Larry Gude
Strung Out
...this is a truly outstanding piece exploring the reaches of disconnected thought. It really is remarkable the depth and breadth of the preconceived notions, the assumptions and presumptions of what, why and who, America is as well as the same questions about what, why and who...is not America.
A stunning piece.
Let’s hope the Boston Marathon bomber is a white American - Salon.com
A stunning piece.
Let’s hope the Boston Marathon bomber is a white American - Salon.com
Likewise, in the context of terrorist attacks, such privilege means white non-Islamic terrorists are typically portrayed not as representative of whole groups or ideologies, but as “lone wolf” threats to be dealt with as isolated law enforcement matters. Meanwhile, non-white or developing-world terrorism suspects are often reflexively portrayed as representative of larger conspiracies, ideologies and religions that must be dealt with as systemic threats — the kind potentially requiring everything from law enforcement action to military operations to civil liberties legislation to foreign policy shifts.
“White privilege is knowing that even if the bomber turns out to be white, no one will call for your group to be profiled as terrorists as a result, subjected to special screening or threatened with deportation,” writes author Tim Wise. “White privilege is knowing that if this bomber turns out to be white, the United States government will not bomb whatever corn field or mountain town or stale suburb from which said bomber came, just to ensure that others like him or her don’t get any ideas. And if he turns out to be a member of the Irish Republican Army we won’t bomb Dublin. And if he’s an Italian-American Catholic we won’t bomb the Vatican.”