Or at least it feels like again, though maybe it isn’t actually again. Maybe only in my head. It echoes a lot in there when I think stuff like this because it should be obvious, and it never actually seems to be, so the echoing is usually due to the strident rage that’s incipient.
Unfortunately, I can’t even say this on Daily Kos or anywhere else that’s a collaborative blog other folks own, because they sensibly have anti-trolling rules, and this would probably count under those rules.
Tags: anti-racism · etiquette · graciousness · i'm not racist · pink people · racism
I admire what this guy’s got to say. Like me, he uses the privilege he’s given to get his message to folks who would normally reflexively dismiss folks with similar knowledge and creds who don’t have pink skin.
So far I’ve only been able to read the PDF transcript, but I will include links to YouTube videos.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Wise
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/timjwise
Website: http://timwise.org/
Youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
On White Privilege (transcript)
http://www.mediaed.org/handouts
Tim Wise: White Like Me - Parts 1-8 (audio)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
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Let me know what you think!
Tags: anti-racism · pink people
