May 2013
Reminders
thisiswhiteprivilege:
Submissions from white people are not accepted.
Submissions with links or photos are not accepted (sorry!)
Submissions that involve shitting on other POC are NOT accepted.
All other regulations still apply as well.
Tim Wise is watching us
HEY. SAW YOUR THING ON THE FACEBOOK.
I got nothing to say really, but can you go away and not look at this page ever again? Cool, thanks, bai.
-CS
occupyoppression asked: also, how can i show support less offensively?
occupyoppression asked: Just want to give some love and support to you <3 I'm white and I adore this tumblr. I'm committed to achieving equality, so none of this makes me sick except when people deny it.
The Future Jewish Community →
I often find myself thinking about the kind of Jewish community I’d like to help build as a rabbi and or be a part of as a Rabbi. I want to find ways to connect with Jews that do not feel welcomed in Jewish communities. This is also a personal issue for me because as a queer Jew of color, I often do not feel safe or welcomed in Jewish spaces for a lot of reasons, but one is that my identity as...
“One way that whites can be accountable is to stop being enablers to white...”
– Ewuare X. Osayande (via alostbird)
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notskinnybutstrong asked: Racism goes both ways my dear. A Caucasian friend told me about this site and how it made her sick. So I searched it and read through some stuff and most of it is relevant and factual and discriminatory. There should be a place where that can be compiled and people can voice there opinions. But if you wanna actually make a difference, you would need to unify people towards your cause. Not isolate...
in response to the "nigga" meme: So let me get... →
bankuei:
ssssisoula:
But, no for Black slaves.
But ya’ll ain’t racist.
Ooooooookay.
Whenever anyone goes, “What about the Irish?” it’s always telling that it’s pulled out to silence people talking about Black suffering.
But if you cared about Irish slavery, poverty, race riots or being driven out of town, wouldn’t the next logical step be to say, “So let’s make sure NO ONE suffers this...
dionthesocialist:
Richard Dawkins says its not okay to blame all white people for what only a few have done, and that is ironic and hilarious and I hope he gets hit by a bus.
75-year-old Pakistani man killed by a white man... →
deafmuslimpunx:
thirstrani:
Detectives appeal for witnesses after Mohammed Saleem, 75, was stabbed to death as he returned home from local mosque
But no one is going to talk about this, are they
Disgusting…
may the poor man rest in peace.
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This is White Privilege is now on twitter @thisiswhitepriv
Big thanks to the two new members of the Black Kids Table Netwerk who will be adminning the Twitter account, and a huge thanks to Sushi. When I had my mental breakdown, she kept this blog going. I still consider This is White Privilege to be my baby, but Sushi has long been the one really running things. So let’s all congratulate...
10 Great Resources for Teaching About Racism →
I don’t really have time to review this, but I know a lot of you wanted some resources. Check it out, see if it’s quality. And if you send me a message about I will be so grateful and I will give you a treat.
-CS
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#1486
White privilege is not seeing the problem with the director of study abroad at your university telling you that you should go to Mexico for the year because you obviously know Spanish because of your last name and the color of your skin.
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#1485
White privilege is not being the reference race when other college kids say “I have tons of [insert minority race here] friends”
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#1484
White privilege is not being asked basic common sense questions in college because the professor assumes you grew up in the projects and made it here on the “Black” ticket. Submission from http://femi-what-ism.tumblr.com
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#1483
White privilege is not being told that speaking about the fact that discrimination exists is an “inappropriate conversation” and “not fit to have said conversation” with a predominately minority class, because the white people feel threatened, and discriminated against, the way any POC does every day.
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#1482
White privilege is looking at a sheet of eight characters sketched in black white, all of whom clearly have their race listed (two mixed South Asian, one Chinese, one Maori), and saying that they need to be colored because otherwise anyone looking at them will assume they’re all white. A blank sheet with no skin color does not mean white and characters don’t have to dress in their...
fukanzu replied your post Uh, if they look white in their icon, we don’t take it. I don’t know about the other mods, but I delete submissions that don’t come from someone who is obviously a person of color.
wow that’s hypocritical. if they “look white” in their icon? what if their icon isn’t them? but, even more importantly, you do NOT get to decide who qualifies as...
Dion the Socialist: Freelance for The Black Kids... →
dionthesocialist:
People are always talking about how annoying it is that you have to have experience to get a job, but you have to have the job to get experience, so here’s your opportunity to get some experience while doing the stuff you are already doing anyway.
The Black Kids Netwerk is a conglomerate of social media bullshit aimed at tickling the fancies of intelligent black...
garagemartyr asked: Curiosity: You say no submissions from white people. Cool. If they don't have a picture, do you just guess? Or assume they're not if the submission is relevant enough? Or like, hunt through their posts and try to figure out if they are a PoC? Sorry if that came off as condescending or glib, you maybe don't give a fuck, I was just curious. I'll go back to my quiet observance...
Sticks and stones can break my bones but words can...
sheresists:
Language is never neutral.
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Fantastic Fandom: Superheroes, Film Casting,... →
I’m particularly glad to have this piece on The Black Kids Table and to have this writer contributing to the site now. JGalette examines racism in the comic book fandom.
As always, if you have a unique perspective on issues in blackness, The Black Kids Table would like to hear from you.
“Sometimes when I take a step back and look at these books that I enjoyed as a child and still...
ileolai:
is thisiswhiteprivilege actually aware that there are countries outside the US or
because no matter who points this out [white or poc] and how politely they frame it they never seem to have any response beyond “lol ur dumb”
Oops assuming your US worldview to be universal is problematic
We receive readers and submissions from over fifty different countries around the world on every...
