Ahem...
So tonight in my Inequality Privilege class which is growing more and more disappointing every week, our professor whom I will not mention by name showed a video entitled "What Makes Me White" and when the whole awkward thing was done talked about how this had to be presented to white people in a "non threatening way in order that they didn't shut down when confronted with their own racism. I told her that the whole notion that this had to be presented in a non-threatening way said a lot about the fucked up way in which we deal with race in this country and that that is something that needs to be addressed as well. When the lights came on and she looked up down at us with her arms crossed, I could see in her eyes that she was looking, not for our honest response but for a specific response that she had already in her mind. The general response as far as I could gather was like what's the big surprise? Listening to white people talk about white privilege may be a big revelation for them but we've known this shit all our fucking lives!!!! What am I supposed to do now feel sorry for some white woman who didn't realize that her black nanny was a human being until she attended her funereal and heard all her friends talk about all the contributions she made to her community. Oh give me a fucking break! Go cry to your fucking shrink! This is just going take me a while to get used do. I'm actually conducting a ethnographic project on the subject of Anti-racist white groups for my other class n Urban Cultural Diversity. I don't suppose this will be good attitude to go on in with. I'm just blowing off steam here because honestly, this was just the wrong approach in my opinion. I am just truly fucking shocked at how deluded some white people are! Man! Wow! I mean really! I'm gonna need a moment. I've been waaaaaay too sheltered.
....Shit.
2 comments:
Honestly, I think she's right. The unfortunate and sad truth is that a lot of white people don't live in reality. Many live in this blissful bubble of ignorance, privilege, and oblivion. It's like someone who's absentminded 100% of the time. For them, life is good and life is easy. This is the way they've been brought up and this is the way they live.
To confront these many, not all, white folks is to burst that bubble. No one likes their bubbles burst especially in such a threatening way. I think what your teacher is trying to advocate is the busting of the bubble in a not so antagonistic way.
At the same time, I do agree with bursting bubbles in a threatening way. I am not one to coddle people who've been coddled all their lives. I am all for a game-changing gut punch.
what makes u human should be the query?
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