Read our review of Get Out, an analysis of how the film deconstructs
racism for white people, and an exploration of how its nominations show the Academy's shifting relationship to horror.
Not exact matches
Why is it so much easier
for our society to believe
white women who say that patriarchy exists than it is to believe
people of color who say
racism exists?
This selective «colorblindness» is a mighty convenient approach to race in America
for white people,
for it allows us to paper over America's troubled (and decidedly anti-Christian) history, to discount
racism as a thing of the past
for which we are no longer responsible, and to ignore persistent racial injustices like mass incarceration, police brutality, voting rights issues,
white flight, and economic inequality, all while consistently benefiting from an oppressive system we claim we can not even see.
I wrote a widely - read piece
for Christianity Today, asking
white Christians to examine their privilege, recognize that
racism persists, humbly listen to black perspectives on race, and follow Jesus» footsteps by standing in cross-cultural solidarity with black
people.
For me, it was a choice between satisfying the theological values of white people's racism and saying a word of encouragement for the black freedom strugg
For me, it was a choice between satisfying the theological values of
white people's
racism and saying a word of encouragement
for the black freedom strugg
for the black freedom struggle.
For many
white people talking about
racism, it is hard to avoid judging ourselves when we recognize racist thoughts or beliefs.
I write and teach about
racism out of my own anxiety as a
white person, and out of my own experiences of learning about
racism and trying to find a way to join a larger movement of
people working
for racial justice.
I think the time has come
for black theologians and church people to move beyond a mere reaction to white racism in America and begin to extend our vision of a new socially constructed humanity in the whole inhabited world... For humanity is whole, and can not be isolated into racial and national grou
for black theologians and church
people to move beyond a mere reaction to
white racism in America and begin to extend our vision of a new socially constructed humanity in the whole inhabited world...
For humanity is whole, and can not be isolated into racial and national grou
For humanity is whole, and can not be isolated into racial and national groups.
The fact that you actually thought I was black and therefore lacked accountability because I thought
white people bear the responsibility
for racism is unbelievable to me.
But Lord, if I had a dollar
for every time a
white person said «talking about race just breeds
racism», I'd be rich.
In answering, there are possibly two distinct groups to consider - those
persons who consider
racism and live in Europe and North America, but also those who live in regions where
white - related
racism may not be seen as «the big racial division», and who may have entirely different frameworks (which are less visible in Europe and North America)
for their understandings.
So when a
white person holds objectionable views —
racism,
for example — we rightly condemn them.
I will never forgive him
for that extend a hand to the
white people to end
racism thing he said.
To these critics, the film seems like a guilty - with - an - explanation plea
for support
for racism apologists who agree with Trump when he said of the
white supremacists in Charlottesville, «You had some very
people on both both sides.»
A common science - fiction trope (seen,
for instance, in the X-Men series) depicts Western - style imperialism being inflicted upon
white, Western
peoples — i.e., a dystopian allegory of
racism and colonialism with little - to - no representation of its real victims.
The initial motivation
for young
white teachers entering urban schools appears to be the same as the
people I interviewed, that is, they are concerned about
racism as a moral issue and they want to make a difference.
Rather, the authors collectively define
racism as any act or situation that, even unwittingly, tolerates, accepts, or reinforces racially unequal opportunities
for children to learn and thrive; allows racial inequalities in opportunity as if they are normal and acceptable; or treats
people of color as less worthy or less complex than «
white»
people.
Black parents embrace in
white neighborhoods embrace the idea that living among
white people will prepare their children
for dealing with
racism and majority
white environments in the future (Pugh, 2009).
Detroit: Become Human Offers Great New Opportunity
For White People To Avoid Engaging With
Racism
In 2011, Universities Australia developed a National Best Practice Framework
for Indigenous Cultural Competency in Australian universities that identifies key content areas as including: concepts of culture, race, ethnicity and worldview; myths, misconceptions and stereotypes about Indigenous
people; notions of whiteness,
white privilege and power;
racism and anti-racist practices.
Cultural safety was a euphemism
for addressing
racism, in which
white people needed to take leadership, he said.
However,
for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
people, lock hospitals operated in a different context — firmly rooted in the institutionalised
racism of
White Australia.