tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441020117205433950.post7189135938093267848..comments2023-11-04T23:31:40.392-10:00Comments on got windmills?: THEY CALL ME A DOG WHEN I’M DOWN:Andy Parxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15398587036690312685noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441020117205433950.post-41343400951695128982008-12-12T16:53:00.000-10:002008-12-12T16:53:00.000-10:00Andy, Thanks for tackling a nuanced question like ...Andy, Thanks for tackling a nuanced question like this so thoughtfully.<BR/><BR/>I think that even academics and intellectuals acknowledge that white people are not the only ones who can create and perpetuate oppressive systems, but I also think that to pretend that this fact somehow nullifies white privilege in our society is disingenuous. (I'm not suggesting that's what you're saying, by the way.) <BR/><BR/>The danger in white people freaking out about what they deem to be "brown privilege" is that there is a tendency to use that claim as a dodge for responsibility for dismantling white privilege, and more insiduously, as a justification for further entrenching systems of white privilege and dismantling efforts to create equity.<BR/><BR/> An indicator of this intention is when white people complain about "reverse racism" and portray themselves as victims of it.<BR/><BR/>Very seldom does a white person who claims to be concerned about "brown privilege" in Hawai'i seem to be thinking primarily about how a neocolonial model, in which some descendents of immigrant workers of color have risen to positions of political and economic influence, is utilized for the purpose of wiping out Native populations and cementing US hegemony on stolen land.<BR/><BR/>If THAT were Tony's argument, I'd be halfway inclined to lend an ear.Katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09145011324294730195noreply@blogger.com