Monday, April 28, 2008

Questions for white privilege reading

Directions Describe how you have been affected by two or three of the conditions McIntosh lists in the article. Examine the statement that racism is not “individual acts of meanness,” but “invisible systems conferring dominance on [a] group.” Answer the following questions:

How is racism perpetuated by the idea that it consists of random or unusual acts?



How can we begin to challenge racism once we begin to perceive it as systematized?



How can that perception help us make racism visible?



How can “visibility” contribute to change?

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