Unless you have been sound asleep for the past few weeks, you’ve probably visited the subjects of race and unearned white privilege a time or two. I know I have. Sometimes it has made me uncomfortable. But it’s necessary.
It’s so easy for white people like me to stick their heads in the sand and pretend that these issues do not exist, because the entire American system is designed for us to be able to do so. It’s easy. It comes naturally. We can’t wait for things to get back to “normal”, and completely overlook the fact that our normal is pretty darned awful for a lot of people. This it needs to change.
So I am doing my best to keep an open mind and educate myself about these issues. That reminded me that I once attended a very enlightening seminar that I then promptly and comfortably forgot all about. Fortunately, I blogged about it.
It did me good to read it again. I hope you will do so as well. The post is entitled, “I’m So Freakin’ White.”
I like it when one of my old posts becomes relevant once again. And this one should remain relevant even if it makes us squirm a bit. Join me. Read it. Tell me what you think.
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The View from a Drawbridge 