If you pay any attention at all to the news, you've probably seen plenty of footage from the Occupy Movement. Or perhaps something about higher education. Or something about marriage. Race? Probably, check. More likely than not, you've heard the word "privilege" tossed around.
I recently found one of the best essays explaining privilege that I've ever read. On a blog. Here's the post. Read it and think. Dare you to engage someone and have a little tete-a-tete about privilege.
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Election Time
It's that time of year again! November 2nd is fast approaching and now is the crunch time for everyone that is campaigning.
Absentee voters need to get their ballots in!
It always strikes me that while people seem to stay so on top of the latest shenanigans of the cast of Jersey Shore or the latest outrageous outfit that Lady Gaga wore, they tend to be remarkably uninformed about what is going on politically around them. The voter turnout seems to reflect that.
Maybe it's just me, but it shouldn't be too hard to look up the Propositions on the ballot, or listen to snippets and/or read transcripts of the debates of the candidates for various seats in the different tiers of local and state government.
Take some time and do some reading! 20 minutes to an hour is all it takes. That's either one episode of Big Bang Theory
Here's a list of the Propositions:
http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/propositions/
Office candidates:
http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/candidates/statements/
P.S. Saying that your vote doesn't matter is a terrible excuse to not vote. Though it is true that a single vote does not have a huge impact on the outcome. However, in aggregate it certainly is significant. It is unbelievable the number of people that try to use this same excuse as the reason why they don't bother to vote. Why would you disregard such a great privilege anyhow? So many different minorities country in this country have had to fight tirelessly to obtain the privilege to have their needs be met and represented politically. Please don't do a disservice to the activists that fought to provide you with the right to vote, and certainly not to the communities that you are a part of. Voting is a basic civic duty, so get on it!
P.P.S. If you don't vote, you effectively relinquish your right to complain about the election outcome and whatever subsequently that you do not like.
Absentee voters need to get their ballots in!
It always strikes me that while people seem to stay so on top of the latest shenanigans of the cast of Jersey Shore or the latest outrageous outfit that Lady Gaga wore, they tend to be remarkably uninformed about what is going on politically around them. The voter turnout seems to reflect that.
Maybe it's just me, but it shouldn't be too hard to look up the Propositions on the ballot, or listen to snippets and/or read transcripts of the debates of the candidates for various seats in the different tiers of local and state government.
Take some time and do some reading! 20 minutes to an hour is all it takes. That's either one episode of Big Bang Theory
Here's a list of the Propositions:
http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/propositions/
Office candidates:
http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/candidates/statements/
P.S. Saying that your vote doesn't matter is a terrible excuse to not vote. Though it is true that a single vote does not have a huge impact on the outcome. However, in aggregate it certainly is significant. It is unbelievable the number of people that try to use this same excuse as the reason why they don't bother to vote. Why would you disregard such a great privilege anyhow? So many different minorities country in this country have had to fight tirelessly to obtain the privilege to have their needs be met and represented politically. Please don't do a disservice to the activists that fought to provide you with the right to vote, and certainly not to the communities that you are a part of. Voting is a basic civic duty, so get on it!
P.P.S. If you don't vote, you effectively relinquish your right to complain about the election outcome and whatever subsequently that you do not like.
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