Welcome to the first blog post of 2019! For new staff, this blog is a place for our staff to share thoughts, opinions, wonderings, tips, resources, links, and more, about any topic they think is relevant to their colleagues' work and lives. Kris Claman is getting us off to a thought-provoking start with the following post... Holiday Knitting & Other Thoughts![]() I hope everyone relaxed over the holidays. As you might expect I did a fair bit of knitting over the holidays. I belong to an international online knitting community. In the last couple of weeks a lot of discussion has taken place about racism in the knitting and fibre arts community. Much of this is in USA where African – American and Latino women have experienced being harassed and belittled in wool shops and knitting groups. But this also takes place internationally which people in other parts of the world have been quick to point out, even though it may be more subtle.
In acknowledging “white privilege” we must ask what we (the collective we) should do to end or mitigate this. Here is a list of a few things that Peggy McIntosh (Wellesley College Center for Research on Women) felt she had through white privilege. How many of our colleagues and students don’t have these advantages?
I’m writing this to generate reflection and discussion of how we function both on a personal and institutional basis. As a result of reflection and/or discussion will you make any personal changes? I’m not saying we are racist or promote racist practices. Although these points are written from a USA point of view, do any apply here? I have a short version of the essay if you would like to read it. ~Kris Claman
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