Standing still is never an option so long as inequities remain embedded in the very fabric of the culture.
Tim WiseTags: justice action culture racism organizing inequities standing-still
...After all, acknowledging unfairness then calls decent people forth to correct those injustices. And since most persons are at their core, decent folks, the need to ignore evidence of injustice is powerful: To do otherwise would force whites to either push for change (which they would perceive as against their interests) or live consciously as hypocrites who speak of freedom and opportunity but perpetuate a system of inequality.
The irony of American history is the tendency of good white Americanas to presume racial innocence. Ignorance of how we are shaped racially is the first sign of privilege.
In other words. It is a privilege to ignore the consequences of race in America.
Tags: willful-ignorance privilege racism race-relations american-culture black-and-white black-history white-privilege hypocricy trayvon-martin george-zimmerman
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