tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3103861936871428259.post2249610818034172107..comments2023-11-05T06:23:19.017-05:00Comments on It's About Race, Stupid!: Is the White anti-racist movement racist?Steve McGlameryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10159866921023774237noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3103861936871428259.post-90434988291530752782009-11-06T23:31:38.305-05:002009-11-06T23:31:38.305-05:00huh. strange that hitchcock would write an entire...huh. strange that hitchcock would write an entire response to a black woman's critique of anti racism on wacan but not link to it as a comment on the post which he is critiquing. that is his choice. it is just an odd anti racist response to a critique of anti racism. <br /><br />yes. i have heard plenty about how white anti racist leaders point to the work of people of color. and having been an anti racism trainer and consultant for progressive non profit organizations, i have seen plenty of workshop trainers point to pivotal work by people of color. but that isnt the point. the point is that having white gatekeepers is racist. the point is that there is a very critical power dynamic that has not been dismantled in the anti racism movement. how can a movement advocate for the dismantling of a white superiority mind set, when that same mind set is fundamental to the economic and social power with in anti racism? in other words. how dare a movement advocate against racist employment discrimination that unfairly benefits whites. when that movement justifies that same type of employment discrimination in its own ranks?<br />as i wrote before. this is not necessary. feminism does not have predominant male leaders. lgbtqia movement does not have straight folks as the primary spokesperson. it is not simply a case of a larger global social dynamic happening within a movement. <br />this is about white supremacy in the anti racism movement. <br />and i am not shocked to find that there are white anti racist folks who cannot hear that. <br />as for people's institute. which every body loves to bring up. ok. thank you for bringing up the exception that proves the rule. now give me three more organizations that have the same level of integrity as people's institute and then we can have a conversation about what i have and have not obscured. <br />furthermore that is a great overestimation of people's institute's influence. i have known some people's institute folk. i would say that while going through people's institute is a badge on the path of 'becoming an anti racism expert'. people's institue can easily be replaced by several other 'encounters' with people of color. for instance living overseas. volunteer work with poc. etc etc. in other words. yes people's institute has been influential, but that influence is not the same thing as privilege. and it does not operate the same way. and it obscures the mechanisms of power to compare white anti racists leadership in anti racism with people's institute's leadership. <br />i mean people's institute has always been held up as the 'i voted for barack obama' of the white anti racist crowd. long b4 obama's rise.mai'ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17030492432155241535noreply@blogger.com