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"THIS IS YOUR NATION ON WHITE PRIVILEGE"
Prince Georgians should be able to relate to this message - or I should say "most" because a white neighbor of mine told me recently that she doesn't want a black President.
This essay is by Tim Wise:
I didn't understand it when I was first introduced to it about a decade ago - white privilege is invisible & that's why a much larger percentage of whites think that racism is pretty much over whereas a very low percentage of blacks do. I understand some whites understand it easily, though. It looks like the nation is not getting this, though:
I censored it because this is supposed to be an open, family-friendly forum. But I think this paragraph is so right on.
I like this comparison. Do you know many overt gun enthusiasts who are African American?
And white privilege is seeing more of your kind on the news and seldom hearing "the criminal was white" even though there are plenty of white criminals who tend to get off easier, too.
I'd like to think white privilege no longer exists in Prince George's County since we have a majority African American population with African Americans in the lead, but I know white privilege persists. We need to talk about it - how it manifests itself here & how we can erradicate it. Check out ADORE & join us for pot luck at 6:30 pm & discussion at 7:30 pm on Oct. 10 - put it on your calendar now! It's at 7400 Temple Hill Rd., Camp Springs.
Pass it on.
This essay is by Tim Wise:
For those who still can’t grasp the concept of white privilege, or who are constantly looking for some easy-to-understand examples of it, perhaps this list will help.
I didn't understand it when I was first introduced to it about a decade ago - white privilege is invisible & that's why a much larger percentage of whites think that racism is pretty much over whereas a very low percentage of blacks do. I understand some whites understand it easily, though. It looks like the nation is not getting this, though:
White privilege is when you can get pregnant at seventeen like Bristol Palin and everyone is quick to insist that your life and that of your family is a personal matter, and that no one has a right to judge you or your parents, because “every family has challenges,” even as black and Latino families with similar “challenges” are regularly typified as irresponsible, pathological and arbiters of social decay.
White privilege is when you can call yourself a “f-----’ redneck,” like Bristol Palin’s boyfriend does, and talk about how if anyone messes with you, you'll “kick their f-----' ass,” and talk about how you like to “shoot sh--” for fun, and still be viewed as a responsible, all-American boy (and a great son-in-law to be) rather than a thug....
I censored it because this is supposed to be an open, family-friendly forum. But I think this paragraph is so right on.
White privilege is when you can claim that being mayor of a town smaller than most medium-sized colleges, and then Governor of a state with about the same number of people as the lower fifth of the island of Manhattan, makes you ready to potentially be president, and people don’t all piss on themselves with laughter, while being a black U.S. Senator, two-term state Senator, and constitutional law scholar, means you’re “untested.” ...
White privilege is being able to be a gun enthusiast and not make people immediately scared of you.
I like this comparison. Do you know many overt gun enthusiasts who are African American?
White privilege is being able to have a husband who was a member of an extremist political party that wants your state to secede from the Union, and whose motto was “Alaska first,” and no one questions your patriotism or that of your family, while if you're black and your spouse merely fails to come to a 9/11 memorial so she can be home with her kids on the first day of school, people immediately think she’s being disrespectful.More of Tim's essay is here.
And white privilege is seeing more of your kind on the news and seldom hearing "the criminal was white" even though there are plenty of white criminals who tend to get off easier, too.
I'd like to think white privilege no longer exists in Prince George's County since we have a majority African American population with African Americans in the lead, but I know white privilege persists. We need to talk about it - how it manifests itself here & how we can erradicate it. Check out ADORE & join us for pot luck at 6:30 pm & discussion at 7:30 pm on Oct. 10 - put it on your calendar now! It's at 7400 Temple Hill Rd., Camp Springs.
Pass it on.
