That is a good article, but this quote reminds me of something discouraging:
What is so disturbing to me about white denial is that we are denying the reality of other people's experiences.
The thing is, people deny the reality of other people's experiences all the goddamn time, in situations where there's way less emotional grounds for doing so than "if they're right, than I might be racist, and racists are awful people, like Nazis and elderly southerners". I mean, people deny the reality of other people's experiences with software. How are we supposed to fight this when it comes to race?
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Date: 2009-08-06 07:33 pm (UTC)What is so disturbing to me about white denial is that we are denying the reality of other people's experiences.
The thing is, people deny the reality of other people's experiences all the goddamn time, in situations where there's way less emotional grounds for doing so than "if they're right, than I might be racist, and racists are awful people, like Nazis and elderly southerners". I mean, people deny the reality of other people's experiences with software. How are we supposed to fight this when it comes to race?