YES. Do I understand what it is to descend from slaves and carry the last name of the Southern white slave owner who considered my ancestors as property? As a white person, have you ever met an African American with your own rather uncommon last name? I have. “Awkward” doesnt begin to describe it. It brings it home a little bit. Do I understand what it is like to watch a movie like this as an African American and think of my parents and grandparents as having endured these injustices? What if it were my predecessor who was shot by a police officer during a peaceful demonstration? What if it were my daughter blown to bits in church? Do I understand what it is like to be denied a mortgage because the house I wanted to buy was inside a line on a map in a banker’s office that included a neighborhood of people that look like me? Do I understand what it is like to be pulled over by police because of my skin color? Nope. I don’t understand any of it. I haven’t lived that. Maybe, just maybe, when we start to admit that simple fact we might be able to understand the term “white privilege”. gospelspam/selma-movie-review/
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 18:35:17 +0000
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