[Peace-discuss] White mans burden

[Marti Wilkinson]

Hi Bob:

I understand you have chosen to see this discussion as a form of finger
pointing. For myself, I have actually learned a great deal more about the
efforts made by AWARE that I would never have understood or appreciated by
attending meetings and protests. These are important conversations and I
hope that maybe something truly productive will come from it.

Peace, Marti

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 11:54 AM, Bob Illyes <illyes at uiuc.edu> wrote:

> I agree with Stuart's comments, but there is a fundamental error in much
> of what is being said on this list about race and the peace movement. There
> is the assumption that if African-Americans are underrepresented in the
> peace movement, it is white people's fault. It may or may not be the main
> thing that is relevant.
>
> This assumption is enormously condescending, the idea that white people
> are responsible for everything wrong, and that it is our responsibility to
> fix it all. It harkens back to what I believe was called "the white mans
> burden".
>
> Come on, you guys! Black folks are just as responsible and capable as
> white folks, and this racist finger-pointing buys us nothing that we want.
>
> Bob
>
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