Tag: whiteness

White is a color too

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There is an image of whiteness here but you can’t see it because it just fades into the background. White, adj. 2. belonging to or denoting a human group having light-colored skin (chiefly used of peoples of European extraction). Synonyms: colorless, unpigmented, bleached, natural “Do white people have the advantage of being race- less?”  Someone typed […]

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Tim Wise on White Privilege

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Noted author and prolific speaker, Tim Wise speaks about the origin of whiteness and white privilege.

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Cutting Away The Flesh of Race: The Marks of Jesus

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“It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh that would compel you to be circumcised and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. For even those who receive circumcision do not themselves keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that […]

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“The Man”: How Race Makes Us Divine

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To be socially colored “white” is to enter a world where one is perceived to be godlike in appearance and ability. Before opening one’s mouth, it is believed that one has the answers and is the solution. “You are the right person. You are just the person that we’ve been looking for.” Before one has done anything, one inherits […]

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