Burning Man is R/G/U. It explicitly bans Black, and implicitly shuns White, because the thing it actually wants is for the “colorful” colors to do their things and express themselves without the Black/White tension getting in the way.
As people have been saying, our current mainstream culture is MOSTLY White, and where it isn’t White, it’s Black. Most people don’t even THINK about where their feelings come from, or what they actually want for themselves, or how a light-switch actually works when they flip it. They just want to be part of an order, and they want to compete for the best position they can within that order.
Burning Man explicitly says “Fuck all that! Make things! Be yourself! Do wacky shit!”
BM’s anti-commercialism is an explicit ban on Black, but its “radical self-reliance” is an almost-as-explicit ban on White.
… Gah. Which means I should just break down what each of the Ten Principles is trying to do, color-wise. Let’s try this:
Radical Inclusion
(+G)
Gifting
(-B)
Decommodification
(-B)
Radical Self-reliance
(-W, +GU)
Communal Effort
(+GU)
Civic Responsibility
(+WU)
Leaving No Trace
(+G)
Participation
(+GR)
Immediacy
(-W, +R)
On net, that’s GGGGGRRUUU, and two strikes against B and one (net) strike against W.
Burning Man is R/G/U. It explicitly bans Black, and implicitly shuns White, because the thing it actually wants is for the “colorful” colors to do their things and express themselves without the Black/White tension getting in the way.
As people have been saying, our current mainstream culture is MOSTLY White, and where it isn’t White, it’s Black. Most people don’t even THINK about where their feelings come from, or what they actually want for themselves, or how a light-switch actually works when they flip it. They just want to be part of an order, and they want to compete for the best position they can within that order.
Burning Man explicitly says “Fuck all that! Make things! Be yourself! Do wacky shit!”
BM’s anti-commercialism is an explicit ban on Black, but its “radical self-reliance” is an almost-as-explicit ban on White.
… Gah. Which means I should just break down what each of the Ten Principles is trying to do, color-wise. Let’s try this:
Radical Inclusion (+G)
Gifting (-B)
Decommodification (-B)
Radical Self-reliance (-W, +GU)
Communal Effort (+GU)
Civic Responsibility (+WU)
Leaving No Trace (+G)
Participation (+GR)
Immediacy (-W, +R)
On net, that’s GGGGGRRUUU, and two strikes against B and one (net) strike against W.