dragonfly: (UU peace)

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posted by [personal profile] dragonfly at 04:28pm on 16/06/2010
Thank you so much for this.

I always figure I have a better chance of making a difference in my own racism than in anyone else's. People talk about doing "Racism 101," by which they mean "anti-racism 101" but I've never seen it defined anywhere. I've always figured "racism 101" means coming to terms with the ways one is inherently racist just by society and circumstance -- accepting the truth of that -- and practicing not being defensive when it's pointed out. Of course, that's only 101. I can't see sufficiently beyond that challenge to know what the 201 course would be.

Terrific poem.
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devohoneybee: (birds and moon)

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posted by [personal profile] devohoneybee at 04:42pm on 16/06/2010
thanks, yeah. I feel terrifically shamed by the racism and other 'isms I catch in myself. That shame probably drives a lot of the defensiveness. But I believe it's only by SEEING it that we can begin to do something about it.
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