Comments on: Darfur Stories Response

By: Steven

Steven — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:43:00 +0000

I stumbled upon this ‘blog’ discussion after clicking on a link from another website. I know some of the players involved, and I wonder… do any of you use your time productively? I have already spent about 10 minutes here, and if I weren’t waiting for a rather voluminous document to print, I would be mad at myself for taking the time to engage in this vapid exchange.
Sierra has a POV — great… but, who cares?
Todd and Hayley have a POV — great… but, who cares?
Is this really productive? Picking statements apart and injecting your version of facts?
I can’t see how either side is doing anything to provide relief for the ‘arguable’ problems on another continent. Both sides are attempting to elevate themselves by their myopic knowlege of the conflict.
Before you respond in defense of yourself. Think.
Search deep inside and think about why these words may make you mad right now.
Is it because you feel attacked? Or, is it because you realize that you are struggling to be heard. Are you struggling to ‘have a strong opinion’ about something topical. OK… now… why?
Here’s a suggestion (perhaps it’s my need to be heard) — Do something positive. If Darfur is your passion — quitchurbitchin and physically help. I’m sorry — an ‘alleged’ documentary and the criticism of that tape isn’t productive.
Gotta go — the printer needs another ream of paper.

By: kali

kali — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:49:54 +0000

I am so glad you shared your response to her “documentary.” I am even more happy to read your responses to her here. I can only imagine how THE PEOPLE who have SURVIVED in DARFUR would feel about her portrayal. Hayley’s response was BRILLIANT.

By: An internet conversation

An internet conversation — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:46:50 +0000

[…] of the documentary, local broadcast journalist Sierra Scott, responded to Scott through Facebook. Todd posted her comments along with his responses. (I would link directly to Sierra’s Facebook messages but many of you couldn’t see […]

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:55:04 +0000

wtf is the deal with the ALL CAPS? As if saying someone is a DARFURIAN expert is more emphatic than saying they're a Darfurian expert. Which, Josh I might inquire, is a misplaced adjective? Wouldn't a Darfurian expert be any expert who is Darfurian? Contextually it's apparent she means the professor is an expert on what is happening in Darfur. And in reading interviews with Mamdani, he's not actually an expert on Darfur, but rather on the politics of naming, spending 9 months in New York and 3 in Kampala, Uganda each year. Granted that's closer to S. Sudan than Kansas, but when is geographical proximity necessarily related to knowledge? That he can have more direct contact with refugees, govt. officials, etc., doesn't mean that he does. Especially given some of the critiques of his book and research. I have a question that you can put to Sierra in your face-to-face: did she go to Chad and meet with refugees there? Well that's just for me, what I think, anyway.