This essay is excerpted from The Heart of Whiteness: Confronting Race, Racism and White Privilege (City Lights, September 2005). More information at: http://www.citylights.com/CLpub4th.html#4499Jensen is a professor of journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. He can be reached at rjensen@uts.cc.utexas.edu
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A brief, insightful piece on an issue so nuanced and complex. And apparently, evolving.
Salaam 'Alaikum
ReplyDeleteSubhan'Allah, was just talking about this w/ several friends, b/c it's ... just timely again in light of the events down South. (Well, it's always timely, but now it's sort of on the nat'l consciousness, even if people still can't bring themselves to admit White privilege exists).
W'salaam wr wb,
ReplyDeleteThe timing of it, was serendipitous, truly. He does indeed work in mysterious ways.
I loved your post months ago, on racism in the ummah. You don't pull punches, and many Muslims would have us do that. The dirty underbelly of prejudice is something very real, sinister and omnipresent.
If guiding lights such as Hz Bilal and Abu Dharr had an argument where insults got racist, it only reminds us that no one is immune from racism. May He be well pleased with them both.
And thank you so much, for adding me to your Blog-list. I've yet to learn how to add links to my page!
If you have an email I can forward you how to post a link on your template :)
ReplyDeleteAsak wr wb sis B,
ReplyDeleteMy email is deenspot24@lycos.com;
glad you're enjoying my posts. Sh Hamza was right, there are indeed numerous benefits of fitan.
Jum'ah in Bangalore, in just under an hour.
Salaamun aleikum.
ReplyDeleteThose of you interested in the issue of Islam and 'racism', might want to take a look at materials available at the following site:
The BANDUNG2 Blog
http://www.blog.co.uk/main/index.php/bandung2
BANDUNG2 is a global movement of individuals committed to RWSWJ - Replacing White Supremacy (Racism) With Justice.
Fi amaan illah