Comments on: Why I blog… http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/07/22/why-i-blog/ | social justice | higher education | technology | Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:29:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: A Closer Look at the World » Blog Archive » Erase Racism Carnival http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/07/22/why-i-blog/#comment-13448 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:48:15 +0000 http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/07/22/why-i-blog/#comment-13448 [...] Eric Stoller’s views on why he blogs, which is under the Whiteness Revisited section are heartwarming. [...] […] Eric Stoller’s views on why he blogs, which is under the Whiteness Revisited section are heartwarming. […]

]]> by: Tom Autopref http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/07/22/why-i-blog/#comment-13421 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 01:21:44 +0000 http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/07/22/why-i-blog/#comment-13421 Eric, a lurker here, I'm new to this stuff, always feeling like the slow kid in the class, and I'm glad you do blog about it. Eric, a lurker here, I’m new to this stuff, always feeling like the slow kid in the class, and I’m glad you do blog about it.

]]> by: Eric Stoller http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/07/22/why-i-blog/#comment-13414 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:35:37 +0000 http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/07/22/why-i-blog/#comment-13414 Noah - I don't think you're a jerk and I hope you come back again :) I think that this post and the meritocracy myth post were addressing specific aspects of oppression. I have written about <a href="http://ericstoller.com/blog/2006/02/26/oppression-harms-the-oppressor/">being an oppressor</a> on other posts... Noah - I don’t think you’re a jerk and I hope you come back again :)

I think that this post and the meritocracy myth post were addressing specific aspects of oppression. I have written about being an oppressor on other posts…

]]> by: Noah http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/07/22/why-i-blog/#comment-13403 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 03:04:33 +0000 http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/07/22/why-i-blog/#comment-13403 I'm not trying to be a jerk, but I am trying to figure out how to talk to other white people, so I hope you don't mind me practicing here. (But don't worry, this will likely be my last comment.) I got here from the Erase Racism Carnival, so that might be part of the problem because I had high expectations. It's really great that you're blogging, but I was disappointed by the post and I felt like it was included in the Carnival because "ooo a straight white man is talking about racism." I get that it's just a post saying why you are blogging, but that seems all the more reason to implicate yourself. <em>"my role as a member of oppressor groups and of the affects of that oppression on folks in targeted groups"</em> Your "role" as a "member" of "oppressor groups" and the "effects" on "folks" feels to me like a lot of distancing and dancing around the truth. You and I are oppressors. We oppress people. Period. Yes there is a system, and that is our role in it: oppressors. I read the The Meritocracy Myth post and those quotes are doing the same thing you did in this post. I'm talking about implicating yourself, not intellectually saying these things. To me talking a lot about "privilege" and "advantage" obscure reality since the second half of that thought is missing. Privilege and oppression go hand in hand. I’m not trying to be a jerk, but I am trying to figure out how to talk to other white people, so I hope you don’t mind me practicing here. (But don’t worry, this will likely be my last comment.)

I got here from the Erase Racism Carnival, so that might be part of the problem because I had high expectations. It’s really great that you’re blogging, but I was disappointed by the post and I felt like it was included in the Carnival because “ooo a straight white man is talking about racism.” I get that it’s just a post saying why you are blogging, but that seems all the more reason to implicate yourself.

“my role as a member of oppressor groups and of the affects of that oppression on folks in targeted groups”

Your “role” as a “member” of “oppressor groups” and the “effects” on “folks” feels to me like a lot of distancing and dancing around the truth. You and I are oppressors. We oppress people. Period. Yes there is a system, and that is our role in it: oppressors.

I read the The Meritocracy Myth post and those quotes are doing the same thing you did in this post. I’m talking about implicating yourself, not intellectually saying these things. To me talking a lot about “privilege” and “advantage” obscure reality since the second half of that thought is missing. Privilege and oppression go hand in hand.

]]> by: Eric Stoller http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/07/22/why-i-blog/#comment-13395 Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:47:53 +0000 http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/07/22/why-i-blog/#comment-13395 Everyone - Thank you for your kind words and support. Noah - This post was in response to some comment threads on white privilege and gender privilege. I needed to say some things that I thought needed to be in their own unique post. I completely agree with you. I should clarify that I blog because of my role as a member of oppressor groups and of the affects of that oppression on folks in targeted groups as well as my own soul. I hope this clears things up. My post on <a href="http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/07/01/the-meritocracy-myth/">the Meritocracy Myth</a> and the comments on it touch on your point. Cheers! Everyone - Thank you for your kind words and support.

Noah - This post was in response to some comment threads on white privilege and gender privilege. I needed to say some things that I thought needed to be in their own unique post.

I completely agree with you. I should clarify that I blog because of my role as a member of oppressor groups and of the affects of that oppression on folks in targeted groups as well as my own soul. I hope this clears things up. My post on the Meritocracy Myth and the comments on it touch on your point. Cheers!

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