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Chenjerai’s Challenge (Seeing White, Part 7)

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May 5, 2017
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INSIGHT

Whiteness as a Construct

  • Race and whiteness were not created by nature but constructed for power and greed.
  • This construction involved drawing lines around definitions to serve specific purposes.
INSIGHT

Interpreting the Challenge

  • John Biewen questions the meaning of Chenjerai Kumanyika's challenge about whiteness.
  • He wonders if it relates to his identity, individual actions, or societal responses.
ANECDOTE

Personal Milestones and Race

  • Chenjerai Kumanyika shares how personal milestones feel like victories for Black people.
  • He contrasts this with John Biewen's likely different experience, highlighting a racial double standard.
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