Before moving on , I feel I must respond to comments from yesterday's entry:
Thank you for the comments in response to my revisited Menestras del Negro post.
I'm sorry if I offended anyone. That was not my intention. My criticism of a specific logo used by a specific company is in no way meant to be a comment on Quito or Ecuador at large. I agree that there is also racism in the United States. I agree that as an outsider I may not understand all Ecuadorian cultures and customs. We all react to things differently based on our ethnicity, nationality, age, gender, etc. I stand by my right to question, analyze, and comment on events, people, places, and things that I observe. I might not always be right, but I have the right to my opinion.
And just for clarification, I no longer live in Ecuador. When I wrote the original post I had been living there for almost a year. I am now back in the U.S.
I miss you Lisa Lou.
You are most definitely entitled to your opinion. Nicely put in a turning-the-other-blogging-cheek way. Chin up and don't forget your coat, right? For me it's my sweater and scarf. If I leave home without something to put around my neck - I feel lost.
Posted by: Sonya | March 05, 2008 at 04:00 PM
Yikes....this got heated...the worst I have had is someone telling me I can't spell...
You are entitled to your opinions and observations and the resolve to stick to your guns. This is your forum after all.
Posted by: stephanie | March 06, 2008 at 09:50 AM
Miss you too Ris-dog. If an intellectual, cross-cultural debate minus insults and personal attacks is impossible in the blogosphere, then where is it possible, ya know?
Oh well, we tried. Tell Jordan he´s a rockstar and I miss him too.
Posted by: lisa lou | March 06, 2008 at 10:11 AM
i read this whole debate with much interest and i totally agree with lisa lou and you, risa, on having the freedom to express your opinion and in the hope that this type of debate could be possible in the blogosphere and anywhere else.
Posted by: Veronica TM | March 11, 2008 at 02:47 PM
I was looking for your fanesca post and found this. I cannot believe the sister of the menestras de la negra wrote you. OK, sure if she doesn´t think its racist then awesome, but I do think that estadunidenses have a different sensitity about these questions, and lord she just doesn´t get it. Certainly critiquing logos is not part of the problem.
Posted by: Claudia | March 22, 2008 at 10:05 AM
hear hear lady. xox
Posted by: amisha | March 31, 2008 at 08:48 PM