Am I really supposed to be mad at this?
The execution might be a little awkward but the advertisement is clearly about trying to get white people to be better allies. It's not "come to our group and we'll let you use the N-word whenever you want!"
"do you sometimes feel uncomfortable and confused before, during or after interactions with racial and ethnic minorities"
oh boi
The fucking ad hahaha. "How to fit in a diverse world" screams of white panic. Looks like the creators of this also need racial sensitivity training.
"We agree with the feedback that the flier was not clear enough in conveying the fact that the purpose of this group is to promote anti-racism and becoming a better ally," the counseling center said in a statement to Inside Higher Ed. "We didn't choose the right words for the flier, and we are going to incorporate the feedback we have received into a revision of it."
The fucking ad hahaha. "How to fit in a diverse world" screams of white panic. Looks like the creators of this also need racial sensitivity training.
Of course they're not.Are people even reading beyond the title? I mean, I also came in here to laugh, but it seems a decent idea. Not sure if it'll actually work, but the intentions seem good.
If that's an environment you grew up in, yes.Is it really that hard to just not be racist? Do people need a seminar for that?
Is it really that hard to just not be racist? Do people need a seminar for that?
Maybe they should have addressed that on the flyer too.I'm curious about how these meetings go without any minorities to impart first-hand accounts and knowledge. Do they actually have qualified white anti-racist speakers or something?
Sounds perfect to me. We need white people to speak up to other white people about racism cause CLEARLY a lot of white folk don't wanna listen to us.I'm uncomfortabe with black people so I'm gonna talk about them with some white people.
If your entire cultural reality hinges on a 400-year delusion that you are biologically and morally superior to others based on nothing but skin color, even if you don't consciously agree with that sentiment, and you haven't had enough counteractive socialization to inherently understand that's not true, then yes, you're going to need actual training tools to break from that.Is it really that hard to just not be racist? Do people need a seminar for that?
I think the idea is fine, but yet again its tone deaf in execution, but I think this is something that is probably needed more often.
I would like less of a burden of always having to teach certain white people about race all the time. So I mean I get it.
Can't have these white folks actually having to face minorities and talk to them directly. We must shelter these already sheltered people.Why does it have to be a safe space? Why can't you just run a normal workshop?
Is it really that hard to just not be racist? Do people need a seminar for that?
I'm pretty sure it was called that because it sounds like "Wide Awake" when pronounced. Also going with the whole "woke" meme....Good idea, shouldn't have called it "white awake" bc anytime I hear "awake" and "white" in the same sentence my mind goes to stormfront and david duke places.