tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9265258.post8627773869758240737..comments2024-03-24T02:20:57.798-07:00Comments on jennifer's uncreatively-titled weblog.: "...But there's no 'white history month'"Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01947039846875003496noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9265258.post-23386857166859908002006-12-04T14:54:00.000-07:002006-12-04T14:54:00.000-07:00If you celebrate july 4th as independence day, you...If you celebrate july 4th as independence day, you don't need white history month.<br />all blacks were still slaves when americans were free.<br />so yeah, why can't blacks have something to celebrate?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9265258.post-25124738390002372942006-11-14T17:43:00.000-07:002006-11-14T17:43:00.000-07:00Hahaha. Brilliant.
Stephen Colbert is my hero.
...Hahaha. Brilliant.<br /><br />Stephen Colbert is my hero.<br /><br />I love you.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01947039846875003496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9265258.post-45928724630790302122006-11-14T17:42:00.000-07:002006-11-14T17:42:00.000-07:00"FACT"
You know what Stephen Colbert would say to..."FACT"<br /><br />You know what Stephen Colbert would say to that...<br /><br />plus, he doesn't see raceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9265258.post-86519326193474775012006-11-14T17:40:00.000-07:002006-11-14T17:40:00.000-07:00I promise not to punch you in the face, despite my...I promise not to punch you in the face, despite my overzealous original comment :-).<br /><br />I think it's important to remember that first quote from the McIntosh article: racism isn't about hating people of a different race. In fact, it often has little to do with individual people. Racism can be institutional. Like "flesh" colored bandaids.<br /><br />That's a little example, right? Sure. But I think it's symbolic of something far more insidious than you making broad generalizations about black people that some might mark as racist. <br /><br />No, it's creating a normative standard, and that standard is "white." Are you white? How often do you think about yourself as having "race"? Probably not all that often.<br /><br />It's that idea that "white"="normal" and blacks (and, remember, there are other races and ethnicities too!) and others are defined against "white."<br /><br />American history, as taught in our schools, is primarily a history of white America. Every day we celebrate white history day.<br /><br />Thanks for replying... feel free to respond. I love this topic.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01947039846875003496noreply@blogger.com