Went to a poetry reading today because I have to for my poetry class. I�was dreading it. I�donapos;t like poetry very much, and the only� (free) reading I�could get to before my reading report was due was this 1st Nations thing. Nothing against Native Americans here, but I was fully expecting to go to this thing and listen to them whining about oppression for an hour.
But guess what�I actually really enjoyed it. Their stuff wasnapos;t really culturally focussed, Native culture was sort of just a backdrop against which the authors (there were three) set their work.
Then during the QA Annoying Question Guy asked how the authors felt about being stuck in the Native corner rather than just being mixed in with all the other authors. One of the authors Kinnie Starr (I�think thatapos;s how you spell her first name) said she thought it was stupid and she deserves just as much recognition as her non-native counterparts. I sort of agree with her. I�agree with giving minorities their own section at festivals or whatever if their work pertains to said minority.�But if youapos;re part of a minority but your work is pretty general then I�see no reason why you canapos;t mix with everyone else.
Anyway, some more people asked questions, then Annoying Question Guy told Starr he thought she was being rude and that giving Natives their own section was good blahblahblah.
He was annoying.
I didnapos;t expect to be able to identify or appreciate this reading, but a lot of what the authors said really resonated with me. The nice thing about this poetry class is the prof is always asking us how we feel about things, so I�probably could ramble on about how the authorapos;s experience as a visible minority really resonated with my experience as an invisible minority ect. Ect.
It gave me something to think about, which is more than I�can say for a lot of things.
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