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| Authored by: ZaRinahfied On Friday, July 01 2005 @ 06:48 PM PDT |
thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| Authored by: PaLiDunn On Friday, July 01 2005 @ 07:28 PM PDT |
"People should try to be understanding of the limitations of human ability, and *not* to feel like they're entitled to know every detail immediately."
It's nice to know that a respectable amount of thought is going into an issue such as this instead of just plastering the events up in a quick and hasty manner.[ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: BartFrost On Friday, July 01 2005 @ 11:07 PM PDT |
| Hey, if anyone wants to process who was at GA. I'm here. I know there are others too, but I was a chaplain...so if you want to just talk about your feelings about it, I'm here. [ Reply to This ]
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| Authored by: radicalhapa On Saturday, July 02 2005 @ 01:07 AM PDT |
Thanks for posting this, and hey to Bart and Zarinah!
Joseph
www.radicalhapa.tk
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| Authored by: JustinD76 On Saturday, July 02 2005 @ 12:12 PM PDT |
I'm Sorry I'm new here. What Racial incidents?
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Ciao
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| Authored by: radicalhapa On Wednesday, July 06 2005 @ 02:02 PM PDT |
I've posted some more details on my blog, including a response from the UUA Board of Trustees
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| Authored by: bettyjeanne On Thursday, July 07 2005 @ 05:36 PM PDT |
As a White person particularly trying to reach other White folks, I want to remind myself and others that:
for every incident of overt, unquestionable racism that we as White people pay attention to and identify as such, there are countless acts, incidents, and dynamics of racism that we White people choose not to acknowledge or deal with.
for every time we want to (whether we admit it or not - and i do this all the time) point our fingers at the "bad white people", the perpetrators, or even the victims, there are countless ways that we as White people are deeply involved in and part of racism, every minute of every day, both historically and now.
remember that it shouldn't take widespread incidents, crises of any size, incredible pain, or People of Color pouring their hearts and souls and pain out to us, People of Color tokenizing themselves, People of Color teaching us about racism, for us to pay attention to racism, acknowledge racism, and own up. Not only to the individual incidents we may or may not have been present at, but the whole systems. Not only to the specific players in specific times of crisis, but to all the benefits and privileges - obvious and not - we White people receive at the horrific expense of People of Color.
I'm not on FUUSE much but am committed to this community and our work. I hope I can be a place of support to any White folks who need someone to struggle with (as well as a place of support to anyone).
In faith,
Betty Jeanne
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| Authored by: bettyjeanne On Thursday, July 07 2005 @ 05:38 PM PDT |
As a White person particularly trying to reach other White folks, I want to remind myself and others that:
for every incident of overt, unquestionable racism that we as White people pay attention to and identify as such, there are countless acts, incidents, and dynamics of racism that we White people choose not to acknowledge or deal with.
for every time we want to (whether we admit it or not - and i do this all the time) point our fingers at the "bad white people", the perpetrators, or even the victims, there are countless ways that we as White people are deeply involved in and part of racism, every minute of every day, both historically and now.
remember that it shouldn't take widespread incidents, crises of any size, incredible pain, or People of Color pouring their hearts and souls and pain out to us, People of Color tokenizing themselves, People of Color teaching us about racism, for us to pay attention to racism, acknowledge racism, and own up. Not only to the individual incidents we may or may not have been present at, but the whole systems. Not only to the specific players in specific times of crisis, but to all the benefits and privileges - obvious and not - we White people receive at the horrific expense of People of Color.
I'm not on FUUSE much but am committed to this community and our work. I hope I can be a place of support to any White folks who need someone to struggle with (as well as a place of support to anyone).
In faith,
Betty Jeanne
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