talking point. Barrack and a hard place

This speech was very interesting. Like everyone else's blog i reviewed, i too was unaware of the this White Privilege Conference. The quotes i chose were

"allows us often times to view criminals of the dominant group as mere individuals while too often viewing black and brown folk through the lens of a group pathology whenever one of 'theirs' violates our legal and moral norms"

I like this quote because i feel it really ties into one of our other reading. The dominant group referred to is whites, who would we could also call the "Culture of Power." What he's saying is that when a white commits and illegal act, we only look at them as a white person. When a person who isn't white commits the same act, we look at their entire race as a whole. I never really understood why this happened, but it is nice to see someone else is thinking the same thing.

"the past affects everything, that what comes before shapes us in ways more profound than any of us would probably like to acknowledge"

I also liked this quote, and feel it really jumped out as i watched the video. Looking at the best and all the unfair treatment minority races recieved, and looking now and seeing that they still aren't treated fairly really makes me wonder. If the military can look back and realize what tactical mistakes they made, and change their approach, white can't whites realize that their "tactics" or treatment of minorities is a mistake still being made and why can't we change it.