Part of the reason I wrote this is because I think it is interesting to look at the experience of white girls/women dealing with these issues because I think our white privilege insulates us enough that we don't quite understand why at first. We don't really realize until later that people are attributing ethnic stereotypes to us, while people of other races or ethnicities are all too aware of it much earlier on. I am not sure exactly what that means. But I think it is like one more little facet of perspective that can be added to the discussion to help create a complete picture.
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Date: 2009-08-15 04:13 am (UTC)Part of the reason I wrote this is because I think it is interesting to look at the experience of white girls/women dealing with these issues because I think our white privilege insulates us enough that we don't quite understand why at first. We don't really realize until later that people are attributing ethnic stereotypes to us, while people of other races or ethnicities are all too aware of it much earlier on. I am not sure exactly what that means. But I think it is like one more little facet of perspective that can be added to the discussion to help create a complete picture.