this is your nation on white privilege

[hammercock]

I don't know if this made the rounds during election season, but it deserves to: http://www.redroom.com/blog/tim-wise/this-your-nation-white-privilege-updated

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[perspicuity]

WP is what lets the author critique WP so well and not come off sounding like a whiny asshole ;)

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[eastertheatre]

That article assumes that people with his point of view are not of a large number, and that every single example he gives cannot be turned around very easily and realistically. For example, people DID question and criticize Sarah Palin's academic record,and accordingly downgrade their assumptions of her intelligence. People DO say or accept, on a regular basis, that it's perfectly acceptable for black people to behave in racist fashion because of the injustice that's happened to their 'race'. Those are only two examples of the many things he claims don't ever happen that actually do happen, all the time. Of course they happen. I guess if people want to flagellate themselves for being 'white', have at it, but it makes no sense to me.

[perspicuity]

taking the race card out of it... there's a huge disparity of power via money involved there too. money that most of us will not realize. plus other layers.

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[browngirl]

Yeah, I saw this last year and it helped keep me sane.

Thanks for posting this, not least braving the sort of comments you've already gotten an example of.