tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6865398414531881795.post8865703996711328350..comments2019-05-08T09:59:04.151-07:00Comments on The Poetry of Shae O'Brien: A Wake-Up Call to White PrivilegeShae O'Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02742929747644961842noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6865398414531881795.post-88454412095280506382013-07-17T17:26:09.140-07:002013-07-17T17:26:09.140-07:00Shae, this is IT! I've had a "public face...Shae, this is IT! I've had a "public face" since age 5 when my parents sent me to an all white school and I was the only student of color there, You nailed it. I've always heard my white friends say the things you stated. Even after my experiences from k-12 were published in a book 'A Cup of Comfort For Friends.'. <br /><br />And to experience this attitude still is galling. from Trayvon to every day life. I've experienced a white women trying to turn a crowd in the Austin airport against me on the way home from AIPF simply because she got pissed because I was going to be served before her. I STOOD MY GROUND on that one...:-) I hope you do share this with a wider audience.blogginghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11760421311723656024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6865398414531881795.post-11433369779940309422013-07-16T10:01:07.361-07:002013-07-16T10:01:07.361-07:00Please, please send this to a newspaper. To sever...Please, please send this to a newspaper. To several newspapers. To magazines, To radio and TV stations. To you local, state and national elected officials. To our "half-black" president and his family. The put it in a time capsule for All of them to read 100 years from now with a prayer<br />we hope will by then be answered.Brainstorm Ideas Unlimitedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14178685057074635985noreply@blogger.com