tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post4547103688358284322..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: "We Can't Make an African-American White"Melissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-81620537976762961752015-12-08T07:54:31.547-08:002015-12-08T07:54:31.547-08:00Dear White Woman,
Read up on white privilege. Yo...Dear White Woman,<br /><br />Read up on white privilege. You have it whether you recognize it or not.<br /><br />Another white woman,<br />HPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-30370666682719558582015-12-07T16:24:45.826-08:002015-12-07T16:24:45.826-08:00" generations of whites have been born and ra..." generations of whites have been born and raised with many advantages and none of the burdens that generations of black people in the US faced" <br /><br />Your statement is probably the most racist I've seen NOT deleted from this blog.<br /><br /><br />White womenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-66807562348549302692015-12-07T10:26:07.025-08:002015-12-07T10:26:07.025-08:00Not racist, all you said could be true. I would j...Not racist, all you said could be true. I would just expect an elected official to be much more careful with his words and make sure that he said what you think he said. His original statement is clumsy at best and racist at worst.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-60029536946790972122015-12-07T09:33:24.009-08:002015-12-07T09:33:24.009-08:00I'm not defending this guy, I know nothing abo...I'm not defending this guy, I know nothing about him and he may well be an unrepentant racist but - when I saw that statement i didn't immediately see it as derogatory. I don't know if this was what he intended or meant, but to me saying "you can't make an African American white, is an acknowledgement of multigenerational impact of the past hundreds of years history of enslavement, persecution, discrimination, unequal opportunity to education, jobs etc, poverty -that underlies the socioeconomic, and therefore educational disparity, we see today between AAs and whites. Of course you can't make AAs white - it is not about the color of the skin or any fundamental genetic difference -but rather the fact that for hundreds of years and even in the present day, generations of whites have been born and raised with many advantages and none of the burdens that generations of black people in the US faced - we can't change the shameful history that has lead to differences in outcomes we see today. The question is how to we change and improve things moving forward?<br />Thats how I see it anyway but I don't know if that's how it was meant.<br /><br />Not racist.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com