A Resource for Dialogue: White Privilege Denial Bingo
I found this on tumblr today and I wanted to share it here because I thought it could be both a tool for people of color to use in safe spaces to console each other and process common experiences with racism, as well as a resource for dialogue with people who are white to begin to examine the thought processes behind these statements, as well as their impact on the real lives of the people who hear them.
What do you think? Have you heard any of these responses before? Have you used them before?
From Aspiring Humanitarian, Relando Thompkins, MSW
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“Don’t yell at me, teach me!” Didn’t you and I both get told that not too long ago? Hahah
“My ____ is a POC, therefore I’m not racist.” I cringe a lot when I’ve heard that in the past, and I cringed at myself for saying it once. I was in a diversity training, and after sharing my experiences as a kid the facilitator asked “why do you think you’re not racist?” And I should have answered “you don’t know me, what makes you think I’m not” because reflecting on it I think he made the assumption above. Instead I answered “maybe because I had friends of color my entire life.”
Ugh…
Yes! Exactly! You and I both did receive that response not too long ago. “Don’t yell at me, teach me!”
In case anyone else hasn’t read this post yet, check out this post on Tone Policing, and this one on how to deal with being called out.