BRAND X

Orphaned transracial international ungrateful insurgent Class Bastard.
Feb 28 '12
“Just as there are racial identities of colour in Canada, there is also a white racial identity. To Canadians of European descent whiteness is akin to normalness; yet, as Frankenberg points out, it is unacknowledged and unknown to most white people. Euro-Canadians do not define themselves as white - they merely construct themselves as NOT being people of colour. This invisibility of whiteness is “historically, socially, politically and culturally produced and … linked to … relations of domination”. This domination manifests itself in the form of white privilege. These privileges are invisible to most Euro-Canadians; yet, they exist. They are built into Canadian society. It is a “protective pillow of resources and/or benefits of the doubt … (that) repels gossip and voyeurism and instead demands dignity”.”
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James Crawford, Media, Stereotypes and the Perpetuation of Racism in Canada

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I’d just like to point out that bossym’s “the great (forever) white north” is a fucking amazing tag and is ridic applicable to European contexts-

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