tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492572345557087103.post5881226490499125142..comments2023-08-25T05:22:39.068-07:00Comments on Jaime Jenett: A Love Letter to Middle Class White FolksThe Fitch-Jenett Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01189562745394422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492572345557087103.post-15358127566715879492018-06-19T06:27:20.258-07:002018-06-19T06:27:20.258-07:00I’m impressed, I have to say. Really hardly ever d...I’m impressed, I have to say. Really hardly ever do I encounter a weblog that’s each educative and entertaining, and let me tell you, you've got hit the nail on the head. Your idea is excellent; the problem is something that not enough people are speaking intelligently about. I am very completely satisfied that I stumbled across this in my search for one thing regarding this. <a href="https://online-casinos.us.org" rel="nofollow">casino slots</a>williambli92982https://www.blogger.com/profile/15741186151744259551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492572345557087103.post-13539015088000170032015-06-09T08:06:37.490-07:002015-06-09T08:06:37.490-07:00I've always said until more Whites speak out a...I've always said until more Whites speak out and speak up, then the rest of society won't think there's a problem. Let's be honest, society will never be perfect, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't strive for a world where more people feel like they matter.stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13736424461480642823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492572345557087103.post-75124024528908556712014-11-26T11:05:08.537-08:002014-11-26T11:05:08.537-08:00Anonymous November 26, 2014 at 8:31 AM ,
Thanks f...Anonymous November 26, 2014 at 8:31 AM ,<br /><br />Thanks for your comments. I appreciated your advice at the end. <br /><br />We have been intentional about living in a very diverse city (Oakland) and building a tight network of "framily" with people that are different from us, in lots of ways, including race, religion and class (mostly in terms of class they were raised, truthfully, as the majority of friends are now living middle class lives). <br /><br />The preschool experience was interesting b/c we had not planned to do a fancy preschool at all. It turned out to be the only place that was equipped to handle our son's myriad special needs (health/developmental challenges)and we were there on scholarship. <br /><br />Our son has now been in 5 different Oakland public schools that have ranged from some of the highest performing to lowest performing. It's been painful and educational to be reminded so clearly how early segregation and inequity starts, even in Kindergarden, based on nothing other than where kids happen to grow up. The Fitch-Jenett Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01189562745394422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492572345557087103.post-70946362520711665122014-11-26T08:31:15.856-08:002014-11-26T08:31:15.856-08:00This is a great article. I like a lot of the analo...This is a great article. I like a lot of the analogies that you've used here.<br /><br />You and I belong to the same generation. However, one of the things that separates me from my parents is my early and frequent exposure to children and adults of multiple races and ethnicities. I'm sorry this was denied to you, because over the years my eyes have been opened to how critical it was for me as a white person to attend school and be taught by persons of color. From a very early age I was uncomfortable with overt expressions of racism, and although I definitely absorbed racism I was already well ahead in my journey simply by virtue of having meaningful relationships with acquaintances and authority figures of various races and ethnicities from an early age.<br /><br />Another difference is that I am white person of many ethnic backgrounds, resulting in my being "read" as being of Hispanic ethnicity (though I have zero Hispanic heritage). Casual acquaintances and strangers alike have made this assumption (e.g., it's not uncommon for strangers to greet my in Spanish). One time an employer checked the "Hispanic/Latino" box on my behalf. Therefore I have gotten a taste of what it is like to wonder whether I am being treated in a particular way based on my physical characteristics and perceived ethnicity rather than by my actions or words themselves. I have come to see these experiences as gifts.<br /><br />My point is that the single biggest thing you can do in the long haul is to let your child have a taste of diversity and, to a limited extent, ADversity. May I suggest that you consider class in your efforts. You'd probably be uncomfortable departing the school with the fancy electronic gates, or going to a park in the less affluent side of town, etc. This means that you need to be doing these things.<br /><br />Thanks again for your lovely piece, and good luck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492572345557087103.post-19570854367221569892014-10-13T20:02:04.656-07:002014-10-13T20:02:04.656-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.alligatorhttp://www.n8fan.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492572345557087103.post-77797582837784621492014-10-07T13:44:57.113-07:002014-10-07T13:44:57.113-07:00Orig posted 10/1/13:
