SPW Book Club - Love's Not Colorblind
Tue, Jan 12
|zoom
Join us with for our first discussion group
Time & Location
Jan 12, 2021, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM PST
zoom
Guests
About the Event
Come virtually join us for a series of online sex positive book club discussions. The book we will be exploring every other Tuesday evening, is “Love’s Not Color Blind” by Kevin A Patterson. All are welcome, whether you’ve read the section or not, please join us for the discussion!
About the book:
The issues that make monogamous dating daunting for people of color—shaming and exclusion by white partners, being fetishized, having realities of everyday racism ignored—occur in polyamorous relationships too, and trying "not to see race" only makes it worse. To make polyamorous communities inclusive, we must all acknowledge our part in perpetuating racism and listen to people of color. Love's Not Color Blind puts forward the framework—through research, anecdotal testimony, and analogy—for understanding, identifying, and confronting racism within polyamorous communities.
What we’ll this week do:
Every other Tuesday night we’ll have two hours to discussing each section over zoom. Please feel free to talk, share, or just listen!
January 12th Beginning Stuff and Alternative Lifestyles Be Like. . . (pages 1 – 36)
Disclaimer One: The “Bookening. . ."
Disclaimer 2: Electric Boogaloo. . .
The Format of This Book. . .
Forced Ambassadorship
Presentation and the Angry black Intentional Communities
Why Does it Matter?
January 26th Barriers for Entry Pt 1 (Pages 37 – 64)
White Feminism and Polyamory
Othering
Dating Preferences
February 9th Barriers for Entry Pt 2 (Pages 65 – 104)
Breakdowns In Representation aka White People Shit
Tokenism
Fetishization
Class. . .
February 23rd Fostering Inclusivity. . . For White Folks (Pages 105 – 126)
Owning your Shit. . .
Don’t Pander. . .
Engage Intentional Planning
Joint Events
March 9th Fostering Inclusivity. . . For People of Color (Pages 127 – 158)
Show Up. . . Or Don’t. . .
Your Events Are Yours
Making Your Own Group
Start Creating
TL;DR
End Notes
Schedule:
7:30pm – Zoom room opens
7:35pm – Opening Circle and introductions
8:00pm – Open discussion (Jamie will moderate)
9:15pm – Closing remarks and announcements 9:30pm – End of book club
FAQs:
Do I need to read the book and show up *every* week to join?
NO! Jump in and out at your own pace! This is an OPEN GROUP, please just show up!
Will this group meet in person or offline?
This group will only meet online
About the Author:
Kevin Patterson has been practicing ethical nonmonogamy for 15 years and is an active member of the Philadelphia polyamory community. He is the creator of the Poly Role Models project, an interview series that serves as a platform for the diversity of our relationship structures and the people within them to shine through. Find him on Instagram @polyrolemodels
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