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Showing posts with label social justice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label social justice. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 12, 2021

What is whiteness and what is the opposite of it?

 This graphic I understand was originally seen on the Smithsonian Institution's website last year after the race riots that occurred around the nation after the death of George Floyd as he was being arrested by Minneapolis Police officers. This graphic attacked this rather vague concept called whiteness and there is an exhibit about this at the Smithsonian via the Nat'l Museum of African American History & Culture.

Allow me to share the tweet, someone had to have created this graphic for the Smithsonian. It turns out the source of this graphic is a former professor at Oklahoma University a woman named Judith Katz.

Now here is the graphic in question to be shared here for posterity because who knows how long that tweet will remain up. It was posted to the Smithsonian site last year however was taken down due to outcry though many have saved this to their hard drives and it continues to circulate for various audiences online.
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A few things that I see here that raises my eyebrows - nuclear family, hard work, based on Christianity, scientific method, self-reliance, etc. A lot of those are seen as negative, does anything you see from the above graphic seem negative to you?

Are what you see on the above graphic just a means to attack European culture or philosophy? Is that what this odd graphic is all about?

Thursday, September 26, 2019

#Bears100 social justice committee talks about throwback 1936 jersey

[VIDEO] The vid above is the only one I could find on this topic. It explains why the "Monsters of the Midway" now has a "social justice committee". Click here for the video from the Bears about the 1936 throwback jersey.

Social justice doesn't necessary have the best connotation with me, however, it's laudable that one of the charter franchises of the NFL have created an internal committee to in some ways address the pressing social issues of the day. Especially to the point of raising money which one of the many things these sports franchises do primarily for goodwill.

In this video from the Chicago Bears' "social justice committee" they are announcing that Black players on the current Bears' roster WILL be the first to wear the 1936 uniform. Bears Chairman George McCaskey acknowledged that back in 1936 all NFL teams excluded Blacks from playing on their teams. The Bears didn't sign a Black player until 1952.
Kyle Fuller in 1936 Bears Jersey
What do you think of this gesture? Did the Bears do right with regards to acknowlegding the past with regards to racial issues?