Jonny

posted by (anonymous) at 01:58am on 20/04/2008
I found MLK Jr.'s points very...pointed. As in they struck near enough to home to make me nervous. Do I, in all honesty, wish that minorities would go about their search for equality in a more subdued manner? Do I "agree with [their] goal [they] seek" without agreeing with a course of direct action? I fear that, at times, I come close to this feeling.
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Re: Jonny

posted by [identity profile] sigelphoenix.insanejournal.com at 09:13pm on 21/04/2008
It's a pretty easy feeling to fall into. After all, eradicating oppression and getting rid of unfair privilege means that those of us with privilege will "lose" something. Sure, I want to get rid of all my unearned privilege in theory, but in practice, I'm comfortable. Having my own privilege brought to my attention, let alone challenged or taken away, is uncomfortable. If activists do it in a way that is disruptive, loud, uncompromising, etc., I get even more uncomfortable and more prone to the kind of reaction that King criticizes.
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