Race v. Class -- And in this ring......

Successfully baited by white men....

A white person changing a conversation to talk about class rather than race is a (racist) cliche. I am in no way well-educated on subjects of race, but I do know that. Please, recognize it as a cliche and own it.

Also? A dejected "Well, now I won't ever express my opinions again" is just more passive aggressive privileged bullshit.*

Censorship is not the goal of challenging white approaches to race. Censorship is the antithesis of the actual goal, which is encouraging education in an area that is vastly important but utterly neglected by the school system. The goal is to accept that as white people, to understand (much less to talk semi-intelligently about) how race affects anyone -- but especially people of color -- we need more background on the issue, so that we can better interrogate and understand how whiteness influences us subconsciously. That's basic race literacy. Grah.

FTR, race and class are separate and confounding issues.... I want to call out that first link on the intersectionality of race and class a second time.




*(the underlying motivator: when I/someone like me expresses an opinion, even on a topic I/s/he has no background in, that opinion should be automatically accepted as valid)





(And Glee? Was astonishingly non-offensive... but not engaging. Perhaps I've just grown to love it because it gives me a soapbox on which to bloviate? Yeah... >.< )