Welcome to Colour Outside the Lines, The Avocado’s weekly discussion space for people of colour. We’re back from an unintended hiatus and ready to talk about the issues that face us. Or not. Maybe we’ll never be ready. Who knows? … Continue reading Colour Outside the Lines #20: Speaking Up

Welcome to Colour Outside the Lines, The Avocado’s weekly discussion space for people of colour. Thread Rules We ask that only those who identify as people of color participate in this discussion. White Avocados, while valued members of this community, … Continue reading Colour Outside the Lines #19: Holiday Funtime

Welcome to Colour Outside the Lines, The Avocado’s weekly discussion space for people of colour. Thread Rules We ask that only those who identify as people of color participate in this discussion. White Avocados, while valued members of this community, … Continue reading Colour Outside the Lines #18: (Over-)Policing Ourselves

Welcome to Colour Outside the Lines, The Avocado’s weekly discussion space for people of colour. I apologize for getting this up a day late. Thread Rules We ask that only those who identify as people of color participate in this … Continue reading Colour Outside the Lines #17: Political Footballs

Welcome to Colour Outside the Lines, The Avocado’s weekly discussion space for people of colour. I apologize for getting this up a day late. This week’s thread is an open thread, meaning that all ‘Cados are welcome to participate. Thread … Continue reading Colour Outside the Lines #16: Come One, Come All

Welcome to Colour Outside the Lines, The Avocado’s weekly discussion space for people of colour. I apologize for getting this up a day late. Thread Rules We ask that only those who identify as people of color participate in this … Continue reading Colour Outside the Lines #15: Delayed Again

Welcome to Colour Outside the Lines, The Avocado’s weekly discussion space for people of colour. I apologize for getting this week’s entry up a few hours behind schedule. Thread Rules We ask that only those who identify as people of … Continue reading Colour Outside the Lines #14: Navigation

Welcome to Colour Outside the Lines, The Avocado’s weekly discussion space for people of colour. Thread Rules We ask that only those who identify as people of color participate in this discussion. White Avocados, while valued members of this community, … Continue reading Colour Outside the Lines #13: Geographical Matters

Welcome to Colour Outside the Lines, The Avocado’s weekly discussion space for people of colour. Thread Rules We ask that only those who identify as people of color participate in this discussion. White Avocados, while valued members of this community, … Continue reading Colour Outside the Lines #12: Defaults

We’re finally back on schedule! I actually remembered to post this on Saturday. Next week, since it’ll be the last Saturday of the month, Ardhanari will be your host. Thread rules: We ask that only those who identify as people … Continue reading Colour Outside the Lines #11: The Asphalt of Good Intentions

This week’s prompt is about racism and The Avocado. This discussion is intended to be preliminary and exploratory. We are not going to “solve” racism on the site today. Thread rules: We ask that only those who identify as people … Continue reading Colour Outside the Lines #10: Opening Up

I again have to apologize for getting this up a day late. Future threads will probably be scheduled in advance so that I don’t miss one. Thread rules: We ask that only those who identify as people of color participate … Continue reading Colour Outside the Lines #9: A Day Late and a Dollar Short

Sorry for getting this up a day late. In my defence, it’s still technically Saturday on the west coast! And Colorado. And Hawaii. Hey, what do you have against Colorado and Hawaii? Thread rules: We ask that only those who … Continue reading Colour Outside the Lines #8: Who Speaks for Whom?

Hey folks! Welcome to another edition of Colour Outside the Lines, your semi-regular discussion space for people of colour. Thread rules: We ask that only those who identify as people of color participate in this discussion. White Avocados, while valued … Continue reading Colour Outside the Lines #7: I Guess We Have to Talk about This

Hey folks! Welcome to another edition of Colour Outside the Lines, your semi-regular discussion space for people of colour. Thread rules: We ask that only those who identify as people of color participate in this discussion. White Avocados, while valued … Continue reading Colour Outside the Lines #6: Free Talk

Hey folks! Welcome to another edition of Colour Outside the Lines, your semi-regular discussion space for people of colour. Thread rules: We ask that only those who identify as people of color participate in this discussion. White Avocados, while valued … Continue reading Colour Outside the Lines #5: Making an Ass of U and Me

Hey folks! Colour Outside the Lines is back! You may have noticed that I’m not Edmund Fitzgerald. We’ve decided that we’re going to split duties for Colour Outside the Lines going forward. My thread titles will be spelled correctly. Since … Continue reading Colour Outside the Lines #4: The Question

Where do we go now? I won’t go into too much detail with this prompt. I had something on cultural appropriation planned, but that doesn’t seem right after yesterdays news. We’ll reserve that for next week. There’s much which is … Continue reading Color Outside The Lines #3 – Where Do We Go Now?

So it might seem that only two possibilities exist to explain why this thread hasn’t gone up yet: that I decided to stop running this thread, or that I had died. But reports of death are greatly exaggerated. What actually … Continue reading Color Outside The Lines #2: Reports of my Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

Welcome to Color Outside The Lines, my new people of color safe space thread of unnecessarily verbose titling. Please see rules below: 1) We ask that only those who identify as people of color participate in this discussion. White Avocados, … Continue reading Color Outside The Lines #1