it's a little frustrating that the suggestion is now circling that people who haven't engaged in RaceFail '09 are exercising privilege by doing so.
...seriously?
How about I haven't engaged because I'm overloaded with classwork? How about I haven't engaged because I have nothing at all to add that hasn't already been said? How about I haven't engaged because I'm so far behind on a discussion that ranges so far and wide across so much of livejournal that I couldn't possibly catch up?
If I jumped into the fray of every single social or political issue/argument I have an opinion on, I'd never do anything else. I'm not sure what privilege I'm exercising in this particular instance, but I don't think it has anything to do with my being white.
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Date: 2009-03-09 09:42 am (UTC)...seriously?
How about I haven't engaged because I'm overloaded with classwork? How about I haven't engaged because I have nothing at all to add that hasn't already been said? How about I haven't engaged because I'm so far behind on a discussion that ranges so far and wide across so much of livejournal that I couldn't possibly catch up?
If I jumped into the fray of every single social or political issue/argument I have an opinion on, I'd never do anything else. I'm not sure what privilege I'm exercising in this particular instance, but I don't think it has anything to do with my being white.