MetaFilter posts tagged with whiteness

i can has privilij?

streetdreams — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:13:30 -0800

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack as illustrated by lolcats. Also, White Liberal Bingo.

Feminism, Whiteness, and the Prison System

nasreddin — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:52:14 -0800

"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."

queequeg — Fri, 29 Jun 2001 12:09:28 -0800

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.'"

sudama — Sun, 17 Dec 2000 10:17:18 -0800

James Baldwin once wrote, "So long as you think you are white, there is no hope for you." What could he possibly have meant?