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Privilege and The Other (unabridged)

• Authored by:
• David-James Bloom

[This article is abridged from a longer one, published online at https://westernfriend.org/media/privilege-and-other-unabridged.]

On Cliques (September 2021)

White Friends Confronting Racism - Fridays

Quaker Worship and Fellowship Online

Worship-Sharing for Friends of European …

Black and White Traffic Stops

• Authored by:
• Deborah Stucken

 

On Perception (March 2023)

White America’s Myth of the Black Male

• Authored by:
• David Zarembka

I received more reaction to my posting, The Iconification of Nelson Mandela and American Racism, than for any other of the 257 postings that I had done in almost seven years. Some of the responses were supportive, some critical, and some “yes, but.” Below is my original newsletter article, followed by a sampling of the responses.

On Patriotism (January 2014)

White Feather Diaries: Stories of Conscience

Privilege and The Other (unabridged)

Privelege, Interrupting

• Authored by:
• Dorene Cornwell

Some Western Friend readers may have already met RantWoman, an official Quaker holy terror known for telling too much of the Truth about all kinds of things, at rantwomanrsof.blogspot.com. Recently a call went out for Friends to write articles about the 14th White Privilege Conference, held near Seattle in April 2013. RantWoman was stirred to venture into print and even agreed to let the editor of Western Friend have a crack at making her slightly more presentable than she appears in her electronic journal.

On Superiority (July 2013)

Not by Our Strength Alone - Unabridged

• Authored by:
• Becca Mohally Renk,
• Paul Mohally Renk

Not by My Strength Alone: Laboring Together Beyond Our Comfort Zones

On Love (September 2013)

Uprooting Racism (abridged)

• Authored by:
• Vanessa Julye

My son was raised as a Quaker, but he left the meeting and joined an African American mega-church. Both our daughters were raised as Quakers, and they also left. During a retreat I attended this summer, several African American Friends told me they no longer attend their Quaker meetings because they cannot tolerate the racism they experience there on a weekly basis.

On Children (September 2018)

Seek to Truly See

• Authored by:
• Ruben Soliz

I was in my last semester of grad school, sitting in a café, repressing a broken heart, and working on my thesis. After several hours of non-stop reading and writing, I started to feel a deep sense of despair. My head spun. My breath became heavier. I paused and took a step back from myself. Right then I did an online search for “Maintaining an everyday relationship with God.” Before I saw the results, something told me, “Look up.” Right out the window, I saw two young men in black pants and short-sleeved white shirts: Mormon missionaries. I rushed outside and said to them, “Hey there, I need to talk to you!”

On Neighbors (September 2019)