Posts Tagged ‘anti-racism’
The White Professional Anti-Racist
1:22 pm By Maegan La Mala · Activism|Blogs|Funny|Media|media justice|Politics|race · 2 Comments
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.
Anti-Racist Movements Need White Gatekeepers?
9:05 am By la Macha · Blogs|Quicklinks|race · Comments Off
2 Nov 2009Maia is asking all the right questions in her essay, “anti racism…what went wrong?”
the problem is that when he [tim wise] does anti racism work. he explains that he ‘opens the door’ for other poc to be considered leaders and experts in anti racism. why the fuck in the anti racism movement to we still need white gatekeepers? this is what gets me. it’s the anti racism movement! we dont have a bunch of men leading and speaking as the voice of feminism. we dont have a bunch of skinny chicas being the (body) of fat acceptance. we dont have a bunch of straight folks being the voice of lbgtqia ness. but in the anti racism movement. it is white folks who speak. so that white audiences with money are not required to listen and take seriously the voice of color.
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