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On "Stuff White People Like"

Posted 03/24/2008 at 10:41 AM  |  1 comment/s

For whatever reason, I thought at least one of the founders of the Stuff White People Like blog was black. It turns out, according to a Boston Globe article published today, that the blog was the brainchild of two Canadians, one white, Christian Lander, and one Filipino, Myles Valentin. Although the conceit has since struck me as stale, I was an early fan, which may have been attributed to Lander's understanding of white privilege

This is the stereotyping of people who have tried to distance themselves from what they perceive as white stereotypes: the white trash, the Republican," says Lander, 29, who works as a copywriter at Schematic, a new media marketing company. "Well, you're still white, you still have white privilege. It still exists, believe it or not. No matter how much you donate to charity or how much organic food you eat, you still have white privilege.

And that is something good intentions and guilt on the palms out hand or dreams and hopefulness on the Black side* cannot erase.

*I chide because I love.

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