Walking Shadows Theatre Company -- Games Night

As defending "Rock, Paper, and Scissors" Champion, I will be there tonight defending my title against all comers.

Come on out for fun and games, help support a great local theatre company, and meet neat people!

Details here: http://www.walkingshadowcompany.org/gamesnight2

ETA: Did i mention there will be Naughty Victorian Hand Puppets? I mean really, what else do you need to know?

Walking Shadows Theatre Company -- Games Night

As defending "Rock, Paper, and Scissors" Champion, I will be there tonight defending my title against all comers.

Come on out for fun and games, help support a great local theatre company, and meet neat people!

Details here: http://www.walkingshadowcompany.org/gamesnight2

ETA: Did i mention there will be Naughty Victorian Hand Puppets? I mean really, what else do you need to know?

Yes, it is.

http://www.redroom.com/blog/tim-wise/this-your-nation-white-privilege-updated

This is Your Nation on White Privilege (Updated)

September 13, 2008, 2:01 pm

By Tim Wise

For those who still can’t grasp the concept of white privilege, or who are looking for some easy-to-understand examples of it, perhaps this list will help.

White privilege is when you can get pregnant at seventeen like Bristol Palin and everyone is quick to insist that your life and that of your family is a personal matter, and that no one has a right to judge you or your parents, because “every family has challenges,” even as black and Latino families with similar “challenges” are regularly typified as irresponsible, pathological and arbiters of social decay.

White privilege is when you can call yourself a “fuckin’ redneck,” like Bristol Palin’s boyfriend does, and talk about how if anyone messes with you, you'll “kick their fuckin' ass,” and talk about how you like to “shoot shit” for fun, and still be viewed as a responsible, all-American boy (and a great son-in-law to be) rather than a thug.

White privilege is when you can attend four different colleges in six years like Sarah Palin did (one of which you basically failed out of, then returned to after making up some coursework at a community college), and no one questions your intelligence or commitment to achievement, whereas a person of color who did this would be viewed as unfit for college, and probably someone who only got in in the first place because of affirmative action.

( Read more )

Yes, it is.

http://www.redroom.com/blog/tim-wise/this-your-nation-white-privilege-updated

This is Your Nation on White Privilege (Updated)

September 13, 2008, 2:01 pm

By Tim Wise

For those who still can’t grasp the concept of white privilege, or who are looking for some easy-to-understand examples of it, perhaps this list will help.

White privilege is when you can get pregnant at seventeen like Bristol Palin and everyone is quick to insist that your life and that of your family is a personal matter, and that no one has a right to judge you or your parents, because “every family has challenges,” even as black and Latino families with similar “challenges” are regularly typified as irresponsible, pathological and arbiters of social decay.

White privilege is when you can call yourself a “fuckin’ redneck,” like Bristol Palin’s boyfriend does, and talk about how if anyone messes with you, you'll “kick their fuckin' ass,” and talk about how you like to “shoot shit” for fun, and still be viewed as a responsible, all-American boy (and a great son-in-law to be) rather than a thug.

White privilege is when you can attend four different colleges in six years like Sarah Palin did (one of which you basically failed out of, then returned to after making up some coursework at a community college), and no one questions your intelligence or commitment to achievement, whereas a person of color who did this would be viewed as unfit for college, and probably someone who only got in in the first place because of affirmative action.

( Read more )