Conversation Of The Week XXI: Complicating White Privilege: Race, Poverty, And The Nature Of The Knapsack
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New Detroit Coalition Strives To Close Economic Equity Gap
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Balancing the economic differences between the minority and majority communities throughout the nation remains a lingering problem as major metropolitan areas continue to dig out from under the 2008-09 financial melt-down. A good key indicator is small business ownership, an elusive goal for many people of color, particularly African Americans.
Is White Privilege Victimized By It's Own Racist Practices?
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"I was taught to see racism only in individual acts of meanness, not in invisible systems conferring dominance on my group," revealed Peggy McIntosh in her groundbreaking work Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack (1990). Being dominant and being victimized seem to be polar opposites, so how can white privilege victimize white people?
Politically Racist Stereotypes Pervade 2012 Presidential Race
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Dear Sticky Wicket,
Why do politicians, particularly Republicans, continue to overtly, or covertly perpetuate the impression that more blacks are on welfare and receive food stamps than whites?
~Irate In Sonoma.
Dear Irate,
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