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White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack as illustrated by lolcats.
Also, White Liberal Bingo.
posted by streetdreams
on Apr 17, 2008 -
197 comments
"If feminism is about social change, white feminism -- a feminism of assimilation, of gentle reform and/or strengthening of institutions that are instrumental to economic exploitation and white supremacy, of ignorance and/or appropriation of the work of feminists of color -- is an oxymoron. And it is not a thing of some bygone era before everyone read bell hooks in college. It is happening now; you might be part of it."
posted by nasreddin
on Apr 6, 2008 -
182 comments
The Global Privileges of Whiteness. "The average White American's attitudes about race and racism are a mixture of self-congratulation and defensiveness -- 'Yes, America has had some episodes of racism and racial bias, but that's all clearly in the past.'"
posted by queequeg
on Jun 29, 2001 -
13 comments
James Baldwin once wrote, "So long as you think you are white, there is no hope for you." What could he possibly have meant?
posted by sudama
on Dec 17, 2000 -
21 comments