tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post671493212955979011..comments2024-03-25T19:48:24.624+11:00Comments on Oz Conservative: Unpacking whose privilege?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-4797603977085505552008-09-27T14:29:00.000+10:002008-09-27T14:29:00.000+10:00"Does Pyong Gap Min resort to accusations that "As...<I>"Does Pyong Gap Min resort to accusations that "Asianness" is a social construct designed to systematically oppress others?<BR/><BR/>Not at all. He ascribes part of the success of Asian Americans to stable patterns of family life"</I><BR/><BR/>While family formation surely has something to do with relative success of the individuals, perhaps IQ also has some effect on the aggregate success of the individual races. <BR/><BR/>I recall reading somewhere that the average 'g' of Asians is higher than that of Caucasians and both were higher than the African. <BR/><BR/>Now I know that it's political dynamite to utter such heresy, but if this fact is true, I think it would go a long way toward explaining apparent privilege--expressed in this case by higher salaries--of some groups compared to others.Elusive Wapitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825547465295622621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-29204961092901970042008-09-25T14:39:00.000+10:002008-09-25T14:39:00.000+10:00I think the success of East Asian's in the America...I think the success of East Asian's in the American and Australasian education systems has been a significant factor in the rise of the liberal right among males in their 20s and 30s.<BR/><BR/>From a right liberal perspective Asian success shows that the hard working individual can succeed if they try hard enough.<BR/><BR/>Interestingly, libertarianism is very strong in areas like New Zealand and California, where they are a high proportion of East Asians.<BR/><BR/>Ironically though, libertarianism seems to have little appeal to Asians themselves. East Asian politics tends to be much closer white nationalist politics with its emphasis on developmental economics, limited immigration and strong law and order policies.Mike Courtmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15226171376902020196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-29772380602390580402008-09-25T08:08:00.000+10:002008-09-25T08:08:00.000+10:00Thanks for the comments. Sfw, whiteness studies is...Thanks for the comments. <BR/><BR/>Sfw, whiteness studies is still alive and kicking. There's a major academic <A HREF="http://arts.monash.edu.au/historical-studies/news-and-events/reorienting-whiteness-2008" REL="nofollow">conference</A> taking place in Melbourne in December. It's backed not only by ACRAWSA, but also by history departments at Melbourne and Monash Universities.<BR/><BR/>What's worse is that ordinary leftist activists seem to be adopting the theory. For instance, the YWCA in America has posted YouTube videos about white privilege and has formally adopted the theory as part of its racial justice <A HREF="http://www.ywcampls.org/community-programs/racial-justice/index.asp" REL="nofollow">programme</A>.<BR/><BR/>I noticed too some Brisbane "progressives" chose to use whiteness theory to <A HREF="http://publicpolity.wordpress.com/2008/09/21/white-privilege-and-the-presidential-election" REL="nofollow">analyse</A> the US election campaign.<BR/><BR/>Whiteness theory is likely to become influential because it fits the larger structure of left-liberal thought. If you are an individualist liberal and you are confronted by a majority ethnicity, you have to explain why such a thing so inconveniently exists.<BR/><BR/>You won't want to consider its existence to be natural, as that would give it legitimacy and permanency.<BR/><BR/>So you'll call it a social construct as that makes it malleable and impermanent.<BR/><BR/>But left-liberals go on to ask why the social construct arose in the first place. Typically, left-liberals explain social constructs in terms of power relations - in terms of privilege and oppression.<BR/><BR/>So whiteness theory slots into an existing framework of left-liberal thought. <BR/><BR/>You are going to hear a lot about "white privilege" in the years ahead.Mark Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15961688379656119701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-1269438400417150422008-09-24T01:53:00.000+10:002008-09-24T01:53:00.000+10:00Regardless of the revolutionary hatred-agitation a...Regardless of the revolutionary hatred-agitation against whites, it is black privilege that is enshrined in our law (here in the US). Whites are officially disadvantaged.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-33646019600074201632008-09-23T12:26:00.000+10:002008-09-23T12:26:00.000+10:00Whiteness studies is simply anti-white racism, on ...Whiteness studies is simply anti-white racism, on the lines of theories about Jews controlling the world through the interntaional banking system, etc. When I was born the US was 90 percent white -- and most non-whites were concentrated in the South. Many states were 98-99 percent white. Who on earth was there in those communities to "steal" "privilege" from? For most of my life, I competed against other white people in work and school, not against "people of color."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-23010312175219683922008-09-23T07:30:00.000+10:002008-09-23T07:30:00.000+10:00I'm sure you have seen this site, - http://www.acr...I'm sure you have seen this site, - http://www.acrawsa.org.au/ but if you haven't. It's strange but doesn't appear to have been updated for almost a year, perhaps whiteness studies are dying out.sfwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03592447707671698816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-947802926278133342008-09-23T00:35:00.000+10:002008-09-23T00:35:00.000+10:00So, they will have to conveniently overlook the "h...So, they will have to conveniently overlook the "hillbillies" of Appalachia in there study, I guess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com