White privilege conference at UCCS

[GeezerMan]

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The annual White Privilege Conference (WPC) serves as a yearly opportunity to examine and explore difficult issues related to white privilege, white supremacy, and oppression. WPC provides a forum for critical discussions about diversity, multicultural education and leadership, social justice, race/racism, sexual orientation, gender relations, religion, and other systems of privilege/oppression. WPC is recognized as a challenging, empowering, and educational experience. The workshops, keynotes, and institutes not only inform participants, but engage and challenge them, while providing practical tips and strategies for combating inequality.


Our attempts to dismantle dominance and oppression must follow a path other than that of either vilifying or obliterating Whiteness... Whites need to acknowledge and work through the negative historical implications of 'Whiteness' and create for ourselves a transformed identity as White people committed to equality and social change. Our goal is neither to defy or denigrate Whiteness, but to difuse its destructive power.

To teach my white students and my own children that they are 'not White' is to do them a disservice. To teach them that there a different ways of being White, and that they have a choice as White people to become champions fo justice and social healing, is to provide them a positive direction for growth and to grant them the dignity of their own being.



Wow, I guess I should go to be cleansed of my sins

 

[Moonbeam]

Wow, I guess I should go to be cleansed of my sins

Maybe you should just take a high school reading class where you learn to comprehend the meaning of expressions like "Our attempts to dismantle dominance and oppression must follow a path other than that of either vilifying or obliterating Whiteness..." mean nobody is saying you're sinful.

Sad that you have to project your own guilt on these folk who are trying to get past their own. Of course you are too self important and good to do that. There is nothing a self hater wants to find out less than that he's a hidden racist, but anybody who is white and hates himself, all white people, hates whites, no?

 

[GeezerMan]

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
Wow, I guess I should go to be cleansed of my sins

Maybe you should just take a high school reading class where you learn to comprehend the meaning of expressions like "Our attempts to dismantle dominance and oppression must follow a path other than that of either vilifying or obliterating Whiteness..." mean nobody is saying you're sinful.

Sad that you have to project your own guilt on these folk who are trying to get past their own. Of course you are too self important and good to do that. There is nothing a self hater wants to find out less than that he's a hidden racist, but anybody who is white and hates himself, all white people, hates whites, no?

Maybe you should go to class that teaches you the real meaning behind phrases they are spouting out. I laugh at you. Ha.

 

[Atreus21]

Hate to say that for once I agree with Moonbeam to a degree. It seems they're not villifying white people the way some morons think is necessary. It seems to me they're being consistent with the notion that all races are equal, even whites.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

I'm damn tired of being the token Norwegian at the workplace.

 

[Moonbeam]

Originally posted by: GeezerMan

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
Wow, I guess I should go to be cleansed of my sins

Maybe you should just take a high school reading class where you learn to comprehend the meaning of expressions like "Our attempts to dismantle dominance and oppression must follow a path other than that of either vilifying or obliterating Whiteness..." mean nobody is saying you're sinful.

Sad that you have to project your own guilt on these folk who are trying to get past their own. Of course you are too self important and good to do that. There is nothing a self hater wants to find out less than that he's a hidden racist, but anybody who is white and hates himself, all white people, hates whites, no?

Maybe you should go to class that teaches you the real meaning behind phrases they are spouting out. I laugh at you. Ha.

I don't know where my local KKK school is. And you can't laugh at me to make me feel guilty. I have no guilt at all in being your equal. You may as well go spit into the wind.

 

[alphatarget1]

Instead of b!tching about things not equal why don't some of these lazy bums work hard to change their lives for once? There are tons of programs to help out minority groups. I'm not saying that everything is equal but I'd say America/Canada is the most un-racist countries I could think of, in comparison to Europe.

Me: Asian American who was born in Asia and has lived in Europe.

 

[babylon5]

Originally posted by: alphatarget1
I'm not saying that everything is equal but I'd say America/Canada is the most un-racist countries I could think of, in comparison to Europe and a lot of other countries in the world.

I agree, I think not just Europe, but also other "non-white" countries out there.

 

[alphatarget1]

Originally posted by: babylon5

Originally posted by: alphatarget1
I'm not saying that everything is equal but I'd say America/Canada is the most un-racist countries I could think of, in comparison to Europe and a lot of other countries in the world.

I agree, I think not just Europe, but also other "non-white" countries out there.

I thought we were comparing... white countries but yes you're right.

 

[n yusef]

Originally posted by: alphatarget1
Instead of b!tching about things not equal why don't some of these lazy bums work hard to change their lives for once? There are tons of programs to help out minority groups. I'm not saying that everything is equal but I'd say America/Canada is the most un-racist countries I could think of, in comparison to Europe.

