Well, it’s been a strange couple of days. As you all know, I did two interviews so far to go with my quilt for the Human Rights Campaign Dinner in Washington DC. There are 4 blocks to the quilt: Homophobia, Sexism, Racism, and Ignorance. I was simply looking around the internet for someone who has been a victim of racism in the quilting community. I have been contacted quite a few times with people who wanted to share their story with me, but want no attention drawn to themselves. After the last two days, I understand why.

This is a fun little excerpt from this afternoon… I asked on the facebook group ‘Quilt Guild’, and I quote, “Question: I’m writing a series about discrimination in the quilting community. Has anyone been a victim of racism, and would like to be interviewed on my blog.”

What I got was nothing short of ridiculous! Below is one thread of comments from a woman named “D”. I learned a lot from D this afternoon.

What have I gathered from my interaction with D, do you ask? I gathered that racism is very alive and well in the quilting community. Later this evening, I’ll be posting an interview I did with Stephanie Forsyth on what happened when I posted the same question in ‘Quilting Space’ on facebook. Yes, I know I made a typo. Yes, I went to fix it, and she deleted her comments. Today, I was very saddened by the people in these facebook groups. Then even the Admin decided it was too much to handle in the quilting bubble, and locked the comments.