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Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person
Gina Crosley-Corcoran examines insterectionality and the relationship between socioeconomic status and race.
http://thefeministbreeder.com/explaining-white-privilege-broke-white-person/
Germany Adds Lessons in Islam to Better Blend Its Melting Pot By ALISON SMALE/NYTimes
Germany’s changing demographics due to immigration, especially of Muslim Turks, present problems and opportunities. This article examines the addition of lessons in Islam in the public education system in response to those changes.
Concern Over an Increasingly Seen Gesture Grows in France By SCOTT SAYARE/NYTimes
Growing controversy over the use of a nonverbal gesture linked to Nazi Germany is increasing in France. Questions of racial/cultural hatred versus freedom of expression, political correctness, and history are part of the discussion in this very real case study currently unfolding.
Related:
- BBC News – Who, What, Why: What is the quenelle gesture? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-25550581
- The Daily Mirror (UK Newspaper) – Nicolas Anelka, Dieudonné and why la quenelle can never be considered an innocent gesture: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/nicolas-anelka-quenelle-dieudonnes-la-2970567
- Haaretz (Israeli Newspaper) – What the hell is a ‘quenelle’? Why everyone is searching Google for an anti-Semitic salute: http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/routine-emergencies/1.566422
Suggestions for Communicating with those Whose Native Language is Different from Yours
A concise list of things to do when communicating with those whose first language is different from your own (when you’re communicating in your native language):
http://businesslife.ba.com/Ideas/10-Tips/10-tips-for-communicating-with-non-native-colleagues.html
Ani DiFranco, White Feminists, and Racism
There have been quite a few good articles about the problem of racism and white centering among White feminists. If you are not familiar with the current conflict, Ani DiFranco has been criticized for planning a songwriting workshop (since cancelled) at a former plantation in Louisiana. In addition to the lack of sensitivity to the issue of slavery, history, and ongoing racism, DiFranco has been criticized for how the situation was handled after the fact. This post is a good one for those of us who are white to read, examining how we can address our own racism, including what to do when we have inadvertently offended someone (with a great comparison with an accidental physical injury).
Related:
- http://www.forharriet.com/2013/12/dear-ani-difranco-supporters-you-cannot.html
- http://www.xojane.com/issues/after-solidarityisforwhitewomen-so-you-want-to-be-an-ally
- http://www.tolerance.org/activity/test-yourself-hidden-bias
- http://www.salon.com/2013/08/16/what_picketing_taught_me_about_feminism/
- http://www.theguardian.com/news/oliver-burkeman-s-blog/2013/aug/15/racist-sexist-you-are-more
What Part of Sacred Don’t You Understand? Laurel Morales/NPR
What is sacred? How do we communicate and do we communicate with outsiders about the sacred? This conflict between Indians, specifically in this example, Hopi beliefs with the US and foreign (French) justice systems.
“The Paris auction of 27 sacred American-Indian items earlier this month marks just the latest in a series of conflicts between what tribes consider sacred and what western cultures think is fair game in the marketplace.”
http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2013/12/19/255544805/what-part-of-sacred-don-t-you-understand
Related articles
- What Part Of Sacred Is So Difficult To Understand? (raxacollective.wordpress.com)
- Mystery Bidder At French Auction Plans To Return Sacred Hopi Items – NPR (blog) (donnellyunh.wordpress.com)
- Sacred Native American masks sold in Paris auction to be returned to tribes (rawstory.com)
- US attempts to halt Paris auction of sacred Native American artefacts – The Guardian (donnellyunh.wordpress.com)
“When ‘Life Hacking’ Is Really White Privilege” by jendziura
An essay on White privilege in daily life:
The Health Effect of Discrimination – Infographic/Upworthy & the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
While we have to be careful about the word “proof,” the correlation between race and various mental and physical health effects are significant.
A Confession of Unconscious Bias
An essay about how we all have unconscious bias. In this case, the lack of context of Twitter led to an incorrect assumption.
http://www.theinclusionsolution.me/a-point-of-view-confessions-of-an-unconscious-bias/
Intercultural Resources 