Had a really hard and messy ...Orig posted 10/1/13:<br /><br />Had a really hard and messy and deep conversation with Anonymous after her comment on 9/11/13. (She's been invited to comment on whatever she would like to here re: our exchange, btw). <br /><br />Most of the issue was a miscommunication (emails sent to me that never got to me so it looked like I was just ignoring). But some of it was deeper than that. As we went back and forth re: whether my not paying attention to her was because of racism, I said, "It sounds like what you want is for me to not call myself an ally until I get it all right 100% of the time which I'm not willing to do". <br /><br />After thinking a lot and reading a few pieces that came out recently about allies, including this one, http://www.blackgirldangerous.org/new-blog/2013/9/30/no-more-allies , I realized what an ignorant and privileged statement that was. "Ally"is not a label I can give myself. That said, I don't really like the term "ally" anyway. The label of "ally" implies something fixed and that people either ARE or ARE NOT an ally. People screw up and may not currently be in solidarity, but it doesn't mean they won't clean it up in the future and that they can't skate by with bad behavior just b/c they did a good "ally" thing in the past. <br /><br />The Black Girl Dangerous article suggests replacing the terminology "ally" with “Currently operating in solidarity with”. I love this b/c it indicates action. I may not agree with Shdiva's interpretation of my actions as being rooted in racism (possible but not totally obvious to me) but I can try to look at my actions through the lens of "am I in solidarity" with her/people of color. The Fitch-Jenett Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01189562745394422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492572345557087103.post-13268343936185471222014-10-07T13:44:06.183-07:002014-10-07T13:44:06.183-07:00My response to Anonymous from 9/11/13
I'm loo...My response to Anonymous from 9/11/13<br /><br />I'm looking forward to talking to you more offline about what happened that left you feeling like I was being dismissive and disrespectful. I really enjoyed our acquaintanceship through swing dancing 10+ years ago and our brief email exchanges in the last few years, so I am eager to get more info about what you saw/felt that didn't jive with that. <br /><br />I'm sure my privilege is showing ALL over the place, in ways I can't even tell. I considered that a lot when I thought about even putting my thoughts out on this issue in a concrete form- like is this just another white person taking up space. Then I realized that I needed to write this because I needed a tool to use in my conversations with other white people about racism, to articulate most of what I think in one place. <br /><br />I figured that the beauty of the internet is people have total freedom to avoid what I'm saying (I'm not taking up space in a meeting, etc) AND have the opportunity to engage and have dialogue if they disagree. <br /><br />I look forward to talking to you and getting more specific information about what was so upsetting. Hoping it was a miscommunication but also ready to own it if I was a total jackhole. The Fitch-Jenett Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01189562745394422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492572345557087103.post-32477090741599592842014-10-07T13:43:23.788-07:002014-10-07T13:43:23.788-07:00Comment from 9/11/13 (re-posted as Anonymous)
Hi...Comment from 9/11/13 (re-posted as Anonymous) <br /><br />Hi Jaime, <br />I know you. Not super well nor super close, but I have interacted with you in real time and mostly on Facebook. When I first started interacted with you, I thought you were an ally. I thought you were about anti -racism. I found that supportive and refreshing. But then something changed. I began to feel something happened between us but instead if you articulating whatever that could have been, you did the typical "White" thing which was to silence, distance, ignore, pretend whatever communication I may have extended to you did not exist. And really considering that we do not interface in any deep way, I could hardly attribute it to anything that really happened between you and Me. I am sure it was likely something somebody else said and because I was Black, you believed it. This is so typical. It may seem petty or small to you, but this is the kind of hurtful way that White folx dismiss Blacks all of the time. It is a way to communicate how little you value us over your own . So honestly, I am surprised to read your post here or actually it was a repost I read. Yet at the same time not surprised. I don't doubt that in theory you are an ally, pro-anti-racism and such, but in in your day to day I personally have not experienced that to