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anti-racism, UU, white collarism, whiteness
UUs’ Real Problem: White Collarism
08.18.10 | Permalink | 17 CommentsContinuing the conversation about UU cultural identity, I want to suggest that what’s hurting us the most isn’t white privilege but what I call “white collarism.” What does white collarism look like? Here are two of it’s unspoken assumptions: The assumption that others would share my cultural or political views and interests if only they […]
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UU, whiteness
What We’re Doing Wrong
08.12.10 | Permalink | 5 CommentsVessel has already posted a great response to John Katz’ recent UU World article defending UU culture, so I’ll just focus on one sentence: If non-whites can meld so easily into our snob-culture that it becomes invisible even to them, then someone please tell me what we’re doing wrong. Really, you don’t see any barriers to […]
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education, race, racism, UU, white-privilege, whiteness
White alliance?
03.04.06 | Permalink | 12 CommentsThere’s been something of a buzz lately in the bluugosphere about the recent creation of an anti-racist/anti-oppression (ARAO) organization disastrously named “UU White Allies.” Scott Wells has an excellent reflection on the subject, and I encourage everyone to go have a read. My comment there was so long and involved, I decided it needed to […]
