Corambis auction: CARL BRANDON SOCIETY

This is the post for the auction to benefit the Carl Brandon Society.

Begins 12:03 p.m., March 5, 2009.

Will end 12:03 p.m., March 6, 2009.

Bidding begins at $25.

Corambis auction: SCARLETEEN

This is the post for the auction to benefit Scarleteen

Begins 12:05 p.m., March 5, 2009.

Will end 12:05 p.m., March 6, 2009.

Bidding begins at $25.

Corambis auction: JOHN M. FORD MEMORIAL BOOK ENDOWMENT

This is the post for the auction to benefit the John M. Ford Memorial Book Endowment.

Begins 12:06 p.m., March 5, 2009.

Will end 12:06 p.m., March 6, 2009.

Bidding begins at $25.

I do have something to say after all.

I put my foot in my mouth way back at the beginning of this discussion, and after I apologized for that, I have not felt--and continue not to feel--that I can make any useful contribution.

But I do have something to say. Viz, and to wit:

I personally do not want science fiction/fantasy/horror to be a white-only domain.

I personally do not want people of color to feel unwelcome, excluded, alienated, or silenced, and I am sorry as all hell that they are being made to feel that way. I know that my comments have been construed as attempts to silence people of color; all I can say is, no. That is never what I want.