be so. I have found the way you have responded to me and treated me as a Black person very "White" and dismissive. I am not sure you practice what you preach, and I think your public position on race related issues comes from a very privileged place. Why don't you try simply treating the Black people in your day to day dealings with the same dignity, compassion, respect and the same equity that you extend to your White counterparts before you post anymore public statements about race related issues.The Fitch-Jenett Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01189562745394422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492572345557087103.post-82209175350201480552014-08-15T18:43:42.118-07:002014-08-15T18:43:42.118-07:00I'm very aware of my white privilege, and even...I'm very aware of my white privilege, and even more so of my white-American privilege, having traveled abroad a fair amount and worked with many internationals here. I am given so much respect and good treatment just for my appearance and my nationality -- and the scary thing is how tempting it is to just accept that, just think, oh, well I must deserve it because after all I am quite charming and my English is almost perfect. :/ Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492572345557087103.post-52415617639077824132013-12-23T07:51:57.876-08:002013-12-23T07:51:57.876-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Love Lettershttp://sanssmss.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492572345557087103.post-51400755582377008262013-11-02T00:37:07.697-07:002013-11-02T00:37:07.697-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Cloverhttp://www.n8fan.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492572345557087103.post-48729371195389455712013-09-15T19:43:59.364-07:002013-09-15T19:43:59.364-07:00Thank you Thank you snmarinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16518264882231716345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492572345557087103.post-8408556505012470282013-09-14T12:29:23.818-07:002013-09-14T12:29:23.818-07:00I'm just coming back to tell you that this rea...I'm just coming back to tell you that this really made me think. I don't deal with this at all, so I really rarely think about it.<br />Thanks.<br />This video popped up on Facebook and it also was though-provoking for me, even though it was a bit silly.<br />http://www.upworthy.com/2-women-just-proved-why-talking-about-race-is-one-of-the-most-important-things-you-can-do?c=ufb1Jerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02227814333526944244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492572345557087103.post-85863535676592794012013-09-14T07:06:46.624-07:002013-09-14T07:06:46.624-07:00Kai,
Thanks for sharing your story. I bet you ha...Kai,<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your story. I bet you had a really different perspective on race/racism than your peers (which I imagine might have been good AND hard). Thanks for commenting!The Fitch-Jenett Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01189562745394422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492572345557087103.post-70207328521830748062013-09-14T07:05:24.931-07:002013-09-14T07:05:24.931-07:00Estacie,
Sorry for the long delay. Thanks for sha...Estacie,<br /><br />Sorry for the long delay. Thanks for sharing your story. You ask such a good question!The Fitch-Jenett Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01189562745394422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492572345557087103.post-33025695753179887902013-09-12T16:50:06.203-07:002013-09-12T16:50:06.203-07:00I truly believe the issue is not about racism or c...I truly believe the issue is not about racism or classism or sexism or any other "ism". It's about our western social experience in which attributes not held by the powerful are denigrated as a way for those in power to feel good and to justify their power. Those in power are often able to spread their reflections as the "one true faith" (as it were) so deeply that even those who would benefit from questioning it, do not.<br /><br />As an example: I appear to be a white middle to upper class woman of privilege. Yet, when I attempted to change my career at the age of 43, I was repeatedly told that I was "too old". Doors were firmly shut in my face because of my age. I was told that it did not matter that I was well qualified to make a career change or that I would bring greatly need skills to the company. I was "simply" too old for a woman to make a career change. Who told me this, over and over? OTHER WOMEN my age or older. Women who have swallowed the bait that older women=bad, hook, line and sinker. The younger women (and men) have the privilege you are ascribing to race.<br /><br />Another example: In the 1980s, family friends attempted to buy a house in a town in WI that has been largely inhabited by the children of Norwegian immigrants. They were refused by banks and realtors because they were not Norwegian-Americans. The woman was Swedish-American and the man was Danish-American. Not gonna happen. <br /><br />In human society, there are narrow parameters for what is touted and race is only ONE attribute, amongst many, that is used to keep people "out" of the gates of power, money, opportunities.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492572345557087103.post-34630088276581937942013-09-09T13:05:26.359-07:002013-09-09T13:05:26.359-07:00Kamikazicook,
