Posted: May 01, 2013 6:15 pm
Thommo wrote:natselrox wrote:That's called privilege blindness. I wasn't specifically referring to you as being 'privileged', I was pointing out the general bias present in a system of privilege against certain classes of people (based on their race, gender, etc.)
Here's a good introduction to the topic of System of Privilege.
http://blip.tv/allan-g-johnson/people-s ... on-2812135
Interesting clip, thanks for posting.
He speaks very well, but I couldn't help noticing that a number of the characteristics of the system he describes as routinely happening (and indeed being necessary for the system) are things I've never seen, such as parents not inviting children of other ethnicities to birthday parties, and things that are rare, such as referring to ethnic minorities as "non-white". Are these things that are routine in other people's experience?
I can't really comment. The discrimination scenario is very different in India.