Paul, i am pretty sure i posted this at some time, but here it is again :) Identifying White Race Privilege 1. I can, without material loss, choose to be surrounded by people of my race most of the time. 2. I can avoid spending time with people who oppress me on the basis of my race. 3. I can be reasonably confident that most work places my race will be in the majority, and in any case that I will not feel as isolated as the only, often token, member of my race. 4. I can rent or purchase housing in any area that I can afford. 5. I expect neighbours will be neutral or friendly to me. 6. If my white neighbours disturb the peace (statistically most neighbours in Australia are white) I can act confidently requesting them to desist without fear of being responded to on the basis of race. 8. When I watch TV and read the papers I see people of my race widely and positively represented. 9. When I am told about Australian history or about 'civilisation' I am shown that people of my colour have made it what it is. 10. I can rest assured that my children are given curriculum materials that testify to the existence and importance of their race. 11. I could as an unmarried mother in the 70's admit myself to any Queensland hospital to have a baby, confident that the child would not be taken from me because of my race. 12. I can send my children to school in unironed uniforms without it reflecting on my race. 13. I can let my children travel to and from school by bus confident they will not be harassed because of the colour of their skin. 14. I do not travel in taxis to avoid racial harassment on public transport. 15 as a woman I can venture into public spaces alone fairly confident that I will not be harassed. 16. I do not have to fear that the male members of my family could be put in a cell instead of an emergency ward. 18. I can be casual about whether or not to listen to the voices of indigenous people. 23. I can find the writings of my race well represented in any bookshop; and make-up suiting my skin colour in any chemist. 24. I can get 'flesh' colour bandages which match the colour of my skin. 25. I know that my skin colour will not work against me or my children in court. 27. My children don't come home from school filled with the pain of experiencing white race privilege everyday. 29. I can talk with my mouth full, swear, wear body piercings, shop at Lifeline, or not answer letters, without these actions being seen as a reflection on the bad manners, bad morals, poverty, illiteracy or laziness of my race. 30. I can dress down or get drunk in public without reinforcing negative stereotypes about my race. 31. When I speak in public my race is not on trial. 32. Through my achievements I am not called a credit to my race. 33. Nobody asks me to speak for all the people in my racial group. 38. I can worry about racism without being seen as self interested or angry. 40. My size, posture and body odour are not seen as a reflection on my race. 41. When I win a job or a scholarship, I am not suspected of doing so because of my race rather than my merit. p. 34-36 Bringing Australia Together, Jenny Tannoch-Bland this is just a part of an essay that Jenny wrote addressing this issue. The book itself I highly recomend too. karynxxx Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use."
