http://transracial.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/shall-i-apologize-for-being-white Blog focused on issues related to transracial adoption, the adoption process, being a transracial/multi racial family and many resources for families adopting transracially. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:03:32 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://transracial.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/shall-i-apologize-for-being-white/comment-page-1#comment-660 clarita Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:48:57 +0000 http://transracial.www.adoptionblogs.com/2009/08/19/shall-i-apologize-for-being-white#comment-660 Hi Robyn, I respect your opinion, yet as a white woman, I agree with the statement quoted from Anti-Racist Parent. The quote doesn't say "all White people seek to perpetuate the status-quo," it says "Whiteness." It is talking about historical systems of power and powerlessness - which is what you said too, so it seems you have some commonality with the Anti-racist parent article. I read the article, and it states that ignorance is purposeful - getting a little education in race and social systems is not difficult if you try. This is an interesting point and makes sense to me. Since you Robyn are clearly educated about race, I don't think the statement is directed at you. You can be confident that you are contributing to decreasing the gap, not increasing it. You give a good example of people who oppose healthcare reform. I suspect that few of them are conciously seeking to increase inequality, however, they may be ignorant of how health inequality disproportionately harms minorities. Love and peace, Clarita Hi Robyn, I respect your opinion, yet as a white woman, I agree with the statement quoted from Anti-Racist Parent. The quote doesn’t say “all White people seek to perpetuate the status-quo,” it says “Whiteness.” It is talking about historical systems of power and powerlessness – which is what you said too, so it seems you have some commonality with the Anti-racist parent article. I read the article, and it states that ignorance is purposeful – getting a little education in race and social systems is not difficult if you try. This is an interesting point and makes sense to me. Since you Robyn are clearly educated about race, I don’t think the statement is directed at you. You can be confident that you are contributing to decreasing the gap, not increasing it. You give a good example of people who oppose healthcare reform. I suspect that few of them are conciously seeking to increase inequality, however, they may be ignorant of how health inequality disproportionately harms minorities. Love and peace, Clarita

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