To: d[-_-]b who wrote (9175 ) 4/1/2014 2:29:07 PM From: joseffy Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 16547 The city of Madison hosted the 15th annual national White Privilege Conference last week at the Monona Terrace to discuss issues of white supremacy, social justice, education and the Tea Party. The MacIver Institute attended multiple breakout sessions and will be releasing our highlights over the next couple days. Our first account comes from the breakout session titled Stories from the front lines of education: Confessions of a white, high school English teacher. The session was facilitated by Kim Radersma, a former high school English teacher in California and Colorado. Radersma is currently working toward her Ph. D. in critical whiteness studies at Brock University in Ontario, Canada.freerepublic.com .................................................................................................................... 15 Annual ?? Ph. D. in Critical Whiteness Studies, Who Knew? Kim Radersma: "Being a white person who does anti-racist work is like being an alcoholic. I will never be recovered by my alcoholism, to use the metaphor," Radersma said. "I have to everyday wake up and acknowledge that I am so deeply imbedded with racist thoughts and notions and actions in my body that I have to choose everyday to do anti-racist work and think in an anti-racist way." 1 posted on Tuesday, April 01, 2014 2:20:18 PM by TexasCajun [ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies | Report Abuse ] To: TexasCajun Newsbusters: TEACHER 'WHITE PRIVILEGE CONFERENCE': WHITES ARE NEVER CURED OF RACISM 2 posted on Tuesday, April 01, 2014 2:21:14 PM by TexasCajun [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies | Report Abuse ] To: TexasCajun Isn’t is even more racist to say someone can’t learn based on their DNA? Or to give them an excuse not to learn based on the “relative value” of their own culture compared to other more successful cultures.... 3 posted on Tuesday, April 01, 2014 2:22:45 PM by GraceG