I'm a bit out of date - most of my links are to printed matter... but try two of my f'list, tikiberry (who has been to Connotations but not the years you have been) and azicrow. Tell them I sent you and what you're doing. Tikiberry recently had a discussion in her uni course about racism and was quite upset (she's Korean) at attitudes etc. She might well have some links.
Bottom line: white people can't experience racism (though they might encounter prejudice) because they are never in a global position of underdog/powerless minority. (The white person who thinks they have experienced racism needs to understand what racism is and sort out their vocabulary.)
White women can get an inkling of what it's like but remind them that women from minority groups experience racism as well as sexism.
There's an excellent overview of racism in UK: 'There ain't no black in the union jack' by Paul Gilroy - a bit out of date but an interesting if not always well-structured look at the history of UK racism in modern times. Afraid it's in print, not online! If I think of anything else I'll let you know but I think you might have helped pack most of my books on the subject.
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on 2009-11-14 09:56 am (UTC)Bottom line: white people can't experience racism (though they might encounter prejudice) because they are never in a global position of underdog/powerless minority. (The white person who thinks they have experienced racism needs to understand what racism is and sort out their vocabulary.)
White women can get an inkling of what it's like but remind them that women from minority groups experience racism as well as sexism.
There's an excellent overview of racism in UK: 'There ain't no black in the union jack' by Paul Gilroy - a bit out of date but an interesting if not always well-structured look at the history of UK racism in modern times. Afraid it's in print, not online! If I think of anything else I'll let you know but I think you might have helped pack most of my books on the subject.