From the "duh, why didn't I think of that" files

[firecat]

via supergee

http://www.good.is/post/why-white-men-should-refuse-to-be-on-panels-of-all-white-men/
"Why White Men Should Refuse to Be on Panels of All White Men" by Cord Jefferson

The same applies to people with other kinds of privilege, I think. (I'm recalling a recent "obesity task force" that had only thin people on it.)

Comments

[lilacsigil]

Thanks for this link! A recent government-funded "Body Image Taskforce" here in Australia was entirely composed of thin white women from the fashion and/or magazine industry, including at least one woman who liked to blog about yucky fat people on the grounds that she's inspiring us!

[jiawen]

Ooh, good article! I'm going to forward it to my favorite local con's programming folks.

[eggcrack]

Great article, thanks for sharing it!

[bibliofile]

Yes, very duh. And why hasn't someone thought of this before (in the white-men context)?!

[mariposa_regina]

Another good reason to listen to, and support, Democracy Now

[firecat]

Thanks for pointing that out. I'd heard of them but I didn't know how they fit in to this article so I looked them up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Now!

[mariposa_regina]

Amy Goodman is tireless. Her co-host, Juan Gonzales, has won numerous awards for excellence in journalism. Their do in-depth interviews that stay ahead of the headlines, let people tell their own stories. I've never heard a bad show, and I've been listening for years. You can listen/watch anytime. Also check the archives.

http://www.democracynow.org/