Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Self-Defined Majorities -- When does "white" mean white? And who decides?

[Elizabeth Magill (pastorlizm]

Here is a useful article on defining whiteness
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/magazine/im-jewish-and-dont-identify-as-white-why-must-i-check-that-box.html

Here is a useful article on why we no longer use caucasian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_race
(It was used in original racial classifications based on the theory
that Noah's ark landed in the Cuacasus mountains!)

In terms "what value in the boxes" every research you have read that
describes black maternal death rates as higher than whites, total
wealth of blacks, latinx, asian american, unemployment figures, etc.
is based on checking that box.
I personally would like that research to be able to done and believe
that some things have gotten better because we know that information.

To choose not to check the box is to decide it is better not to know
what inequalities exist in our culture.

-Liz
(The Rev. Dr.) Elizabeth Mae Magill
Pastor, Ashburnham Community Church
Minister to the Affiliates, Ecclesia Ministries
www.elizabethmaemagill.com
508-450-0431

On Sun, Jun 25, 2023 at 12:19 AM Sharon Villines
<sharon [at] sharonvillines.com> wrote:
>
> > On Jun 24, 2023, at 11:14 PM, Elizabeth Magill <pastorlizm [at] gmail.com> 
> > wrote:
> >
> > When whites refuse to recognize, and mark the box, of whiteness, we
> > make it so there are no ways to measure the systemic impact of race.
>
> How many years have we been checking it and what exactly has it changed?
>
> I think it was a major move to drop Caucasian and substitute White, for 
> example. Caucasian is a specific geographic area. White is totally undefined. 
> Mostly it means whatever those people aren’t. And “those people” change as it 
> becomes convenient.
>
> Sharon
> ----
> Sharon Villines, Washington DC
> "We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities." Walt Kelly
>