An open letter to critics of LambdaConf

Dear colleague,

I have watched, and participated in, the debate on Twitter around LambdaConf and its approval of the application of the infamous Curtis Yarvin, aka Moldbug, to give a talk.

Dr. Palmer! I loved this article. I think it does a great job laying out the dynamics of everyone involved when someone like Macklemore, someone coming from a place of privilege speaks into the conversation.

I’ve been living in the states for nearly two years now and the conversation surrounding race has never been so in-my…

When Afrikaans Implodes

On the 22nd of February 2016 the NMMU Madibaz were playing the UFS Shimlas at a Varsity Cup match in Bloemfontein. During half-time a group of protesters walked onto the rugby field, formed a circle and began to sing struggle songs. They had been protesting in support of workers for a…

This is a very important read for me, because I don’t talk about race, either. I think about it a lot, and read a lot of Black posts here and elsewhere, because I want to know and understand. I have a lot of mixed feelings, some of them ingrained, some of them coming out of me trying to pull apart the ingrained ones. It took until middle age for me…