[Peace] The talk "Whiteness, Misery, and Management in the U.S." was quite good and well attended.

[John W.]

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 10:33 PM, Shameem Rakha <
rakhash at champaignschools.org> wrote:

 Thank you Karen.  I have read, "the wages of whiteness" and believe it is a
> more than worthy read for anyone who is interested in learning about
> whiteness, white privilege,and the history that has brought us to our
> current state of status quo.
> Peace, Shameem
>
>  Shameem Rakha, M.Ed., NBCT, Doctoral Student, Youth Community Informatics
> Graduate Assistant
>
>  I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's
> brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and
> died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
> —Stephen Jay Gould
>


I love the quote, Shameem.

John Wason




>  *From:* Karen Medina
> *Sent:* Wed 11/17/2010 10:10 PM
> *To:* peace at lists.chambana.net
> *Subject:* [Peace] The talk "Whiteness, Misery, and Management in the
> U.S." was quite good and well attended.
>
> The talk "Whiteness, Misery, and Management in the U.S." was quite
> good and well attended.
> Some creepy things I learned:
> * There is quite extensive literature on the "management" of slaves as
> property. Evidently journals had articles on the topic, or it would
> also be thrown in with information on fertilizing.
> * Reproduction of slaves was as lucrative or more so than farming.
> * Mine work in places like Colorado was miserable for all people, and
> the workers were from all over the place (Poland, Ireland, China, and
> Blacks). The mine managers kept the races hating each other as best
> they could.
> David Roediger's book may be very worth reading: "The Wages of
> Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class"
>
> Earlier in the day, I attended some of the events celebrating the 1
> year anniversary of the triumph of the Graduate Employee's
> Organization. Several very valid points were made including: * A
> strike takes a lot of pre-strike work organizing (maybe even years of
> building). So even though it is a last resort, a union has to be
> prepared and willing to do this. * The GEO's success gave many other
> groups the courage and a model. They did not mention this, but I see
> strong evidence in the community of Champaign-Urbana of the confidence
> that was gained by the GEO community building, including the CU
> community coming out in droves when Kiwane Carrington was killed by
> Champaign police.
>
> [In case you were wondering, yes I was also extremely productive at
> work today too. It is all about balance -- too much work and no
> activism and I am not productive at all. -karen medina]
>
>
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