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Racism and uhm..local politics...
Nov. 16th, 2011 10:25 pmResisting the urge to discuss local politics...so will share this vid, which I swiped off of kristin.cashore's blog:
Assuming it posts. The title of this is Learning how to Love Talking About Racism or having the conversation about it. So if you have 12 minutes, watch. It's really good and funny in places.
Last week during our monthly anti-racism/pro-diversity social justice committee meeting...one of the members said something that has stuck with me.
Racism has no roots in biology in any way shape or form, it's purely psychological and sociological. Or a social construct deeply ingrained in our consciousness over time. And as a result racism while it does not exist in biology, does exist. It is ever present in everything we do.
True. Frustratingly true. I catch it in myself all the time. Where I work - luckily for me - forces me to confront my own racism on a daily, hourly basis.
Sigh, remember that bit about resisting the urge to discuss local politics? I failed.
I can't help it. But I put it behind a cut so you can ignore it.
( OWS Eviction in the City...yes, I know, bad idea to discuss this, hence the lj-cut )
Okay that was longer than I wanted. And a bit snarkier.
Assuming it posts. The title of this is Learning how to Love Talking About Racism or having the conversation about it. So if you have 12 minutes, watch. It's really good and funny in places.
Last week during our monthly anti-racism/pro-diversity social justice committee meeting...one of the members said something that has stuck with me.
Racism has no roots in biology in any way shape or form, it's purely psychological and sociological. Or a social construct deeply ingrained in our consciousness over time. And as a result racism while it does not exist in biology, does exist. It is ever present in everything we do.
True. Frustratingly true. I catch it in myself all the time. Where I work - luckily for me - forces me to confront my own racism on a daily, hourly basis.
Sigh, remember that bit about resisting the urge to discuss local politics? I failed.
I can't help it. But I put it behind a cut so you can ignore it.
( OWS Eviction in the City...yes, I know, bad idea to discuss this, hence the lj-cut )
Okay that was longer than I wanted. And a bit snarkier.