White Aussie Michael Cathcart speaking to Black American Paul Beatty on racism, after Sorry Day. https://overland.org.au/2017/05/just-a-person-race-and-the-australian-literati/ … #WhitePrivilegepic.twitter.com/HW0PiLh1yq
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As a sociologist of colour for example, I'm asked by White people (academics, media) to comment on racism in discussions led by White ppl...
... and those same White people jump into a discussion about racism without a definition of its structural basis & broader social context...
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...so that means conversation I'm brought into starts with presumption that racism is just "some bad apples" excusing White society as whole
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When moderators/speakers ask
#POC to comment on racism, they do so without thinking that they should consider their place in race & racism -
This shows how entire discussion on race and racism is framed through Whiteness; it's not meant to disrupt social order for White AUS.
End of conversation
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