First off, I would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. Whether or not we all agree with how Thanksgiving originated I hope that we can all agree that its nice once in a while to give thanks. So to begin, Id just like to say thanks for this class. This class has, for me, been quite a different experience. A class where I actually get to express myself! Who would have thought? A class that I actually enjoy attending! Well it's certainly been a relief and a change, and while there have been some tough moments, Im pretty sure that we are all going to be leaving this class with a lot more understanding. Now these are just a few questions I've had which I thought might be interesting to open up to the class to see people's inputs and to understand other points of view; so just some food for thought:
1. my skin is certainly of a specific color yet I'm not considered a person of color. Why is this? Is this not discriminatory in of itself?
2. I'm a white male: Does this automatically mean that I'm privileged? And how am I supposed to understand these privileges despite the fact that I don't always feel they exist?
again, just some food for thought, please respond if you have the time or even ask some questions of your own...who knows...somebody out there just might try and answer them. I hope it doesn't sound corny when i say I love you all....but I do. Happy Holiday...see you all in a few days.
Aaron Goldberg
Thanks for your questions Aaron.
ReplyDeleteIf I present my opinions,
1. I am not sure if I understand correctly, but when people want to be considered of color, they assume general personality or class of color and want to be considered as general. I think it is discrimination in terms of probability way if he is not considered by color but it is not discrimination in terms of individual uniqueness.
2. there are two cases I guess.
first case is he does not recognize it although he is priviledged. In this case, for realizing real priviledge, he should copy other unpriviledged people and live as them for a week. and he may understand what kind of prviledge he used to have.
Second case is he is not priviledged really and so he does not feel it. He should insist he is not priviledged any time when he is attaced as being priviledge.
assuming that 'race' is socially constructed -
ReplyDeletetim wise says that "whiteness" was constructed by white elites as a way to disrupt inter-racial *class* solidarity. this clip is interesting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Xe1kX7Wsc