Me: Asian American who was born in Asian and has lived in Europe.

:roll:

 

[alphatarget1]

Originally posted by: n yusef

Originally posted by: alphatarget1
Instead of b!tching about things not equal why don't some of these lazy bums work hard to change their lives for once? There are tons of programs to help out minority groups. I'm not saying that everything is equal but I'd say America/Canada is the most un-racist countries I could think of, in comparison to Europe.

Me: Asian American who was born in Asian and has lived in Europe.

:roll:

You are reading between the lines. There are lazy bums in all groups. Would you not agree that Asian Americans as an ethnic group gets no support whatsoever in higher education whereas other groups get a ton of goodies? I'm not disagreeing with the intent of those programs, but it's a privilege that people should utilize if they qualify for it.

Of course it's a gross simplification of things in America, but I genuinely feel like trying to find somebody to blame instead of working to help lift other people out of poverty is indeed very counter productive. I don't see America or most Americans of European descent as racist anymore (and Obama's presidency is the perfect example of that). Some of the inequalities in our society, IMO, is merely a manifestation of capitalism.

Most of these liberal douches who host these forums, of course, are white "enlightened" liberals who have never had to work hard to achieve for the things they enjoy.

 

[Craig234]

Originally posted by: GeezerMan
Wow, I guess I should go to be cleansed of my sins

The situation: our society has a group of blacks and a history of racism that did not let their ancestors get wealth and education like whites generation after generation.

This has resulted in a legacy of inequality in opportunity. Black children on average start out at a large disadvantage that affects their access to wealth and education.

It's a problem, and some efforts to fix some of the current effects of past wrong is just.

The clueless right-wing take on the issue is to use a straw man about 'guilt' or 'sins', said sarcastivally.

The bad logic they use is that there's a straw man that it's all about claiming they personally have done wrong and owe for it - and since they know that's not true, they get to be contemptuous of any efforts for blacks as being sort of idiotic and misguided as if that's what they were based on. They go on enjoying their relative advantages which in part come from the past discrimination - responding largely with that sarcasm that they're not rich (almost no one is, if you ask them). Toss in some stereoptypes about the 'lazy poor' so the poor can be blamed, and toss in the lack of any exposure to more accurate facts as they reinforce one another's false view, and toss in the occassional actual idiotic statement from someone on the other side (hello, Al Sharpton) to 'prove' that it's all just as bad as that, and you have the formula for ignoring the issue.

So the post above is typically dismissive - sarcasm about 'sins', when that's not the issue.

 

[n yusef]

Originally posted by: alphatarget1

Originally posted by: n yusef

Originally posted by: alphatarget1
Instead of b!tching about things not equal why don't some of these lazy bums work hard to change their lives for once? There are tons of programs to help out minority groups. I'm not saying that everything is equal but I'd say America/Canada is the most un-racist countries I could think of, in comparison to Europe.

Me: Asian American who was born in Asian and has lived in Europe.

:roll:

You are reading between the lines. There are lazy bums in all groups. Would you not agree that Asian Americans as an ethnic group gets no support whatsoever in higher education whereas other groups get a ton of goodies? I'm not disagreeing with the intent of those programs, but it's a privilege that people should utilize if they qualify for it.

Of course it's a gross simplification of things in America, but I genuinely feel like trying to find somebody to blame instead of working to help lift other people out of poverty is indeed very counter productive. I don't see America or most Americans of European descent as racist anymore (and Obama's presidency is the perfect example of that). Some of the inequalities in our society, IMO, is merely a manifestation of capitalism.

Most of these liberal douches who host these forums, of course, are white "enlightened" liberals who have never had to work hard to achieve for the things they enjoy.

You explicitly called "minorities" (you meant to say black Americans; "minority" includes more than black Americans) "lazy bums."

Then you followed with the "Obama proves we're in a post-racial society" BS.

Irony is an understatement.

 

[Don66]

I like my white privilege :evil:

I don't need my sins cleansed..

 

[alphatarget1]

Originally posted by: n yusef

You explicitly called "minorities" (you meant to say black Americans; "minority" includes more than black Americans) "lazy bums."

Then you followed with the "Obama proves we're in a post-racial society" BS.

Irony is an understatement.

Dude, whatever. Nowhere did I say ANYTHING about black people. I have nothing but respect for African Americans who have endured (and continue to face) discrimination in our society, especially by the police.

Obama proves that aside from a few southern Whites, America is largely comfortable with African Americans. Of course there is still discrimination and racism, but instead of b!tching and whining about it you (they) can do something concrete about it instead of blaming others.

 

[Schadenfroh]

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