I always hate to be the one to point this out - but you *know* that there would be an even louder outcry if it was [insert white, adorable girl here].
Part of the problem is the still overwhelmingly silent, but present idea that WoC either "ask" for bad treatment, or have earned it, which is as old as slavery/Jim Crow.
There are a lot of issues surrounding this, which is why I'm not really up to discussing it with whites right now, but this (http://exittheapple.com/applesauce/2006/07/we-still-wear-the-mask-william-jelani-cobb/)says a lot of what I'm thinking.
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Date: 2009-02-14 07:01 pm (UTC)Part of the problem is the still overwhelmingly silent, but present idea that WoC either "ask" for bad treatment, or have earned it, which is as old as slavery/Jim Crow.
There are a lot of issues surrounding this, which is why I'm not really up to discussing it with whites right now, but this (http://exittheapple.com/applesauce/2006/07/we-still-wear-the-mask-william-jelani-cobb/)says a lot of what I'm thinking.