Submitted by Wendy (not verified) on Tue, 2009-01-13 17:16.
Hey, what a spectacular show! I'm a little more than halfway in and I admit as a priveleged white person I find myself getting defensive and having to calm back down to listen to what's being said and taking it from there.
I'm on Kinship Circle's list and I admit that with this and other campaigns regarding animals as meat, or perhaps the use of exotic animal parts in traditional Chinese medicine, for example, I've felt a little awkward: what right do I have to tell non-westerners what to do, particularly as an American (even though the US has been very harsh to non-white cultures throughout its existence, the past 8 years have been particuarly difficult for activists to have any kind of moral leg to stand on)? Then my thought ran to: well, I will tell ANYBODY not to eat ANY animal; what's the difference?
Ah, but one of your guests answered: get the information from the groups working in those countries as to the best way to proceed. Thanks for the answer.
(I'd also love to hear about Earth Balance - they're evil but I haven't been able to stop using it [they apparently use helicopters and trawl the oceans for these little fish who clean up garbage; these are the fish the company uses in their other, non-vegan products. I've been able to pretty much boycott most big companies I hate, but for some reason the Earth Balance is very difficult. I'd love another good reason to boycott them) - hey, look, I've made it all about me!
Hey, what a spectacular show! I'm a little more than halfway in and I admit as a priveleged white person I find myself getting defensive and having to calm back down to listen to what's being said and taking it from there.
I'm on Kinship Circle's list and I admit that with this and other campaigns regarding animals as meat, or perhaps the use of exotic animal parts in traditional Chinese medicine, for example, I've felt a little awkward: what right do I have to tell non-westerners what to do, particularly as an American (even though the US has been very harsh to non-white cultures throughout its existence, the past 8 years have been particuarly difficult for activists to have any kind of moral leg to stand on)? Then my thought ran to: well, I will tell ANYBODY not to eat ANY animal; what's the difference?
Ah, but one of your guests answered: get the information from the groups working in those countries as to the best way to proceed. Thanks for the answer.
(I'd also love to hear about Earth Balance - they're evil but I haven't been able to stop using it [they apparently use helicopters and trawl the oceans for these little fish who clean up garbage; these are the fish the company uses in their other, non-vegan products. I've been able to pretty much boycott most big companies I hate, but for some reason the Earth Balance is very difficult. I'd love another good reason to boycott them) - hey, look, I've made it all about me!
Thanks for the show. 8)