I am definitely not referring to white privilege. I find that term white privileged to be an offensive distraction that once again claims that it is all about white people. Rosa Parks showed us that it is not a privilege to get what you pay for. It is not a privileged to be judged by your merits.
As one of my friends would say...white folks are just out of the loop....and happy to be that way. Poor Peggy she just doesn't get it... it is not a privilege to have your civic and human rights. I wonder why these exercises have not been tested on a diverse group. Can't we do better? Del John Glass wrote: > one way to counter the issue that Del brings up (essentially, white > privilege) is to use Peggy MacIntosh's piece on Unpacking the Invisible > Knapsack, which can be found here: > > <http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~mcisaac/emc598ge/Unpacking.html> > > i think it is important in a discussion of this, however, that one also > talks about how power and situations change, and as such, privilege and > entitlements change, too. IMO, the goal is not to ensure that "white" > kids feel guilty, but to ensure that there is an understand that being > "white" does have some advantages in some cases. just like being male, > being wealthy, being well-connected, etc. do, too. well, those and that > anglo IS an ethnic category, albeit a bland one, IMO. i point out how > when you see advertisements for "ethnic" food, they typically are not > referring to McDonald's. > > john > > John E. Glass, Ph.D. > Professor of Sociology > Division of Social & Behavioral Sciences > Colin County Community College > Preston Ridge Campus > 9700 Wade Boulevard > Frisco, TX 75035 > +1-972-377-1622 > http://iws.ccccd.edu/jglass/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "We are more concerned about the discovery of knowledge than with its > dissemination" > B. F. Skinner > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
