In other words, the person commenting was doing so out of exactly the type of emotional reaction that I try to encourage my students to question in themselves. :)
She didn't come out and call me a racist in so many words, but she did say that the only people who could afford the attitude I had were white middle-class people who would never have to deal with the ramifications of this. This was after stating that my viewpoint was a social cop-out that downplayed the horror and apologized for the oppressors. I resisted the urge to ask her if she thought I was racist, because that wouldn't have solved anything. Lines in the sand were not my goal.
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Date: 2005-11-25 12:07 pm (UTC)She didn't come out and call me a racist in so many words, but she did say that the only people who could afford the attitude I had were white middle-class people who would never have to deal with the ramifications of this. This was after stating that my viewpoint was a social cop-out that downplayed the horror and apologized for the oppressors. I resisted the urge to ask her if she thought I was racist, because that wouldn't have solved anything. Lines in the sand were not my goal.