Comments on: Mothering as credibility: a cross-post http://feministwhitenoise.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/mothering-as-credibility-a-cross-post/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:02:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://feministwhitenoise.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/mothering-as-credibility-a-cross-post/#comment-283 Anonymous Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:59:53 +0000 http://feministwhitenoise.wordpress.com/?p=85#comment-283 One more tool to keep track, the gold coin analogy. Think there are 4 people, a white couple (of both sexes) and a black couple. There are 40 gold coins in a heap. Each person is asked to pick equal number of coins, in a fair system it would be 10 each. They all take 10 coins initially. Now due to male privelege, both the black male and the white male take, 5 coins each from the females of their corresponding race respectively. Now the score is white male,15,black male,15,white female,5,black female 5. Due to white privelege, the white male takes 5 coins from the black male and the white female takes 5 coins from the black female. With sexism and racism, total scores will be white male, 20, white female 10, black male 10, black female 0. This is considering sexism and racism incur the same equal proportion of gains and losses(5 points in the analogy). If we eliminate racism, the scores would be, white male,15,black male 15,white female 5,black female 5 whereas if we eliminate sexism, the scores would be, white male 15, white female 15, black male 5, black female 5. One more tool to keep track, the gold coin analogy. Think there are 4 people, a white couple (of both sexes) and a black couple. There are 40 gold coins in a heap. Each person is asked to pick equal number of coins, in a fair system it would be 10 each. They all take 10 coins initially. Now due to male privelege, both the black male and the white male take, 5 coins each from the females of their corresponding race respectively. Now the score is white male,15,black male,15,white female,5,black female 5. Due to white privelege, the white male takes 5 coins from the black male and the white female takes 5 coins from the black female. With sexism and racism, total scores will be white male, 20, white female 10, black male 10, black female 0. This is considering sexism and racism incur the same equal proportion of gains and losses(5 points in the analogy). If we eliminate racism, the scores would be, white male,15,black male 15,white female 5,black female 5 whereas if we eliminate sexism, the scores would be, white male 15, white female 15, black male 5, black female 5.

]]> By: Maia http://feministwhitenoise.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/mothering-as-credibility-a-cross-post/#comment-213 Maia Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:46:26 +0000 http://feministwhitenoise.wordpress.com/?p=85#comment-213 Gosh. xx Gosh.
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]]> By: CJ http://feministwhitenoise.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/mothering-as-credibility-a-cross-post/#comment-209 CJ Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:59:27 +0000 http://feministwhitenoise.wordpress.com/?p=85#comment-209 Maia, I read this and applauded inside. I read this and saw myself. I read this and knew your pain, confusion, regret, remorse. I read this and knew my own feelings. I read this and was inspired. I read this and was taken to task by my own lack of taking myself to task. I read this and was proud and awed. By you, by your honesty, by your courage, by your determination. I read this. I will read it over and over and over again. Thank you. Maia, I read this and applauded inside.

I read this and saw myself.

I read this and knew your pain, confusion, regret, remorse.

I read this and knew my own feelings.

I read this and was inspired. I read this and was taken to task by my own lack of taking myself to task.

I read this and was proud and awed. By you, by your honesty, by your courage, by your determination.

I read this. I will read it over and over and over again.

Thank you.

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