Fascinating question
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That was the absolute worst year, with very few upsides, and I hate talking about it on the whole. If there was any one thing I learned, it was about the intensity of emotion incited by media and the (then much lesser than now!) extent of effects of media segmentation.
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Over the subsequent year, at least two different strangers tried to beat me up in Boston or people would randomly shout at me (“you should be in jail!” me: “I should be in math class”..)
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I could almost instantly tell whether someone got their news online, in newspapers, or on television, and which outlet it was, by how any given person spoke to me - which words they used - that year.
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Basically all of the Boston papers instantly attacked. Only
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Another thing that many/most people don’t know — when the call went in to the Boston State Police, it was that a “dark-skinned male” (was) “roaming the airport”. They were prepared to kill me on that basis.
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I just RT’ed you but I feel ambivalent about exposing you to even more victim-blamers But people need to know I know you for so much more than that, it’s crazy that this one day defined so much of your life
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Agree. I think a huge part of why I hate talking about it is I knew it would have that scale of effect (at the time!) and wanted to prevent those effects however possible.. even by refusing to acknowledge it. which is more or less using a finger to stem a flood.
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I haven’t seen any victim blamers, but I have also heard absolutely everything. I received 10,000+ emails. I read them all. I read every comment. So, retweet away.
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I’m still mad for you about that and I’m sorry that bullshit happened. :bearhug:
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I couldn't believe that whole story when it came out. The amount of fear and stupidity- It was just insane. So sorry you had to go through all of that.
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I remember at the time the Institute & students were accused of 'living in a bubble' for not realizing how a piece of electronic art would look 'to regular people'. It occurs to me now that it would have 'looked' very different if a white male was wearing it instead.
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I remember reading about that long before I had met you, and being worried for the person who was being harassed by law enforcement. I agree that there's a clear line from 9/11 politics to your terrifying experience.
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So terrible. So sorry.
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I remember that! Was like oh shit they arrested one girl from Hawai'i cuz she was wearing art. Hope things are better now.
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I was an editor at the Weekly Dig when that went down, I’ll never forget it. So sorry you were subject to all that bullshit, and I hope we didn’t play a role in making it worse.
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