This post came as a result of an article that I read online; I had to make a comment on it, though it was short, I did. Here’s the link if you desire to read what I thought was a slippery piece of information:
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/susan_nielsen/index.ssf/2008/11/whats_next_for_affirmative_act.html#comments
This is an extremely delicate issue. I do have a few questions [...]
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Race-Based Affirmative Action…What To Do?
Posted in Racism, Whiteness, and White Privilege, Uncategorized, tagged Affirmative Action, education, slavery on November 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
On Whiteness and Allies continued…
Posted in Racism, Whiteness, and White Privilege, tagged "good whites", allies, whiteness on June 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This response I had to copy from a very informed and straight forward guy that was in my White Studies class I took a few terms ago. I couldn’t have given a better response to this question myself; in fact, I couldn’t get off the floor from laughing so hard when I read it. The [...]
Why Can’t We?
Posted in Racism, Whiteness, and White Privilege, language, tagged derogatory words, hip hop, language, the N word on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For years I’ve heard people say, “you guys use the N word, why can’t we?”. This same theme happens with other people of color. For instance, Latinos don’t like it when people other than Latinos use terms that are traditionally derogatory towards them. Being that I work with middle and high school students, I [...]
Are IQ differences between people groups a result of genetics?
Posted in Racism, Whiteness, and White Privilege, tagged genetics, IQ, race on June 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In Race, Genetics, and IQ, Richard Nisbett examines what he calls “the most relevant studies” on the supposed correlation between Whites, Blacks, and IQ. These studies include: Skin Color, Blood Group Indicators, Reported White Ancestry, Children Born to American Soldiers, Mixed-Race Children: White versus Black Mothers, Black versus White Adoptive Families for Black Children, Black [...]
What to do about white privilege?
Posted in Racism, Whiteness, and White Privilege, tagged racism, white privilege on June 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Well, the question of the century is how do we actually mend race relations in the US? Of course I don’t singularly have the answer to that question myself. This is something all people groups will have to participate in so as to get a cohesive and well-proportioned response. Be that as it may, I [...]
The notion of being colorblind to race is dangerous…
Posted in Racism, Whiteness, and White Privilege, tagged abstract liberalism, colorblind racism, Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, meritocracy, Michael Lewis, racial privilege on June 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The connection between colorblind racism (the idea that one doesn’t see and thus respond to people on the basis of their color) and abstract liberalism is very subtle and hard to ascertain. Here, I provide a brief attempt to shed light on its connectedness through a hypothetical example.
Abstract liberalism: “This frame incorporates tenets associated [...]
Audrey Thompson constrasting ethnocentrism and racism
Posted in Racism, Whiteness, and White Privilege, tagged Antiracism, Audrey Thompson, culture, education, ethnocentrism, racism on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is an excerpt from Audrey Thompson’s article, For: AntiRacism Education. I’m finding that she does an excellent job nailing down that which is hard to nail down; furthermore, she gives substantive concrete examples. This portion is meant to be somewhat tantilizing to some and an eye-opener to others…I suggest finding her articles and reading [...]
On Whiteness and Allies
Posted in Racism, Whiteness, and White Privilege, tagged "good whites", allies, privilege, whiteness on June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Allies
Survey by Matthew Ross
1) Name five things that you can do with your privilege that would resemble an ally?
2) What does ally behavior look like?
3) Is being an ally just another way for Whites to been seen as “good Whites”? Explain you reasoning.
4) Does being constituted an ally represent the idea that you totally “get [...]
