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Even though according to Arlo's chapter/reading, I am both white and racist, I don't quite associate with this whiteness. I spent more than half of my life on a continent with many shades of white. I can't, even in white supremacist Canada, fell clumped up together with Irish descendants, whose shade of white is much more pink/white than mine. Which brings me to question I had while reading this: are recent immigrants racist, just by being white-ish, and not actively fighting racism?

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I constantly struggle with having/not having power.
I feel like my mixed race is a constant visual representation of my "split" between my families. My mom is an immigrant as is all of my relatives on her side(at least her generation). Whereas my Dad is from a white, irish, middle class settler family. And I'm constantly struggling with knowing the "code of privilege" but not being able to be in the group (dad's side) and then also having a different code, but not fully accepted into my mom's "racial identity"

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It's not about giving a voice to the "voiceless". People who are "minorities" have a voice. It is our job as privileged educators to help them share it and amplify them without putting our voices in front of theirs.

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I have the power to be an honest person and help others feel comfortable to do the same

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Is it reverse affirmative action to be given special privileges as a visibe minority? 

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Is it reverse affirmative action to be given special privileges as a visibe minority? 

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More power...?

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i try not to feel guilty for my privilege, rather be involved in dismantling

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white
SES
citizen/voter
literate

reading, listening

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I frequently struggle with guilt over my lack of action w.r.t. social justice issues - is saying 'I'll change something with my teaching' enough?

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I have the power of voice; being heard when I speak.
This comes from being white., among other privileges.
I can use my voice to educate and to participate in solidarity and activism.

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I'm still figuring out what to do with my power and my shifting identity depending on the circumstance. Teaching is a way to try to be in this work

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1.

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“What power do I have?
White, straight, middle class, educated - all these things allow me to access things other people can't

How did I get it?
My skin, my parents, government social programs, access to education

What am I doing with it?”
Trying to embody activist thinking/speaking at all times. Teaching for equity.

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1.) The power I have is over myself. The ability to make decisions on my own. I'd have to really probe in to see the particular powers I have, and whether any of them are over others. Or perhaps how I can unknowingly be affecting others.

2.) The power I have I believe has been through birth, or earned.

3.) I'm using my power in an attempt to provide for myself, and potentially even help others. I strongly believe that whatever I have, or am blessed with, is meant to be shared.

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I have the power to not be seen as 'minority', not be stopped or not having people assume that I'm a criminal just by looking at me. I got it by moving to this country from elsewhere. I can be here because of the Europeans who took this land and settled.

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I grew up with two parents at home as a child.
I've always known where my next meal is coming from.
I'm white.
I'm cisgender.
Most of these were the product of a biological lottery.

What am I doing with them?
Making efforts to act in solidarity with oppressed people (what does this mean?)
Acknowledging that my feelings matter less than the rights of others. If my feelings sting, I pause to ask why that is and is it legitimate?

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Economic Power, english speaker

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1.feelings of safety in most public spaces
feelings of mobility
2. from being white and using opportunities to become more and more mobile (socially, economically, physically)
3.

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What power do I have?
-White
-Straight
-Cisgender
-English
-"Nuclear" family
-Lower/middle class
-No health issues

How did I get it?
-Born with it
-Live in a racist world
-Canada

What am I doing with it?
-Speaking less, listening more.
-Reading more, reflecting more.
-Professional Development about race and anti-oppression.

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Power I have: economic stability, fluent in English and Farsi, able-bodied, (used to be) straight passing, female/cisgender, dual citizenship
How did I get it: parents, TDSB, parents, socialization/long hair/feminine clothes, respectively
What am I doing with it: educating myself/family/friends, drawing bridges between cultures/ages, standing up for myself/family/friends

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Sometimes I feel like I have two sets of privilege, one of being "white" in terms of colour and Canadian citizenship, but I also feel like I have power from my cultural upbringing as a Lebanese immigrant who went to school with a majority of other arabs and blacks.
I find myself being able to "code switch" among both these identities, and consider myself "privileged " for both.

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We did an exercice in a workshop where we created a "privilege list" where we literally listed our privileges so that it would be easier for us to acknowledge them.
-White
-Female, cisgender
-Straight
-Able-bodied (mostly)
-Of average height
-Upper middle-class
-Educated
-Canadian citizenship
-Parents, grandparents born in Canada
-English speaking
-Easy access to good technology

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1. Shelter, access to food, money to spend on leisurely activities/entertainment, freedom of speech, right to vote, no violent oppression faced in daily life. Power of perspective.

2. I was born/ my parents worked hard to make a dece life for my family coming from other countries with few resources. People have fought for these rights and are currently fighting for them across the world, and it's thanks to them.

3. Living.

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Please respond (however you see fit) to the following prompts:

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Please respond (however you see fit) to the following prompts:

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1. What power do I have?
2. How did I get it?
3. What am I doing with it?