Well, this seems like a reasonable way to illustrate the negative impacts of being on the other side of privilege. Any others people can think of? Ill start: Being a not-so-young-anymore woman in a world that values youth and beauty above all else. Now you. ...It’s a way of trying to make visible the fact that system is not neutral, it is not a level-playing field, it’s not the same experience for everyone. There are biases and imbalances and injustices built into the warp and woof of our culture. (The recent events in Ferguson, MO should be evidence enough of this–more thoughts on that here). Not because you personally are a racist, but because the system has a history and was built around this category “race” and that’s not going to go away over night (or even in 100 years). To go back to my analogy: Bike lanes are relatively new, and still just kind of an appendage on a system that is inherently car-centric.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 15:28:00 +0000