Comments on: white privilege makes me sad

By: jopanese

jopanese — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:55:44 +0000

by the way…for the record, everyone, i was just being self-deprecating.

By: joyce

joyce — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:29:32 +0000

funny in the best sort of quirky way = not funny at all?

By: joyce

joyce — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:15:35 +0000

yeah, i think this doppelganger thing is pretty unfair & complicated.

lisa, you would make an amazing tina fey! haha. she’s my hero…

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:37:25 +0000

Lisa, yeah this issue touches on more than white privilege, though that was what struck me from Joyce & Gracee’s comments. It’s a whole complicated mess of what society values as beauty, the role models we’re supposed to emulate, etc. The first person I thought of with you was Keri Russell, but I think that’s just because of the curly hair.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:00:41 +0000

i am not saying this in anyway to undermine the discussion here about ethnic minorities. when there are only 2-5 people to choose from in an ethnic category that speaks volumes.

but as a curly haired, freckled, brunette, there aren’t many of us on TV either. if i straighten my hair, i could say Tina Fey’s Liz Lemon, only because of my glasses. Otherwise, the only other celebrity I have ever been teased that I look like is Darlene from Roseanne. Not flattering. Just depressing.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:32:00 +0000

what can I say? I am a fan of Joyce Pan

By: joyce

joyce — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:10:20 +0000

thank you for posting this, and thank you for speaking up!

steph told me tonight that you posted about this, and then i saw my face right there on your blog! i started to google those two phrases, but then i was like hold on — “korean celebrities” all have had plastic surgery, and “asian actresses” will probably yield gross results with “exotic” looking females.

and yes, i am totally embarrassed and sheepish right now kind words jessica!

By: Cool Links to Other Cool Stuff… - gabbing with grace

Cool Links to Other Cool Stuff… - gabbing with grace — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:04:23 +0000

[...] article my white friend and colleague wrote about white privilege over on her blog, Sidewalk Theologian, after I posted this picture of Alicia Keys as my celeb look-alike, with the following phrase: [...]

By: Kristin

Kristin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:33:00 +0000

Jess! Rock it girl! I am soo sooo grateful for InterVarsity as well. I must admit, when I saw your fb post, I never even thought about non-white celebrities. How quickly we forget. Thanks for the thought provoking post.

By: laterain

laterain — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:32:55 +0000

this is absolutely awesome. I love that InterVarsity focuses on this, too. I have (and frequently use) an article from (I think) Christianity Today from several years ago that talks about the growing pains InterVarsity went through as it was striving to become an organization that was diverse in its leadership and to share power. I think it’s a great case study, because it acknowledges that it’s hard work giving up that privilege and power. But we are missing out if we don’t take that journey . . .