The “R” Word
Wow, it's been a while since I've felt so bothered about something like this... There's a posting on the Silicon Valley Moms blog titled, "The Problem of the White PTA."
I think the post reeks of racism - yet I don't think most people on this collective blog see it as profoundly shallow and unproductive as I do. I can see some readers nodding and saying, "Hmmm, interesting problem about those Asians..." After sending it off to a bunch of my mom friends, along with the Anti-Racist Parent website, I couldn't resist tossing in my two cents. Maybe I'm being over-sensitive, but it really touches a nerve and bothers me on so many different levels.
[The editors of SVMB eventually took down the post, as well as a really lame follow-up from the same author.]
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