tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-568446000623056293.post7943400624089733485..comments2024-03-28T18:23:19.168-04:00Comments on {So Wonderful, So Marvelous}: If You’re White, You’re Probably Part of the Problem.Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860206491925165997noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-568446000623056293.post-26107326032256841422014-12-29T10:38:12.714-05:002014-12-29T10:38:12.714-05:00Michelle,
I'm only commenting now because I...Michelle,<br />I'm only commenting now because I've left this in my reader until I had the proper time to read it. So very well said. This has been on my mind for months now. When I think about that sentence, how lucky am I? I've only been thinking about this problem, not living it day in and day out. Not facing every day the equality that others insist doesn't even exist.<br />We HAVE to do something about this. The rift in our country is so deep and wide, but I refuse to believe it can't be bridged and healed. Let's start every single day. Practice kindness, tolerance, and understanding. Call people out on their bullshit. Have the uncomfortable conversations, not because you can change someone's mind, but because you should try. Your kids are listening.<br />Love,<br />BunnyBunny @ 86n Ithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02205122151306871493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-568446000623056293.post-49895750307058686822014-12-23T14:35:47.572-05:002014-12-23T14:35:47.572-05:00well said. thank you!!well said. thank you!!Alyjeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05512841402241860693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-568446000623056293.post-76900107220392568512014-12-16T15:05:50.431-05:002014-12-16T15:05:50.431-05:00And here I am, 11 days after you posted this. I ha...And here I am, 11 days after you posted this. I have a lump in my throat and my head is nodding. Because all those thoughts that have been bouncing around in my head, that I've been trying to make sense of, trying to find a way to spit them out into something more than a sound bite of half thought - you just said it all, and you said it very, very well. I've been watching and reading and listening and so often it is the comments after the articles that make me want to cry. Besides the general denial and a whole lot of hate, the one that really got me shaking my head recently was someone who wondered (in writing, for all to read) why the protestors couldn't take their protest to a parking lot somewhere that it didn't disrupt others (in this case, peaceful protest in Seattle that disrupted a city bus route). Clearly missing the point of a protest, the point of bringing awareness, of bringing this right into people's faces to try to get them to acknowledge, as uncomfortable as that may be, to hopefully spark some kind of seed of change. Because we all want to believe we've come so far in equality, but the truth is that we haven't come very far at all and we have a very long way to go. I don't know the answers either, but I hope that facing the issues, starting the discussion - I hope it starts us in the right direction. <br /><br />I respectfully disagree with Anonymous above. <<and that right there is why. Because I can "respect" someone while still enjoying white privilege, and that IS the problem.Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10097027380959736205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-568446000623056293.post-87613696031558645522014-12-09T13:11:28.507-05:002014-12-09T13:11:28.507-05:00How about instead of teaching tolerance, you teach...How about instead of teaching tolerance, you teach your children RESPECT! If we respect other cultures, colors, traditions, the law, etc, we as a nation should have less problems. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-568446000623056293.post-40891218783900527322014-12-06T16:20:32.378-05:002014-12-06T16:20:32.378-05:00This is a great post with great links MIchelle! I ...This is a great post with great links MIchelle! I agree with you 110%! This has been on my mind so much lately as I try to figure out how to talk to my (super white) children. We've always talked about race, but I feel like a deeper conversation is needed. <br /><br />Thanks for writing this!!Sue https://www.blogger.com/profile/12766551678969367257noreply@blogger.com