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People of Color Vignette #5
I have never thought of myself as a racist, but just recently I’ve realized what a segregated world I live in -- even within the progressive circles of the San Francisco Bay Area. Reading Alice Walker, Leslie Ann Silko, bell hooks and other non-white writers, listening to their interviews and talks, and watching movies and television programs about them has given me the illusion of being in relationship with non-whites while allowing me to remain comfortable in my privileged white skin. These intellectual exercises have kept "the other" at a safe distance, where I relate only in abstraction.” Questions for the reader: When you are in a group of people, |