You say, "how do we continue i...Kamikazicook,<br /><br />You say, "how do we continue it? Is awareness the goal, or are we ready to move beyond that, and if so, to what?" I definitely don't have all the answers but I think the biggest thing for me is to focus on white people instead of people of color. I try to a) be aware but b) change my behavior based on what I become aware of. Sometimes it's stepping back and not taking up so much room in a meeting, sometimes it's noticing AND interrupting someone else's racism, sometimes it's taking action to support ending a policy that is discriminatory. <br /><br />What I have learned from some of the people of color in my life is that they don't want us trying to protect them or comfort them as much as they want us to clean this shit up. That's the best way we can be allies. I think seeking out other white people to work on this stuff is what needs to happen (despite the feeling that so many of us have that a bunch of white people together talking about racism is dangerous). The Fitch-Jenett Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01189562745394422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492572345557087103.post-56902691692962986822013-09-09T08:58:02.827-07:002013-09-09T08:58:02.827-07:00Disjointed thoughts.
My mom, from Iowa, was more r...Disjointed thoughts.<br />My mom, from Iowa, was more racially prejudiced than my dad who was from Arkansas. When he wanted to invite a work friend and his wife to our home for supper, mom's first words were "What will the neighbors think?" (1958) The man and his wife went on to be one of my mother's favorite and supportive family when my dad died. (1980)<br /><br />One Sunday I walked (unknowingly) into a small, all-black church where I remained for over a year and would still be a member if they had not moved to a different area of town. (2009) I'd never been accepted in any church like I was there. I'd like to think we shared experiences of "incidents" on a deeply personal and equal level. Often referred to myself as their "token white." No one ever mentioned if that was offensive to them, but I'm still in touch with several of my friends there.<br /><br />Yesterday in the grocery store 3 young black women were allowing their two, barely-out-of-diapers toddlers, to scream, run the aisles, pull items off shelves and aggressively run up to people and punch at them. I can't imagine what they are being taught at home. Avoidance may not be the best policy in such cases, but I am not a confrontational person. (2013) <br /><br />Two years ago in the same grocery store I complimented a young black father because his 3 children, near-or-teen-age, lagged somewhat behind him, were well-mannered, stepping back, even saying "excuse me" as I passed them. (2011) I hope they heard my comment as I meant it to be: positive reinforcement and recognition for his having raised children with a sense of personal responsibility. How different these several children will grow up to be.<br /><br />Last thought, manners (good and bad) and other human interactions are not racially or socially isolated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492572345557087103.post-10661203238327854992013-09-08T10:08:32.875-07:002013-09-08T10:08:32.875-07:00Thank you for taking the time to write this. I ha...Thank you for taking the time to write this. I have been looking at myself more lately - it is hard to admit you still have subtle thoughts that you don't want to have. I have lots of thoughts but I don't have them all written out. This keeps coming up for me so it would be good for me to take the time to do that. <br /><br />Here are a few- not in any order: <br /><br />I am pretty sure my ancestors were NOT slave owners - they came from England and Germany and lived in northern states as far as I know. Yet I still feel white guilt about slavery. I feel shame that slavery happened and almost like I need to apologize to African Americans for it. <br /><br />I am happy to live in a racially diverse area and neighborhood in Maryland. We have great neighbors of all colors and I like them and get along with all of them. I like to think I just see them as individuals when we talk and don't even think about skin color and now that we know each other I think that is true. I would be lying to myself if I said I never even noticed when we met for the very first time. I want to get to that point. I want to just see a person and not have any level of my consciousness register skin color even when we meet or intact for the first time.