tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219664.post1031718762579386177..comments2023-10-04T08:13:56.965-04:00Comments on redjenny: Fighting Amongst Ourselves for the ScrapsRed Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07720489192755635941noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219664.post-10229217372387785862007-06-20T09:35:00.000-04:002007-06-20T09:35:00.000-04:00Thanks for engaging in this topic with me.Being pr...Thanks for engaging in this topic with me.<BR/><BR/>Being privileged is exactly what allows you to be blind to the privilege you do have. Have you ever gotten a job? If you have, how do you know am equally qualified person of colour wasn't passed up for that job? You don't know, because those sorts of facts are hidden, except to those who experience it - those who apply for hundreds of jobs Red Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07720489192755635941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219664.post-86326662681328536302007-06-19T12:24:00.000-04:002007-06-19T12:24:00.000-04:00Well I would certainly agree with you about the di...Well I would certainly agree with you about the dichotomy. Its not just "white and non-white", "male or female", "immigrant or native born". It is far more complicated than that.<BR/><BR/>My concern with affirmative action programs is multifold: One, and I wouldn't spend too much time arguing it because its really a matter of personal opinion, is that the ends of substantive "equality" don't KChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16932623568330893522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219664.post-44041518172403705572007-06-19T11:54:00.000-04:002007-06-19T11:54:00.000-04:00I believe there are other reasons for opposing aff...I believe there are other reasons for opposing affirmative action that are not racist. But as soon as I start hearing about "reverse discrimination", well then I know it's more about a fear of losing white privilege. The thing is, privilege is nearly invisible to those who have it, so to them/us it can look like reverse discrimination, especially when you hear it in the media. So, they may not beRed Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07720489192755635941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219664.post-22473146964598988162007-06-19T11:39:00.000-04:002007-06-19T11:39:00.000-04:00I don't quite get this comment:"soft reactionary r...I don't quite get this comment:<BR/><BR/>"soft reactionary racism that is common these days (such as the belief in reverse discrimination)."<BR/><BR/>Are you saying that opposing affirmative action programs is "soft reactionary racism"? Or the general view that white, hetero males have a tough go at it relative to other groups is racist?KChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16932623568330893522noreply@blogger.com