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Okay. One more time. I'll keep at it until everyone gets it right. I'm not giving up on you cause I'm not giving up on me!
from HERE
ten ways to tokenize or alienate a non-white person around you
(or, ten examples of the racism we witness on a regular basis)
by basil and billie--with a little help from our friends.
1- walk up to that black girl you barely know in the co-op and say "what do you think of the new (insert hip-hop artist here) album."
2- ask one of the only arabs in your community to write the article for your newspaper on the situation in palestine.
2a- then, after they write it, take their research, re-write the article and sign your name to it.
3- in a big group of many activists, say "how can we bring more people of color into our struggle."
4- in a big group of many activists, say "black people don't have the time to care about trees".
5- go up to the Makah woman at the unlearning racism workshop and say "I saw a program about Crazy Horse on PBS, he did alot for your people."
6- act like the only people of non-white ancestry in your community are the ones visible to you. 6a- assume that light skinned people around you are white without ever knowing their ancestry.
7- talk about race as if the only groups are black and white.
7a- talk about race as if the only groups are black, white and hispanic.
7b- talk about race as if the only groups are black, white, hispanic and asian.
7c- talk about race as if the only groups are black, white, hispanic, asian and native american.
8- picture a violent, irrational arab everytime the word "terrorist" is mentioned. ignore the arabs who do not fit into this stereotype.
9- look to a non-white person in the room everytime racism is brought up.
9a- make sure they have the last and most defining word on the subject.
9b- sympathetically and silently agree with everything they say.
9c- thank them profusely.
10- fearfully avoid assertive non-white people in your community.
And Raybear would like to add a number 11 way for white folks to alienate non-white folks: start any sentence with "That's not racist, because __________" or "I'm not into being politically correct."
Lather. Rinse. Repeat. And repeat. And repeat.
(And go HERE for tools for white guys (and grrls) working for social change.)
from HERE
ten ways to tokenize or alienate a non-white person around you
(or, ten examples of the racism we witness on a regular basis)
by basil and billie--with a little help from our friends.
1- walk up to that black girl you barely know in the co-op and say "what do you think of the new (insert hip-hop artist here) album."
2- ask one of the only arabs in your community to write the article for your newspaper on the situation in palestine.
2a- then, after they write it, take their research, re-write the article and sign your name to it.
3- in a big group of many activists, say "how can we bring more people of color into our struggle."
4- in a big group of many activists, say "black people don't have the time to care about trees".
5- go up to the Makah woman at the unlearning racism workshop and say "I saw a program about Crazy Horse on PBS, he did alot for your people."
6- act like the only people of non-white ancestry in your community are the ones visible to you. 6a- assume that light skinned people around you are white without ever knowing their ancestry.
7- talk about race as if the only groups are black and white.
7a- talk about race as if the only groups are black, white and hispanic.
7b- talk about race as if the only groups are black, white, hispanic and asian.
7c- talk about race as if the only groups are black, white, hispanic, asian and native american.
8- picture a violent, irrational arab everytime the word "terrorist" is mentioned. ignore the arabs who do not fit into this stereotype.
9- look to a non-white person in the room everytime racism is brought up.
9a- make sure they have the last and most defining word on the subject.
9b- sympathetically and silently agree with everything they say.
9c- thank them profusely.
10- fearfully avoid assertive non-white people in your community.
And Raybear would like to add a number 11 way for white folks to alienate non-white folks: start any sentence with "That's not racist, because __________" or "I'm not into being politically correct."
Lather. Rinse. Repeat. And repeat. And repeat.
(And go HERE for tools for white guys (and grrls) working for social change.)
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*laugh*