<br /><br />I lived in New Orleans for 4 years as a child (4th to 7th grades). I remember hearing about the high school cafeteria breaking out into all whites on one side and blacks on the other and tables getting knocked over. I remember a girl of color on the playground saying, "it's ok, she's cool" and stopping her African American friends from picking on me. <br /><br />The above are some examples of how I learned some fear as a child. I didn't think it was still there but when I dug deep the other day I found it.<br />There was a group of teens of color gathering in my cul-de-sac just hanging around a car and laughing and dancing to some song. I found myself feeling a little fear and concern. I asked myself if I would have the same emotions if they were all white teens and knew the true answer was no. It was not comfortable for me to see what was under the surface. I still have a long way to go in first seeing subtle subconscious thoughts and fears and judgements and then holding them up in the light and challenging them. <br /><br />I applaud you for helping foster this kind of introspection and dialogue. Thank you Jamie for being bold and putting this out there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492572345557087103.post-44134365055906632822013-09-07T22:28:08.134-07:002013-09-07T22:28:08.134-07:00I was awakened to institutionalized racism when my...I was awakened to institutionalized racism when my parents moved and I had to attend an inner city rough mixed race high school. I couldn't believe the sloppy dumbed down curriculum . Nor did I believe that all those people were born that slow. I realized that it was the system. It infuriated me then and it infuriates me now. Living near and in the hood my ideas of what may be helpful may be different from you. A black person asked me if we were going to raise my Grandson Black and I informed her "No, I am not buying him a pair of crutches or a wheelchair." While I know that all we have is a gift from God, and we certainly don't start out on a level playing field, there comes a time for personal accountability. I think some of the progressives actually keep people down. I resent insinuations that conservatives are racists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492572345557087103.post-4398840198220386642013-09-06T21:05:09.817-07:002013-09-06T21:05:09.817-07:00Dear Jaime,
I love this, and I love the way that y...Dear Jaime,<br />I love this, and I love the way that you seem to always be working to make the world a more peaceful place. I really respect your thoughts, and I like the way that they go along with some of the things that Laura has written. I think that this is how things change, one small way at a time.<br />I started to read some of the comments, and then ran out of time and got a little frustrated with some of them. You have more patience than I do, so I'm writing this without the "benefit" of having listened to the dialog that has been going on so far. (So sue me--I'm a grown-up--I can do what I want.)<br />Anyway.<br />I really liked your analogy about Nemo and the anemone. I'd never thought about it that way, and I think you're right. <br />I also think that the key to a lot of things is education, and kindness--on both sides.<br />I think we all are guilty of racism, or if you want to take it a step further, judging each other wrongly, or too harshly. I do it with people who are too pretty, too fat, too ugly, whatever. <br />It is a lifelong process, I think, to do what you said, and be MINDFUL. To stop a thought as it occurs and replace it with a more worthy one. To see someone as God sees them, to look at a person and remember that that person is beloved to someone, he/she has a mother who loves them, or a brother who prays for them, or a lover who can't live without them, or a child who thinks they hung the moon.<br />I'm following the blog of a mother who was burns over 80% of her body and not only lived to tell about it, but testifies of love and motherhood and life. She is beautiful! www.nieniedialogues.blogspot.com <br />She inspires people every day with her courage and compassion, and yet faces her own kind of discrimination and always will because of the scars she carries.<br />I think it is a class issue, and a race issue, and a human issue. We need to look at each other with love. We need to give each other the benefit of the doubt, and listen, and try to understand, and live the golden rule, which isn't do unto others what you think is in their best interest. Truly it's to do what you would like them to do to you, understand your needs and wants and then do their best.<br />We can be neighbors and friends and pull each other up. People are doing it every day in small quiet ways.<br />I hope you'll keep writing. You're changing the world one word at a time.<br />Beautiful.PaulKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18190241444607466591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492572345557087103.post-19432545924679869162013-09-06T19:23:22.969-07:002013-09-06T19:23:22.969-07:00I love this. And I love the comments, which reall...I love this. And I love the comments, which really, WHEN does THAT happen??Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03593912919547068296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492572345557087103.post-46683637507168828552013-09-06T14:39:24.726-07:002013-09-06T14:39:24.726-07:00Dear Anonymous (September 6, 2013 at 2:28 PM),
