Comments on: Nothing fancy about ubuntu

By: Luca

Luca — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:21:23 +0000

Hi, I also came through Global Voices. Although in principle I understand what you mean, in fact the killing of persons because of their sexual choices has special implications we should take into account.
While there is no social community in the world allowing for murder because, let’s imagine, a robbery, indeed there are communities which allow for the killing of persons due to their sexual choices. The example you made of Iran is but one of the many possible. That is why understanding that those persons were killed because of their sexual choices is important, not to classify them, but to classify the act, and understand that we don’t just need to find the individual(s) responsible for the murder, but we have to intervene at the socio-cultural level, we have to act at a different level. We have to operate a shift in the ideas and practices of the collectivity which allowed for that, and help them transforming those ideas into new ones – this is the meaning (I guess) of “I want that my sexuality is embraced”. Your friend meant that only when the whole society considers her choices as part of the freedom options integrated in the normal life of the community, she will be truly free. Only when this process will be fully operated, we might imagine that your skin, your gender, your sexuality will become non – issues, and you will be considered for your ubuntu, being a person amongst other persons.

By: eemanee

eemanee — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 14:34:41 +0000

“I don’t want to be tolerated. Nor do I want to be embraced. I want to be unflinchingly acknowledged as human. No more and no less.”

Beautifully and simply put.

I came across your blog via Global Voices. Keep up the good blogging!

By: Global Voices Online » South Africa: nothing fancy about Ubuntu

Global Voices Online » South Africa: nothing fancy about Ubuntu — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:03:00 +0000

[...] Amanda Atwood sees nothing fancy about Ubuntu: “I was speaking with a friend the other day who was saying that she didn’t want her sexuality to be tolerated, she wants it to be embraced. Me? As much as the colour of my hair or the size of my shoe is not cause for comment or judgment, so I want my skin, my gender, my sexuality to be non-issues. I don’t want to be tolerated. Nor do I want to be embraced. I want to be unflinchingly acknowledged as human. No more and no less.” Share This [...]