Yeah, ok, so being Cheyenne or being Jewish or being anything wouldn't have mattered if we'd been raised in a different culture, but then that cultural thing would have mattered. There's are so many ways to lable ourselves and so many things we can all do and say and be, that limiting it to any one thing, no matter what that one thing is, is just that. Limiting.
And there's nothing about being a mutant that is any more important as far as labels and self identificaiton go than being a student or a daughter or a friend or a dancer or a anything, at least not for me. If you want that to be the most important thing to you, that's fine, but when you start saying that we should all be saying "I'm a mutant and that's the thing about me that's important" then you take away our right to chose what we feel is important about ourselves. I'm not saying deny the fact that we're mutants, I'm saying embrace it, and embrace everything else about ourselves.
Yes, I'm a mutant, but that's not all that I am. Yes, I'm Jewish, but that's not all that I am. Yes, I'm a girl, but that is not all that I am. I'm Kitty, and there's a lot of things which make me up, so why should I deny any of them, or elevate any of them.
Being able to walk through walls is something most people can't do, but most people can't stand on point for an hour straight or calculate fifth order differentials or read Hebrew. So what. Everybody can do at least one thing that most people can't do, even 'just' humans.
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Date: 2005-02-20 05:16 pm (UTC)And there's nothing about being a mutant that is any more important as far as labels and self identificaiton go than being a student or a daughter or a friend or a dancer or a anything, at least not for me. If you want that to be the most important thing to you, that's fine, but when you start saying that we should all be saying "I'm a mutant and that's the thing about me that's important" then you take away our right to chose what we feel is important about ourselves. I'm not saying deny the fact that we're mutants, I'm saying embrace it, and embrace everything else about ourselves.
Yes, I'm a mutant, but that's not all that I am. Yes, I'm Jewish, but that's not all that I am. Yes, I'm a girl, but that is not all that I am. I'm Kitty, and there's a lot of things which make me up, so why should I deny any of them, or elevate any of them.
Being able to walk through walls is something most people can't do, but most people can't stand on point for an hour straight or calculate fifth order differentials or read Hebrew. So what. Everybody can do at least one thing that most people can't do, even 'just' humans.