Dear White guys–Stop Being Around All White Guys |
Have you ever gone to an event and seen a panel of nothing but White guys? Ever wonder to yourself “Hmm. Are there really no women or minorities that know anything about this topic. Hell you can get a minority WOMAN and get 2 for 1!” If this has crossed your mind, rejoice; You are not the only one.
From GOOD MEDIA:
After watching this happen again and again, something occurred to me: Why don’t the white men who are asked to engage in this nonsense simply stop doing it? The boycott is a protest with a long history of success. If white, male elites started saying, “I will not participate in your panel, event, or article if it is all about white men,” chances are these panels and articles would quickly dry up—or become more diverse.
“I think it’s ridiculous that this kind of thing goes on in 2011,” says Wired magazine’s Spencer Ackerman, a white guy who’s often written about and asked to be on panels thanks to his vaunted national security reporting. “It’s especially bad when it happens in progressive media, which makes an effort—or at least pays lip service—to promote the idea that media diversity isn’t just an optional thing but a necessity.”
But can you see this really happening? It’s a beautiful thought and it would change how a lot of things are organized–but in a society where large groups believe that claims that Whites are now racially oppressed and that affirmative action is an outdated practice do you really think White dudes are going to pass on events just because they’re surrounded by other White dudes?
Doubt it.
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