THIS, YES. This is what has been killing me in even just the little that I have read so far in this imbroglio. I mean, what an exposure of utter ignorance about how history works, or maybe just a refusal to think deeply in general, I guess. Excusing herself from deep thinking because it's YA, maybe? I don't know. And really, what utter ignorance of the history of colonialism and imperialism and how that translates into present reality for non-white peoples all over the world. I've been thinking a lot about what an essential piece that is for white folks to understand in order to decenter whiteness in our worldviews, and this situation is pretty instructive in that regard. *sigh*
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Date: 2009-05-12 09:51 pm (UTC)THIS, YES. This is what has been killing me in even just the little that I have read so far in this imbroglio. I mean, what an exposure of utter ignorance about how history works, or maybe just a refusal to think deeply in general, I guess. Excusing herself from deep thinking because it's YA, maybe? I don't know. And really, what utter ignorance of the history of colonialism and imperialism and how that translates into present reality for non-white peoples all over the world. I've been thinking a lot about what an essential piece that is for white folks to understand in order to decenter whiteness in our worldviews, and this situation is pretty instructive in that regard. *sigh*