Wednesday, October 3, 2007

antiracist blog

http://www.newdemographic.com

If you get a chance, check out this website. Since there are so many mutts in the family, I think it's particularly pertinent and good for us to be aware of these issues. It was started by biracial (Chinese mom, Belgian dad) woman who touches on why because racism has such nasty connotations, people deny it, making the situation worse instead of taking the attitude that "good people can be racist". She mentions how diversity training in the workplace is ineffective because what it really does is teach people to hide their racism. It's made my understanding of many situations a lot clearer, but it may be a tad too US centered to make complete sense.

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