My White Problem -- And Ours
"Stephen McRae" <[email protected]> Wed, 23 Apr 2003 18:07:11 +1200
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C309C3.29872020 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I would agree with most of this article except for the basis of fighting = white dominance. " our love for the oppressed other" is not a strong enough basis to = continue a struggle. First it victimises the other by infering that = they need help as apposed to we need to change. Second it does not give = universal incentive for everyone to make a difference. What is = happening is wrong not because it is happening to others. It is wrong = because you would not stand for it to happen to you. It may seem minor but language is what I use to inform people and the = wrong language causes a perception that shuts peoples hearing off. Stephen ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C309C3.29872020 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2719.2200" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I would agree with most of this article = except for=20 the basis of fighting white dominance.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>" our love for the oppressed = other" is not a=20 strong enough basis to continue a struggle. First it victimises = the other=20 by infering that they need help as apposed to we need to change. = Second it=20 does not give universal incentive for everyone to make a = difference. =20 What is happening is wrong not because it is happening to others. = It is=20 wrong because you would not stand for it to happen to = you.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It may seem minor but language is what = I use to=20 inform people and the wrong language causes a perception that shuts = peoples=20 hearing off.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Stephen</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C309C3.29872020-- _______________________________________________ Bonobos maillist - Bonobos-4GNy1lrxftmrG/[email protected] http://monkeyfist.com/mailman/listinfo/bonobos