tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4752615083158053054.post3267609869599663579..comments2013-05-06T07:23:00.906-04:00Comments on One Peace at a Time: Using my privilege, for better or worsemoirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15999706637871759529noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4752615083158053054.post-53084865529711404782009-05-25T18:40:30.124-04:002009-05-25T18:40:30.124-04:00yes, that's precisely the question I've been grapp...yes, that's precisely the question I've been grappling with - can you use systems of privilege, be they passport privilege, racial privilege, educational privilege, English language privilege, what have you - without reinforcing the systems that give you those privileges? or even more hopefully, are there ways you can use privilege that actually *dismantle* those systems as you use them? I thinkSara Koopmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02008784833045029962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4752615083158053054.post-25104525288449991742009-05-22T14:12:26.417-04:002009-05-22T14:12:26.417-04:00Thanks for your comment, Sara. You're right, it's...Thanks for your comment, Sara. You're right, it's not that I "count" more, but that I am perceived to by the people in power. But doesn't taking advantage of that fact via accompaniment mean that I am helping reinforce that perception? That's what makes me uncomfortable.moirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15999706637871759529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4752615083158053054.post-50644185193835952492009-05-20T18:31:36.427-04:002009-05-20T18:31:36.427-04:00the way I've been saying this contradiction lately...the way I've been saying this contradiction lately is that accompaniers use the fact that their life "counts" more to work for a world where everyone's life "counts". thanks for continuing to muse about this online! have you had conversations with community members about this? I think one of the key things is for THEM not to think that you count more, or to think that YOU think you do, but to Sara Koopmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02008784833045029962noreply@blogger.com