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"But I'm a Good Person": Engaging Whiteness & Emotional Intelligence

  • Highlights of what happens in Inter-group Dialogue (IGD)

Activity:

  • Reading a statement about a training or learning about whiteness and identifying a feeling that you associate with that statement
    • Egs: "You think this training might not be about you", etc.
    • Use an "emotions" cheat sheet

Notes:

  • Flaws of IGD:

    • reduces identity groups, audience limitations
    • #s are never in favor of the marginalized groups
    • some folks think its a "one and done" scenario
    • compartmentalizing emotional work and anti-racist work to one space & time
    • not conducive to the intersectional approach
    • being emotional is in argument with being professional
    • displacement of labor is on POC

  • their group is rarely white men, but when they do attend it is primarily that they do not engage at all or that they over-engage

  • white women "simply cannot believe that they are oppressed and still can be oppressive"

  • they approach from the standpoint of "do white people have anything to teach POC on race & racism? we think not."

  • Pop-Culture & White Feminism

    • "Are you Mad? White Feminism 101"
    • white feminism
    • White Feminism 101
      • Anti-intersectionality
      • Gender essentialism
      • White savior complex
      • Gatekeeping
      • Liberation == Achieving the white man's status
    • Examples:
      • Jennifer Lawrence and her disrespect to the Hawaiian historic landmarks
      • Pepsi ad vs Jennifer
      • Amy Poehler approving a rape joke on a show w/ Blue Ivy
    • The consequences of these actions are not against these white feminist celebrities, they are against those who are in the minority groups
    • White Tantrums
      • highest consequence is on POC
        • white impunity
        • POC labor/harm
          • cyclical
      • Framework for analysis of a white tantrum:
        • White tantrum
        • Perceived white consequence(s)
        • Actual consequence(s)
          • Includes mental, physical, economic, and social consequences for POC
        • My role
          • Consider your identities, socially, professionally, where were you in the vent or the aftermath?
        • My Emotional response
          • How did you feel during and in the aftermath? It's okay if your emotional responses appear to be in conflict