My point being, that in every generation, members of the dominant group have said there is no problem, and in every generation, without fail, we have been wrong. And in every generation, people of color, those who are the targets of that oppression and subordination, have said, there is a problem. And in every generation, without fail, they have been right. So the question for us today is, what are the odds, honestly, that people of color, who have never gotten it wrong, have suddenly lost their frickin minds, and have suddenly become unable to see truth and to separate it from fiction? And counter to that, what are the odds that white folks, who have never gotten it right yet, have suddenly become highly, highly perceptive? The odds are pretty long, and again its not because white folks are insensitive, or hard-hearted, let alone stupid. But it is that those of us who are white have the luxury of not knowing black and brown truth. We dont know because we dont have to know. - Tim Wise, 2007, The Pathology of White Privilege
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 15:28:16 +0000
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