week 4, sugarcoated language, a mothers white privilege and dylan roof

So these articles and this journal, which supplements the previous entry regarding de jure vs de facto discrimination, seemed to illuminate and complement some of the ideas presented by the previous article and in the previous journal. The articles for me were each a piece to a larger puzzle and when I put all of the perspectives together this is what I was able to surmise. The millennial is a tiny sliver of the population who are "racially colorblind", educated and upwardly mobile young people sent to destroy the pillars of institutional injustice. This is done partially by those claiming colorblindness, an idea where one supposedly doesn’t "see" a person’s race. I personally dislike this term because I believe it downplays just how big of an issue racial inequality actually is, even If certain people claim they can’t see it. In addition, this colorblindness seems to elude to this millennial resistance to having a conversation about race. This idea of colorblindness, however, was disproven through multiple sources including Oxford and VH1 through a series of experiments. These experiments concluded that although millennials claim to be more tolerant and liberal, they aren’t. The article regarding sugarcoated referenced a quote by Dr. DiAngelo, “the most effective adaptation of racism over time is the idea that racism is conscious bias held by mean people.” This simply puts everything on the table. Regardless of whether or not people know it, being a conscious or unconscious part of white privilege makes people responsible for the ongoing oppressive behavior. I was easily able to understand this practically when reading the article about a mother’s white privilege. After reading the list I realized there are a lot of activities in my daily life that I don’t even think about because I am white and although I’m not trying to do so, it is a benefit. I particularly liked these articles because they meshed well and the points complimented each other well. I feel as though the subject matter about millennials could create a lively debate but I wonder what other people think of the millennials being far less forward thinking than previously speculated? I guess I just hope not.