Apologies for writing two "serious" posts in a row here - I promise I'll write about how
I believe Yoko Ono was sent to Earth to rob humanity of all sexual desire or something soon - but I guess it's been a contentious summer.
Anyway, in what appears to be an attempt to push the envelope with brave, heterodox analysis, Time Magazine published
an article asserting that the silver lining in the ostensible cloud of George Zimmerman's acquittal is the increasing number of
white people recognizing their privilege. As a graduate of a "highly-selective" undergraduate institution, I am intimately acquainted with the concept of white
devil privilege. I enjoyed dozens of lectures and training sessions on the subject, and two of the four convocation speakers during my time in undergraduate based their entire speeches on it. I would contend however that - far from privilege - it was Zimmerman's very "whiteness" that led to the unreasoningly hostile response from those whose appeals for "justice" make
Veruca Salt look measured.
