Tag Archives for white privilege
Favorite Quotes: White Like Me
Tim Wise is an anti-racist educator and writer. He is most famous for his work on white privilege, something that I don’t think we talk about enough (which you can see, considering that I’ve written about him before). Before I … Continue reading
Comedy: Being White
I’ve mentioned this before, but it takes a lot for me to laugh at comedy. It’s not because I’m an angry feminist who refuses to laugh at things, it’s just that comedy is so often really racist, or sexist, or … Continue reading
My Kitchen
So I don’t know if you’ve ever read the blog Stuff White People Like, but it cracks me up. I love it, because it’s so true, and it points out the culture of white people, something we so often ignore. … Continue reading
Colorblindness
“I don’t see people’s race, when I look at someone, the color of their skin isn’t the first thing I see. I wish other people were like this, if we could all just be colorblind, racism would cease to exist.” I … Continue reading
The Oppression Olympics
Remember that first post I did a while back about white privilege? In it, I advocated universities having White Studies as well as Ethnic Studies, because I believe that in order to fight inequity within this world, we have to look … Continue reading
Tim Wise
In an effort to continue my new campaign to get us talking about white privilege, I wanted to introduce you to one of the leading experts on the subject: Tim Wise. I was introduced to Tim Wise in high school, … Continue reading
White Privilege: Will YOU Turn Around?
I recently came to a realization. No one really talks about white privilege here in college. Maybe they do in other schools, but here, I don’t really feel like it’s a frequent topic of discussion. Don’t get me wrong, we … Continue reading
