Thursday, May 6, 2010
Dealing with White Guilt
A struggle that I am still not sure how to fight is combatting the idea of white guilt and what it means for me in my life. I know that by living my life differently and fighting for equality that I am rectifying the damage that whites have done to minorities throughout history. However, when people speak of privilege and advantage, and I know that I have received some of this, I don't know what to think. It amazes me that much of this did not occur to me until this year, in our class, so what should I do to confront this dilemma?
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Fight The Man and everything that comes our way that we know stands for bigotry and intolerance in any aspect of life. Skin color, class status, sexual orientation, and anything dealing with advantage and disadvantage, with the power in the hands of the few and those receiving the inequality in the hands of the many.
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