1:22 pm By Maegan La Mala · Activism|Blogs|Funny|Media|media justice|Politics|race
21 Dec 2009The latest episode of News with Nezua is one I had to link to because it was about a figure that unfortunately I have come into contact with in my years as an activist and blogger, the white professional anti-racist. This person may come across as being on your side and having your back pero eventually will try and create/promote divisions and create conflict to support his/her own career growth. Not to mention the tokenization. While Nez’s video is male-centric, there are plenty of women who play the role as well. Additionally, as a women who has sat in conferences and been brought to events, the way that tokenizing and divide and conquer politics plays out against women of color is especially problematic.
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2 Responses to The White Professional Anti-Racist
nezua
December 21st, 2009 at 1:28 pm
i need more actors than me! you are so right about the dynamics with women being very important here to add. i must consider this going fwd…tho i dont think ppl would care for my playing una mujer, jeje…hmmm
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