How to invoke white privilege without actually saying it

This was twittered this morning by the lovely Carmen Van Kerchove of the delicious Racialious. She found it at Macon D's blog "Stuff White People Do" under the post, "use a virtually innumerable array of euphemisms instead of the word 'white'".

It was first posted by Lady Zora, Chauncey DeVega, and Gordon Gartrelle at "We Are Respectable Negroes"in a post titled, Euphemisms for Naming White Folk which was later expanded in Euphemisms for naming white folk : And many said it could not be done, the 60 name barrier has been broken.

You have got to read all these great posts. Here's my favorites :

  • Values Voters
  • Heartland
  • Soccer Mom
  • Joe Sixpack
  • Regular Folks
  • Walmart Moms
  • NASCAR dads
  • The Woman Vote
  • One of Us
  • Kitchen Table Voters
  • Non-elitists
  • Ordinary Americans

    and of course the infamous

  • Hard-Working Americans


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