Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Self-hating morons...on our nickle!-----Taxpayer-funded ‘white privilege’ theater focuses on ‘racist society’

Taxpayer-funded ‘white privilege’ theater focuses on ‘racist society’ | The American Mirror
A “storytelling” fellowship in Milwaukee is forcing a “meaningful dialogue” about white privilege and oppression, courtesy of national endowment grants and the state of Wisconsin.
“We’re racist because we live in a racist society,” Megan McGee, founder of Ex Fabula, told OnMilwaukee.com.
“The thing that makes you a good person, if there is such a thing, is the fact that you are learning and growing and being human, instead of just trying to deny the whole thing.”
McGee took a YWCA course about “Unlearning Racism” shortly after launching Ex Fabula in 2009 and was inspired to meld race issues with the group’s work “strengthening community bonds through the art of storytelling.”
She said the topic of institutional racism – “one of the biggest, nastiest, deadliest problems out there” – didn’t seem like something people wanted to talk about, so Ex Fabula had to force the issue.
The race conversation “was just not one that was happening organically,” McGee told the news site.
In November, “Ex Fabula Fellows” began “dismantling racism by exploring and interrogating the ideas of whiteness and privilege” through the group’s Community Conversation Series.
At the city’s Turner Hall Ballroom this month, the conversation continued with more Ex Fabula Fellows and other “storytellers.”
White speaker Kerri Grote talked about how her experiences with her gay uncles and half-black niece compelled her to speak out about gay marriage and white privilege.
“The shame of it has nothing to do with me being white. I can’t change the color of my skin, nor is anybody asking me to,” Grote said, according to On Milwaukee. “The shame that I feel, felt, about white privilege is about being silent. And, that is something I can change.”...

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