tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17218624.post6197374101961746194..comments2024-03-28T12:07:11.546+00:00Comments on Finding life hard?: I'm not a racist but ...Liz Hindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04646532093872561703noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17218624.post-32792632763157212132020-06-06T19:13:42.803+01:002020-06-06T19:13:42.803+01:00Learning about white privilege has helped me under...Learning about white privilege has helped me understand the issues better. I hope to do better in the future.Marie Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03882722634065183364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17218624.post-30625899013802334422020-06-06T18:19:46.130+01:002020-06-06T18:19:46.130+01:00Life is full of discrimination. As Debra says, col...Life is full of discrimination. As Debra says, colour, class, size, sexual orientation can all disqualify you. <br />We can help to change this by treating every child the same, through school till adulthood, giving them all the same opportunities and experiences. Perhaps it's not possible but I'd like to think that we could at least try... SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17218624.post-28393266781930200532020-06-06T17:12:54.958+01:002020-06-06T17:12:54.958+01:00"It's simply that as a white person I hav..."It's simply that as a white person I have absolutely no idea of the effect the colour of skin has. The daily jibes at best, injustices - and death - at worst." Exactly. The average white person has no idea how relentless are the undermining and belittling and abusive comments black people face day in and day out, and how lucky we are not to face the same treatment.nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17218624.post-69236399303302141382020-06-06T15:30:11.753+01:002020-06-06T15:30:11.753+01:00We ALL need to "unlearn" and "depro...We ALL need to "unlearn" and "deprogram" ourselves from some pretty awful attitudes and beliefs instilled in us while growing up by friends, family, society, church, etc. And not only racism, but sexism, homophobia, and all the rest. It's an ongoing process and the important thing, in my opinion, is the willingness to engage in this self-work in order to improve.Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17218624.post-77589496584195183692020-06-06T14:41:01.978+01:002020-06-06T14:41:01.978+01:00Good for you in being thoughtful and in making the...Good for you in being thoughtful and in making the effort. I would venture to guess that most white people <i>do</i> know "the effect the colour of skin has" - it is just that we don't use/know the language that would label what we have experienced as "white privilege". I agree with a meme from the other day that showed a woman in her car explaining something to the effect that, "When a cop pulls me over, I think 'Geez, was I speeding, again?' Not once have I remotely feared that I might be killed."<br /><br />I was raised in a racist home (based on the teachings of the Bible, of course); but, I recall being appalled by racism while in my early teen years. My boss on my first full-time job was a black woman - <i>her</i> ethnicity, I recall; but, some of the people I have known in years past I can no longer label with an ethnicity - having truly forgotten whether the person was black/white/red/yellow/brown. Still, having attended post-graduate school and worked with people possessing all sorts of skin tones, I know I'm not wholly non-racist. Becoming so seems to be a journey rather than a destination.Cop Carhttps://jelliclecat.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.com