Well, the two recent posts (see my place - the posts are from other sources though) on white privilege were right on, weren't they? And with white privilege goes this kind of attitude.
We are a deeply, deeply racist country. It's not that folks are bad people or ill-intentioned. It's that the cultural and historical soup in which we swim is a white supremacist one. It's hard to avoid.
And when one becomes conscious of it, it takes constant effort to work against it.
Jane - I will check out those posts. You are right on, there is this underlying racism that does not seem to be going away anytime soon. I am unsure what more can be done ...
Diane - Yes, I think living in Minnesota does affect one's racial / political outlook. Perhaps the outright racist comments there are simply reserved for the home?
When folks tell me that they won't vote for Obama because they fear he's a Muslim at heart, or because he an elistest, I take it with a grain of salt, because, in most cases, I believe is has to do with racism. The "elitest" label translates as "uppity Negro". And, of course, he can never show anger, or he becomes "the angry black man".
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I've lost count of the number of times I've heard that comment.
It just amazes me that otherwise caring, kind people, can make such off-the-wall remarks.
Oh, Lord. There we go.
Well, the two recent posts (see my place - the posts are from other sources though) on white privilege were right on, weren't they? And with white privilege goes this kind of attitude.
We are a deeply, deeply racist country. It's not that folks are bad people or ill-intentioned. It's that the cultural and historical soup in which we swim is a white supremacist one. It's hard to avoid.
And when one becomes conscious of it, it takes constant effort to work against it.
I've never heard that! Maybe because I live in Minnesota?! (You know, "Minnesota nice", we don't way what we think...)
Jane -
I will check out those posts. You are right on, there is this underlying racism that does not seem to be going away anytime soon. I am unsure what more can be done ...
Diane -
Yes, I think living in Minnesota does affect one's racial / political outlook. Perhaps the outright racist comments there are simply reserved for the home?
When folks tell me that they won't vote for Obama because they fear he's a Muslim at heart, or because he an elistest, I take it with a grain of salt, because, in most cases, I believe is has to do with racism. The "elitest" label translates as "uppity Negro". And, of course, he can never show anger, or he becomes "the angry black man".
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