On power and being wrong

[goatsfoot]

I wanted to share this amazing writing by deepad - it's been kicking around in my head for a couple of weeks so I thought it might resonate with other white people trying to muck out their internalised racism. deepad wrote an excellent post as part of the ongoing RaceFail '09 dialogue (started from the question of how whites could write non-whites

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[silentinfinite]

"When you are a minority or a survivor of an oppressive system..."
- Well-written & have yet to check out the full text that you linked to, but from what you quote here this pretty much corroborates my experience/worldview (as a cultural/racial minority living in a post-colonial nation).

Also Derailing for Dummies is awesome! I can't think about how many conversations I've had that have gone down those lines (and I actually find myself on either side, depending on the situation).

[goatsfoot]

Hello :) I have friendseded you. Yeah, I'm getting a lot of familiarity tweaking at my brain when I read that site (oh god I was particularly annoyed by the very last one the other day, the "it was all an experiment, i was just playing, trolling is what i doooo!"), and recognise myself in some of it, too.

[nixwilliams]

ha! derailing for dummies! fab.