T...Dear Anonymous (September 6, 2013 at 2:28 PM), <br /><br />Thank you so much for your willingness to stay in the conversation and be so honest. <br /><br />This part, "I guess I feel like my unique experience should count for something" is SO real and so important to get clear about. Of course you're angry and frustrated! It's really helpful for me, in this conversation at the very least, to understand where you're coming from. <br /><br />I really, really love your articulation about me picking this one thing to focus on and you finding your passion when you say "I think I need to go advocate for the issue -- or struggle -- that I really care about. Which is being born poor, no matter your class, and coming from a family of origin of drug use and disorder and no safety net in life". <br /><br />YES! Absolutely. I am focusing on racism in this particular post but I couldn't agree with you more about the bigger issue of a safety net so NO ONE falls through. This is part of why I've chosen a career in public health and work for a public health department. <br /><br />So glad to be in this with you. Thanks for having the courage to put yourself and your stuff out there. I think it's what we all need to do- just lay it all out with each other.<br /><br />In solidarity,<br /><br />Jaime<br /> The Fitch-Jenett Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01189562745394422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492572345557087103.post-73875922114714744692013-09-06T14:28:07.075-07:002013-09-06T14:28:07.075-07:00Hi there, I'm one of the original anonymouses,...Hi there, I'm one of the original anonymouses, the one who wanted to root but felt angry.<br /><br />Thank you for your response.<br /><br />I'm going to deeply consider this:<br /><br />“What would you stand to lose to consider that I might be even a little bit right?”<br /><br />The answer is that I think you are right. I (crazily uniquely) was an underprivileged white person surrounded by black people who had the upper hand over me. I guess I feel like my unique experience should count for something -- I watched black students who came from nice, split-level middle class homes get minority scholarships while my trailer park white self didn't qualify.<br /><br />Another time, I saw a middle aged man from Hawaii, of Japanese descent, get favorable treatment from a government contract because of his minority status. And yet, he had $20 million in a trust fund for his children!<br /><br />ALL THAT SAID: I know that as a white woman, I can go up to a little kid and say hi and the mom will smile at me. (Not true for most men, even if they truly love children.)<br /><br />If I am lost, it is easy for me to ask for help.<br /><br />I don't have to worry about being well dressed and I don't have to smile at strangers to prove that I am not a threat. <br /><br />When I see a police officer, I smile and wave. I don't try to "act unsuspicious."<br /><br />Anyway, I think the source of my anger is that we all have our struggles and it's hard to be called privileged when I truly don't feel class privileged. I get it that my white skin helps me in some ways, but I still had to work my way up and out, ya know? <br /><br />You are just highlighting one that is important to you, the blindness that all black people face. And I get that it's not your job to make sure you speak up for every struggle ever faced. You picked this one.<br /><br />In some regions of the country, such as Atlanta, you do have a strong black middle and upper class. I think this is why this isn't my "issue." Or rather, I'm aware of my white privilege, I try to do good, I don't feel guilty.<br /><br />I think I need to go advocate for the issue -- or struggle -- that I really care about. Which is being born poor, no matter your class, and coming from a family of origin of drug use and disorder and no safety net in life. <br /><br />That affects all the races. I know it affects blacks disproportionately, but there's no set-asides for disadvantaged white people. Whereas, minorities do have special programs set aside for them and they have advocates merely because of race.<br /><br />I'm rambling. I think you're doing more of a service than disservice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492572345557087103.post-89537201881760727582013-09-06T09:02:05.663-07:002013-09-06T09:02:05.663-07:00Thank you, Jaime! Here's a quick love note bac...Thank you, Jaime! Here's a quick love note back from a fellow raised-middle (among other things)-classer. I really appreciate you taking the time to write and share this.<br /><br />Such clarity! And such helpful analogies and metaphors. My daily work in a majority white suburban school district in California offers regular chances to explain lots of the pieces of this and I am so pleased to have new images for my toolbox.<br /><br />Onward, with love.<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com