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Offline Ptarmigan

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Trayvon Martin and Making Whiteness Visible
« on: July 18, 2013, 02:39:00 PM »
Trayvon Martin and Making Whiteness Visible
http://ideas.time.com/2013/07/17/trayvon-martin-and-making-whiteness-visible/

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If there is one hopeful note amid all the anguish and recrimination from the acquittal of George Zimmerman, it’s that growing numbers of white people have come to appreciate whiteness for what it is: an unearned set of privileges. And as a result of that dawning awareness, it’s become possible to imagine a day when that structure of privilege is dismantled — by white people.

Recall that immediately after the killing of Trayvon Martin, people of every race took to the Internet to declare “I am Trayvon Martin.” They wore hoodies. They proclaimed solidarity. That was a well-meaning and earnest attempt to express empathy, but it also obscured the core issue, which is that Martin died not because he was wearing a hoodie but because he was wearing a hoodie while black. Blackness was the fatal variable.

George Zimmerman is part Hispanic/Mestizo, Black, and White. What does White privilege have to do with this?????????????  :???: :mental:
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Re: Trayvon Martin and Making Whiteness Visible
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2013, 03:08:46 PM »
More white guilt?

Sorry....  I don't have any.
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Re: Trayvon Martin and Making Whiteness Visible
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2013, 03:19:50 PM »
Someone please remind me what white privileges I enjoy?  :???:
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Re: Trayvon Martin and Making Whiteness Visible
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2013, 03:25:26 PM »
Quote from: CactusCarlos on July 18, 2013, 03:19:50 PM
Someone please remind me what white privileges I enjoy?  :???:
You have the right to not retalliate or defend yourself when attacked by a non-white person.
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