Kim Radersma, M. Ed
“One session insisted that whites can never be cured of their permanent racist attitudes.”
Well, then, their entire conference is an exercise in futility, by their own admission.
Cross that off my list.
Isn't Madison the epicenter of communism in America ?
Smart blacks are aware of this and avoid these people like lepers.
When my people came over here from Italy they occupied a place below blacks; everybody hated them and in turn they hated everybody, but they didn't care, they were delighted to be here.
In time, by their work, they elevated themselves. Once they were able to look the Americans in the eye, the old scars were no longer important.
Actually this statement pretty damn funny here in mexifornia! I happen to live close to my old High School, and back in the day we had a pretty good mix of all races, cept maybe Blacks, it being the the early 70's and the O.C.. Now while I watch the kids the sector of the student population I see a marked reduction in are the Whites, not the so called Whites, (White Hispanics)but Whites! I'm not saying it's good or bad, just a reality taking place across America and this White privilege crap is a farce and has been for decades.
“I began to realize that when white people are alone, they give things to each other for free.”
https://screen.yahoo.com/white-000000112.html
“Teaching is a political act, and you can’t choose to be neutral. You are either a pawn used to perpetuate a system of oppression or you are fighting against it,” Radersma said during the session. “And if you think you are neutral, you are a pawn.”
She said educators need to challenge the system, otherwise they are giving in to white supremacy. Radersma also argued the first step is realizing that all white people are carrying the signs of oppression.
“Being a white person who does anti-racist work is like being an alcoholic. I will never be recovered by my alcoholism, to use the metaphor,” Radersma said. “I have to everyday wake up and acknowledge that I am so deeply imbedded with racist thoughts and notions and actions in my body that I have to choose everyday to do anti-racist work and think in an anti-racist way.”
She argued that until white people admit they have a problem, they will not be able to fight against white privilege.
“We’ve been raised to be good. ‘I’m a good white person,’ and yet to realize I carry within me these dark, horrible thoughts and perceptions is hard to admit. And yet like the alcoholic, what’s the first step? Admitting you have a problem,” she told the session attendees.
Multiple educators attended the breakout session of about 50 people and seemed very interested in how to bring the ideals of social justice and white privilege into the classroom. One attendee, a teacher and the diversity director at his school, spoke about the activities he is implementing and said it is important for teachers and administrators to discuss social justice with their students. Radersma echoed his sentiment.
“If you don’t want to work for equity, get the fuck out of education,” Radersma said. “If you are not serious about being an agent of change that helps stifle the oppressive systems, go find another job. Because you are a political figure.”
http://www.maciverinstitute.com/2014/04/White-Privilege-Conf-Teacher/
Isn’t assuming things about people based on their race/ethnicity the definition of racism?
Radersma told the group she thinks that students of color cannot learn as well from white teachers.
“My partner, who is a man, can’t tell you about feminism. He knows a lot about it. He considers himself a feminist, but you want to learn feminism from him? No,” she commented during the session. “You need to learn feminism from a woman. You need to learn what it is like to be a woman from a woman. He can’t teach that. I can’t teach students of color nearly as well as a person of color can.”
Another topic of discussion was how white people’s actions, like donating to charity or helping a family in need, are inherently racist. A white attendee of the conference told a story about how her family donated school supplies to one of her classmates when she was in first grade because the family could not afford them.
The receiving family had moved from India, according to the attendee. While she was happy to be helping when it happen years ago, she was now questioning her family’s motives.
“It was like ‘well why don’t you swoop in and save the day and give her all this stuff because we can afford to do that for them’ kind of mentality,” she said in the session.
Radersma agreed and said the family that was helped likely felt discriminated against.
http://www.maciverinstitute.com/2014/04/White-Privilege-Conf-Teacher/
Kim Radersma, M. Ed
Are Blacks ever Cured of Racism?
Kim Radersma, a former high school English teacher in California and Colorado. Radersma is currently working toward her Ph. D. in critical whiteness studies at Brock University in Ontario, Canada.
Critical. Whiteness. Studies.
Radersma was leading a breakout session for educators at the National White Privilege Conference recently held in Madison, Wisconsin. Madison, an epicenter of white privilege, if there is such a thing. A city filled with white liberals who stifle racial integration at every opportunity.
http://comonocreerendios-lem.blogspot.com/2014/04/not-fit-to-teach.html
Sitting just a few rows from the President of the United States, Radersma and the students watched Bob Dylan in his first musical appearance at White House, saw Jennifer Hudson duet with Robinson and even looked on as President Obama danced and joined in on the singing. On their way into event, they shared an entrance with the stars that appeared. Radersma said the students were in awe as they stood side by side with the music legends.
The students visited the White House twice; once to participate in a workshop called “Music that Inspired the Movement.” They chatted with Robinson, the Blind Boys of Alabama and Ricky Minor, the leader of American Idol’s house band.
“This gave them a different perspective on why the civil rights movement was so important,” Radersma said.
http://coloradocommunitymedia.com/stories/Valor-students-take-journey,58685
Well, if it is that cut and dried then I guess I don’t have to burden myself with being politically correct anymore.
Hatred is a US Government Plantation sponsored negro value.
White people who think they can live peacefully in a colorblind world are mistaken. The world is becoming a collective of groups that hate each other, and they especially hate whites. Even more especially, they hate straight, successful whites, and most especially the Christian whites. Go, and be colorblind no more.
Geez, go on and kill yourself now and get it over with.
You Hateful Racist!! Anti-racist is codeword for Anti-White!!