Tag Archives: white privilege

My Aunt and the Black Lawn Jockey

Posted on August 5, 2020 by jyourist

My aunt, my mother’s twin, had a black lawn jockey on her front lawn. It appeared some time in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights movement. My cousin, my aunt’s daughter, told me that actually her mother … Continue reading →

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“What White America Fails to See” by Michael Eric Dyson

Posted on July 8, 2016 by jyourist

Reprinted from the New York Times: SundayReview | CONTRIBUTING OP-ED WRITER What White America Fails to See Michael Eric Dyson JULY 7, 2016 IT is clear that you, white America, will never understand us. We are a nation of nearly … Continue reading →

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Harper Lee 1926-2016 RIP

Posted on February 19, 2016 by jyourist

Some previous posts connected to Harper Lee: Ta-Nehisi Coates and Harper Lee Harper Lee is not immune Zack Graham’s To Kill a Mockingbird Problem…and Ours Scuppernongs  

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Harper Lee is not immune

Posted on May 21, 2015 by jyourist

Today in class I showed the courtroom scene from the movie version of To Kill a Mockingbird. Though the movie is a pale reflection of the book, like most movies based on books, the courtroom scene is not too bad—Gregory Peck … Continue reading →

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Diversity Day

Posted on January 16, 2015 by jyourist

Today was Diversity Day at school. All the teachers and staff prepared and taught workshops on issues of diversity that are of interest to them. There were workshops on the Chinese Immigration to the United States, Inclusion and Disability, Urban Planning and … Continue reading →

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“I can’t breathe…”

Posted on December 4, 2014 by jyourist
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Racism is not over, but I’m over racism.

Posted on September 30, 2014 by jyourist
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No Innocence Left to Kill

Posted on July 14, 2013 by jyourist

Like many, I have felt profound anger and a deep sadness over the verdict in the Trayvon Martin case. George Zimmerman was found not guilty on all counts in a Florida court. It may be 2013 in America, but racism … Continue reading →

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Bacon’s Rebellion makes some of us “white”

Posted on April 20, 2012 by jyourist

A very intense professional development day today. Our department, nine of us, met together with a facilitator to discuss the invention of “white people.” This categorical construct did not exist until 1681 in a Virginia antimiscegenation law, which was enacted … Continue reading →

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