I really wanted to wait till the end of the week to post a new timeline, but the bloggers are on a roll!
- White privilege and homophobia « My Buddha is pink (Sunday, July 26, 2009) “Perhaps unsurprisingly, I have observed a similar reaction within the Buddhist community, based on cultural and ethnic differences, with reaction to homosexuality and a temple’s gay members.”
- Sanctuary « Resist Racism (Sunday, July 26, 2009) “Awareness of privilege is stepping back and taking a look first.”
- The Larger Context of the Professor Gates Racial Profiling Incident « Asian Nation (Monday, July 27, 2009) “What strikes me the most about not just this particular incident involving Professor Gates, but the reaction of Americans from different racial backgrounds around the country is this: I find it ironic that in general, many (as in a large number but certainly not all) Whites feel unaccustomed and therefore uncomfortable talking about racial issues (this recent article published by the American Psychological Associationsummarizes this tendency among Whites to avoid talking about race very well).”
- introduction to this week’s topic « the buddha is my dj (Monday, July 27, 2009) “Over the next couple of days, I’ll be posting a long, three-part piece on white privilege, the homogenization of Buddhism, why you might care about these issues, and what we can do about it.”
- part one: white privilege « the buddha is my dj (Monday, July 27, 2009) “So before we can even begin to unpack white privilege, we need to understand how race and whiteness work in our culture.”
- Being a Buddhist Convert in Rural America « Progressive Buddhism(Monday, July 27, 2009) “These can certainly be difficult times to be a Buddhist convert in rural America.”
- On race and Buddhism « Resist Racism (Tuesday, July 28, 2009) “Go here.”
- part two: the homogenization of buddhism « the buddha is my dj(Tuesday, July 28, 2009) “But perhaps the best way to understand this is to take a step back away from Buddhism, and even a step back from race, and examine a different homogenization of culture.”
- White Privilege and Buddhism « Sweet the dust, Push the dirt(Tuesday, July 28, 2009) “I can’t say that I agree with everything brought up in various postings but I can say that majority of commentaries provide readers (white or not) with information that is both valuable and relevant to this issue.”
- Some of my background and realizations « The Drums of Dharma(Tuesday, June 28, 2009) “In equanimity, there are no Native Americans, Asians or Caucasians–the enlightenment mind shines on all just like the sun.”
- part three: work to be done « the buddha is my dj (Tuesday, July 28, 2009) “If you’re going to claim an interest in social justice issues and then blindly look the other way when your own, fellow American Buddhists of different colors, genders, or sexual orientations are crying out, are suffering, then you need to question your own motives, your own beliefs, before yelling at me for doing nothing more than pointing out the obvious suffering of others.”