tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7914023805467524047.post4381528262349125890..comments2023-04-03T08:42:02.315-07:00Comments on Seeing Race: Seeing RaceLady Instructorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16107564833265583418noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7914023805467524047.post-59158542436715435232010-04-27T07:07:53.231-07:002010-04-27T07:07:53.231-07:00"what race is Obama, for instance? They say h..."what race is Obama, for instance? They say he's "black" but he's in fact 50-50 and was raised in a white anglosaxon family"<br /><br />Obama is black. He's black because race is a social concept and people look at him and label him black. His entire life people have categorized him as black. He self-identifies as black. Obama has faced racism as a black man.<br /><br />Lady Instructor states: when you meet someone for the first time, you quickly perform three observations: 1) gender, 2) race, 3) age. <br /><br />People don't look at a medium-toned black man and think he's half-white and try to assess if he grew up in a white anglosaxon family. Especially if that man is with a dark-skinned woman and two dark-skinned little girls. <br /><br />DNA testing shows that most people are not 100% one race anyway. Especially black Americans who were decended from slaves (because slave owners would rape their female slaves).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7914023805467524047.post-38716447784659606532010-03-19T20:48:26.906-07:002010-03-19T20:48:26.906-07:00One of the most racist and sexist people I've ...One of the most racist and sexist people I've ever known has "COLORBLIND" tattooed on his chest. I'm also told constantly when I call out sexism (I work in an extremely male-dominated field) that I'm "too gender-centric," "reverse sexist," and that the dudes in question are "gender-blind." Oooooh, I see, if the privileged class ignores discussions of race and sex, institutionalized oppression will magically disappear*. I've never before seen that in history, but any day now, silencing dissent is sure to work. Right. <br /><br />*Plus white dudes will come out feeling morally superior for being so post-racist and post-sexist and progressive! Never mind their inherent and tangible privileges -- hey, THEY can't see it!ampersandreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13463522749018965318noreply@blogger.com