letting whiteness off the hook

French translation: négliger l'appartenance à la race blanche

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English term or phrase:	letting whiteness off the hook
French translation:	négliger l'appartenance à la race blanche
Entered by:	Christiane Bujold

19:23 May 26, 2004

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Philosophy

English term or phrase: letting whiteness off the hook

Too often in America, we talk about race as if it were only something that people of color have, or only something we need to talk about when we talk about African Americans or or American Indians . One thing that has changed radically since the death of Dr. King is that most white people do not want to call themselves white people, or see themselves in racial terms. From the days of the founding fathers until the Civil Rights movement, "white" was a common term in the law as well as society. Federal, state passed laws containing the word "white," defining everything from slavery and citizenship to where people could sit on a bus. Today, the movement against racism has had the unexpected effect of letting whiteness off the hook. Over and over we hear people say that "race shouldn't matter," that we should, or even do, have a "color blind society." What has happened, I think, is that we have instead created a blindness to whiteness, or been blinded by whiteness itself.

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laisser de côté, mettre de côté, oublier, négliger l'appartenance à la race blanche,

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Les deux premiers sont des expression plus imagées quoique que plus familières que les deux derniers mots qui sont des verbes généraux. On pourrait dire omettre, ne pas tenir compte de...

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Christiane Bujold
Canada
Local time: 20:51

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les blancs ne sont plus montrés du doigt

sarahl (X)

laisser de côté, mettre de côté, oublier, négliger l'appartenance à la race blanche,

Christiane Bujold

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libérer à bon compte, dédouaner

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laisser de côté, mettre de côté, oublier, négliger l'appartenance à la race blanche,

Christiane Bujold
Canada
Local time: 20:51
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French

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merci

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les blancs ne sont plus montrés du doigt

Explanation:
ou : ne sont plus les coupables de service.

sarahl (X)
Local time: 17:51
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French

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peer agreement (net): +1

libérer à bon compte, dédouaner

Explanation:
le mouvement anti-racisme a eu pour effet inattendu de dédouanner la notion même de race blanche. Autrement dit la race blanche s'en sort à bon compte : elle se donne bonne conscience (la race n'a pas d'importance) mais en même temps elle domine et aveugle par sa suprématie.
on pourrait presque faire un jeu de mot : la race blanche est blanchie!

Cabotine (X)
Local time: 02:51
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French

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