This concept is almost as brilliant as having a pet rock.
Kind of like, ‘I see what you’re trying to do… “A” for effort, but you’re still accomplishing nothing.’
The Daily Wire reported:
Groups of white, liberal women are paying upwards of $2500 to confront their own “racism” and “privilege” over salad and spaghetti carbonara at “privilege” dinner parties hosted by a new group called “Race 2 Dinner,” according to The Guardian.
I feel like the money could actually go towards causes that fight oppression. But I guess that’s just too easy?
The facilitators, who are also white (because God forbid anyone be confronted with discomfort of any sort), literally will ask the women to confront their racism as they’re sipping their alcohol and munching away on their fancy-pants pasta entrees.
I don’t know about you guys, but if I’m essentially showing up for my own roast, I think McDonald’s would’ve been sufficient.
But wait, there’s more from Daily Wire:
For $2500, Jackson and Rao will attend a dinner for 8-10 white women and confront the guests about their white privilege. They ask questions like, “What was a racist thing you did recently?” and “What is your racism?” so that the women, most of whom are professed Democrats, can dig deep into their own lives and accept their biases, “however subconscious.”
“What was a racist thing you did recently?”
“Uhh. Well, I’m here. So that’s a start.”
According to The Daily Wire, their website states:
“What’s hard? Looking at yourself in the mirror and acknowledging that, as a white person in America, you are an active participant in upholding white supremacy.”
*Me, looking in a mirror after attending such an event*
“Yup, more of an idiot now.”
Sheesh, if only I had known about my white privilege as a white woman while my family lived out of our car. DANGIT. Missed opportunity.