#educational shit

[irradiatedmargarita]

The second screen cap is from this article which address some basic things people might say which are unintentionally offensive and/or racist.

One of the most off-putting questions I have ever been asked is, “Do you consider yourself to be Black?” To say that I was flabbergasted wou

Here’s a whole bunch more articles on unintentional racism and implicit bias and how “I didn’t know therefore you shouldn’t be offended” is not a valid response. Apologize and change.

• https://everydayfeminism.com/2016/04/unintentional-racist/

• https://pepcleve.org/news-events/unintentional-racism-taking-action-to-reduce-hidden-bias/

• https://uniteforchange.com/en/blog/racism/unconscious-racism/

• https://racismnoway.com.au/about-racism/understanding-racism/unconscious-bias/

My South Asian brother-in-law literally called me just the other week to ask how myself and my sisters turned out “not racist.” My response was that I wouldn’t call myself that. I strive to be not racist, but I am a product of white privilege within a white supremacist, colonialist culture. No matter how hard I try to understand these concepts, I will and I have made mistakes. I’ve learned how to respond and most importantly, I sincerely try.

The trick is to accept the responsibility for the fact that you fucked up, to apologize to the offended party who is absolutely allowed to be offended, and to educate yourself as to what you did wrong. That’s it.

If you have upset someone, the best way to rectify the situation is by making a sincere, heartfelt apology. But just saying the words

The difficult part of that is accepting the fact that your intentions in life do not matter if you don’t have the ability to self-reflect. If you can’t examine why the effect didn’t match your intentions negatively, you also can’t effectively do so positively.

And yes, we do the latter all the time - but we don’t always notice it. If you give someone flowers and their reaction is over the top joy, your gesture may have made them feel recognized in ways you had not anticipated. We see that, and it is what makes us continue to do gestures like that. Being able to consciously recognize what might have been going on in that persons life makes us more able to see it in others and change our actions. This shit always goes both ways.

[lesbianhorse]

[jedi-without-the-i]

It's possible, but I'm gonna have to CRAM. As well as take summer classes.

And I REALLY wanna study abroad.

Luckily he told me if I wanna study abroad, and I have to take summer classes anyways, he said I could do a summer program abroad.

So I talked went to the study abroad office, but they didn't really help much -______-

But thankfully there's an exchange program, and they actually thoroughly explained their program.

There's a school in Korea that actually offers art studio classes that I could (hopefully) apply to my major.

itsperfecttoocauseiactuallygotintokpopthispastsummerlmfao

Hopefully I can do this. And hopefully those classes could could be counted towards my major.

[jensenjugulate]

provided by PBS and produced by California Newsreel

RACE- The Power of an Illusion

The whole thing does a very decent job of explaining the historical basis behind our modern idea of 'race,' as well as educating on the social issues it fosters. Areas of focus include What Is Race?, Sorting People, Human Diversity, Me My Race And I, Where Race Lives, and a Race Timeline that divides between major historical periods and the various social applications of the idea spanning those periods.

I encountered a few contentious arguments however, like

"When the Powhatan princess Pocahontas marries colonist John Rolfe, the union causes a scandal in the British court, not because Rolfe has married an Indian, but because Pocahontas, a princess, has married a commoner. In 17th-century England, social station is more important than physical differences."

While I am certainly not an expert historian on the period, the elimination of any trace racial bias on the part of the British aristocracy--or people, for that matter--sounds pretty extreme, if not completely inaccurate.

Although oversimplifications and a few larger mistakes (such as suggesting that, without question, 'modern' humans emerged 170,000 years ago; which is technically true if you deem the early homo sapiens as 'modern' humans) mark the interactive educational installment, it does wonderfully at explaining the reality of racial divides and stigma that we must face today in our society, and what they cause and are caused by in various contexts. All in all it's worth looking at, and pretty interesting too.