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!