// I’m trying to workout somethings //

  • but that Jane Elliott video and the ensuing is reactions are triggering as hell for me
  • I find it interesting how adamant teh one woman who left was adamant about hwo this was a game to her and she didn’t have to play if her needs weren’t being met.  It’s a far more complete picture of liberal politics than most folks let out. It’s a ” fun” thing to do that can only push so far or they are leaving.
  • The part that made me laugh was when in the exercise the Latino student goes “and Latinos”. Another really important microcosm moment , I love that Eliott basically goes you’re right, Latinos.
  • The young Latino girl broke my heart because if you can’t recognize someone LISTING THE SHIT THAT HAS HAPPENED TO THEM in her sheer bafflement at the reaction… I don’t even know what to say..
  • I’m gunshy to talk about theory now for well reasons. But I think it has a LOT to do with the socialization of women as moral authorities has played out in the construction of their political awakenings. And how race is often the one spot they CAN NOT be moral authorities, and how tears ( specifically in situations that default to some semblance of order schools, work where they know there is a HIGHER authority) shift the discussion  back to a morality train where they do HAVE authority.
  • Also how ( in the rare cases it happens) where that doesn’t work the tears dry up.
  • Plus a tangential thought on how this connects with the role of white women as primary consumers of things and how it went from service to husband god and country to service of self. Which of course talks about who serves this shift or who is EXPECTED to
  • As well as the Psychology Today article that so many ( mostly white but some WOC who were interestingly almost al middle class) women talked about viewing their skill level as stagnant and not improvable or evolvable. And how that plays into the resistance to a changing shifting world? If you do not believe you can change , how willing are you to accept changing mores?