tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502187932910780823.post5668656070670905417..comments2024-03-06T12:16:49.012-05:00Comments on Fire on the Mountain: White Privilege Through Lenses Red & BlackUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502187932910780823.post-80399929338676379282007-01-16T23:55:00.000-05:002007-01-16T23:55:00.000-05:00Jimmy, this is a very interesting excerpt, and sin...Jimmy, this is a very interesting excerpt, and since (I must admit) I've never heard of the book, I'll have to track down a copy and read more.<br /><br />A lot of what Peery is writing about here sounds all too familiar to experiences that I've been party to. One group tries to push well-intentioned campaigns onto the agenda of other groups without any real understanding of the history or priorities of those groups. Privilege (usually racial) stands at the center of the attempted coordination, rather than active solidarity. (Sad to say, it's as part of the pusher groups that I've participated in this.)<br /><br />So as much as progress may have been made thanks to white privilege theory, I think there's a lot of potential power that remains undeveloped because learning and using that theory isn't taken up as a central task by the people who ought to do just that.<br /><br />The idea about the two kinds of communism is very interesting, and will probably keep me scratching my head for a while.<br /><br />By the way, the link to the "Cost of Privilege" site seems to be broken.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502187932910780823.post-78027265875039023842007-01-15T10:27:00.000-05:002007-01-15T10:27:00.000-05:00I read some of Nelson Peery 30 years ago your post...I read some of Nelson Peery 30 years ago your post has reminded me about him.<br /><br />GOOD POST FOR MLK BLOG DAYhaisanluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12951814565298359789noreply@blogger.com