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#1479
White privilege is not being told to marry a white man because of phrases and mentalities like “adelantar la raza” when you’re only 8 years old.
Sent in by http://sirenuse.tumblr.com
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#1480
White privilege is not having to hear your boyfriends parents whisper to him, “so you couldn’t find a nice white girl?” behind your back.
Sent in by http://sirenuse.tumblr.com
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#1481
White privilege is not sitting in a classroom filled with over 50 people in one of the top universities in North America, if not the world, and having every eye in the room turn to you when the topic of illegal immigration is brought up.
Sent in by http://sirenuse.tumblr.com
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#1478
White privilege is being so fucking entitled that you think you’re doing p.o.c. a favor when you gentrify our neighborhoods and claim to “spread word of our culture by bringing more white people to the neighborhood.” Fuck off, my culture isn’t for you.
Submission from 12thgradeenglish.tumblr.com
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fuckyeahhfandoms asked: I saw a post of yours claiming there is no racism against white people. I dunno if you're just talking about the USA or not but here in Australia, the indigenous folk receive so many benefits from the Government it's ridiculous. And I consider THAT to be racism AGAINST white people. Thoughts?
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#1477
White privilege is telling your your two POC roommates racism doesn’t exist while invalidating their experiences to coincidence. And then to negate the association with you means negating the association of all white America. All you have to do as a white person is say that it doesn’t exist and everyone is supposed to believe it doesn’t.
submission from imastarvinartist
“1. Sit it out sometimes
There’s a sect of black bloggers who will forever be...”
– Three Ways to Fight Racism Without Losing Your Soul — The Black Kids Table (it’s back!)
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goobsyplz asked: If you want to see racism, look at how the Irish have been treated both in America and their home country for the past several centuries. Every group has experienced shit. Stop acting like being black somehow makes you special.
Retracted the “panties in a bunch” statement from last night. That’s misogynistic language and I should’ve known better. Fullest apologies.
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Tim Wise got all salty about us on his Facebook today. Typical cracker is typical. A white guy calling a bunch of black people ignorant and basically claiming reverse racism? And THIS is the leading voice of anti racism (for white people) in America?
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#1476
White privilege is my white English teacher going on about how much she loves the 1920’s era because it was so “fun and liberating” (we’re currently studying The Great Gatsby) and talking about how it was a time of gradual change towards equal rights for women, while completely ignoring that this ‘equality’ was basically white feminism and excluded...
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#1475
White privilege is getting through introductions without anyone going out of their way to ask, “What are you?”
I’m a human people thing, and I’m judging you.
Submission from themikecollective.tumblr.com/
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#1474
White privilege is not being suspected of foul play after seeing a man on the floor having a seizure and calling 911 for help, having a cop show up less than a minute later and not get out of the vehicle because he is “waiting for back up,” and when back up finally does show up, being told to “step away from the body” and “wait to be questioned” even though you...
bitchouttahell:
i don’t hate you bc you’re white i hate you bc being white has blinded you and you have been taught to be a racist piece of shit and then you expect me to fix it for you
fuck yeah, hard femme!: fuckyeahcracker: Effects... →
fuckyeahcracker:
Effects Of Thinking White People Are “All Like That”:
Literally nothing other than white people having their feelings hurt on the internet
I’m not joking there is no real world consequence of this
Effects Of Thinking People of Color Are “All Like That”:
Saudi student is literally surrounded by FBI for cooking rice under terrorist suspicions
White people literally can not...
Reminders
thisiswhiteprivilege:
Submissions from white people are not accepted.
Submissions with links or photos are not accepted (sorry!)
Submissions that involve shitting on other POC are NOT accepted.
All other regulations still apply as well.
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#1473
White privilege is not having your boss come into your office, notice a nice painting on the wall and “joke” about whether or not you stole it from somewhere. (my Aunt’s story)
White privilege is being able to call the police about your car being broken into without worrying about them pulling a gun on you before checking out the situation. (my father’s story)
leopard-onthe-run asked: Who is in your picture?
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#1472
White privilege is thinking that your POC spouse of nearly twenty years has been overreacting and progressively becoming an extremist in terms of challenging oppressive societal norms until your mixed child starts telling you that they’ve had similar experiences because of their skin colour. White privilege is not believing that racism is real until it literally affects the blood of your...
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#1471
White privilege is being able to view the British Empire as history’s “good guys” without controversy, for their role in the world wars, while conveniently forgetting that they also killed millions of Indians through preventable famines and massacres throughout the British Raj.
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#1470
White privilege is believing that the term “paki” should only be found offensive towards Pakistanis, while all other South Asians are just “too sensitive”.
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#1469
White privilege is sitting down in a shoe store with 2 shopping bags, one shoe off, wearing a colorful button up and jeans while texting and NOT being approached by other shoppers for help finding them sizes. White privilege is not being generalized as a service worker based solely on your skin color and your location in a high end shopping area, because, you know…I couldn’t possibly...
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life-of-the-wallflower-party asked: None of the examples of white privilege you cite look familiar to me, but then, I live in a very liberal state. Out of curiosity, where are you blogging from? The South, perhaps?
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#1468
White privilege is denying that race neutrality constitutes any kind of privilege when considering transracial adoption cases, and believing that race and culture should play no role in determining whether or not a child should go to a couple. White privilege is believing that race does not have an effect upon the lived realities of children of color and therefore need not be considered under...
