interrupting whiteness : Brett Fish

Interrupting Whiteness: De-othering your neighbourhood Whatsapp group

activities, challenging thorts, change the world, race vibes, South Africa

Interrupting Whiteness: De-othering your neighbourhood Whatsapp group

i really loved this post i read from a friend of mine on Facebook today: My friend just got kicked out a crime watch Whatsapp group in Morningside, Sandton for posting "Just spotted a white male walking up my street! Be careful everyone!" Well, loved and hated, because it sadly just proved something i have heard on many occasions - that a lot of Neighbourhood Watch Whatsapp groups are hives for both subtle and quite [...]

By brettfish|2016-07-04T12:24:55+02:00July 4th, 2016|activities, challenging thorts, change the world, race vibes, South Africa|15 Comments

Interrupting Whiteness: Intro

change the world, pain and Hope, race vibes, South Africa, things to wrestle with

Interrupting Whiteness: Intro

What does it mean to Interrupt Whiteness? Well, in a world where Whiteness has been raised as a more-than better-than higher-than standard of beauty/worth/intelligence/rightness and so much more, this is clearly something we need to figure out, if we in fact do believe that all races are created equal - not the same, but equal. Colourblindness is not a healthy option because on the one hand it refuses to acknowledge that many people have been [...]