Thursday, July 19, 2007

Vague Recrimination

I hate reading posts that talk in vague terms about being done wrong without naming any names. Unfortunately I'm going to have to make one right now. I'm pulling out of a site that I had gingerly hoped to make a lasting positive contribution towards.

In my introduction I stated very clearly who I was, what I come from and what I believed. I was very much aware of being in the minority there (as I am pretty much anywhere), but I felt like I was welcomed. I had a lot of good discussions, learned a lot and was able to teach other people something as well.

The welcome mat just got pulled out from under my feet.

This whole thing makes no difference in how I'm going to act in future. I am not giving up on anything I believe in. I am still heading in a positive direction in terms of personal growth and effectiveness as an Asian-American woman.

I'm turning off comments on this post just because there's really nothing left to say about it. Consider this my one "vague recrimination" post allowable per blog year. Stay tuned for a return to regularly scheduled adoption content, specific recrimination and just plain crimination.