And while I'm being all political...

[layla]

This guy makes some damn good points about white privilege. Regardless of how I feel about the McCain-Palin and Obama-Biden tickets, and how the media's been treating Sarah Palin (and about Tim Wise as well *cough*) ... if you flip it around and postulate a black candidate with Palin's particular set of qualifications and disadvantages (unwed teenage daughter, shaky collegiate history, gun-toting future son-in-law, strongly religious and belongs to a politically-charged church), and consider how such a candidate would be viewed by the American mainstream -- makes kind of a contrast, doesn't it?

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[laylalawlor.livejournal.com]

Oops, no, my wording is unclear; I meant how *I* feel about Tim Wise, which is ... conflicted. Basically he's a white guy who makes a living off other people's oppression, as their self-appointed advocate. I'm very uncomfortable with that, and I think of his essays as, basically, a secondary source on racism and oppression, not a primary source. He makes some good points, though.