This is a major charge to make against another poster, yet you refuse to defend your accusation. What was racist? If it turns out to be a misunderstanding, I would at least be able to address your concerns.

” nor does it change the fact that nobody here said class is not a major factor in oppression.”

Yet just bringing uo caused a ruckus and led to a lot of hyperbolic (and false) accusations. Why?

As far as PP is concerned, I hope everyone has followed the link and noted that I am not the only one of Jill’s posters to get the “treatment” over at his specially created blog for the purpose.

You are not the only one. Many others have expressed their dissatisfaction with PP’s constant reminders that he’s watching! us at all times. Jill is happy to let him stay and it’s Jill’s blog.

None of that negates the racism in your comments though, nor does it change the fact that nobody here said class is not a major factor in oppression.

“Isabel, if you are not satisfied with the direction of the discussion here…..”

Pee Pee, your entitled roots are showing. Do you havce any idea how offensively condescending and inappropriate your tone is on a feminist blog? And why do I seem to be the only person here aware of this?

You’ve been told this before – your White Knight fantasies are ANTI-feminist.

And if you were not aware, See Pee-pee, YOU HAVE YOUR OWN FUCKING BLOG.

“This all sounds suspiciously like ”

It is really interesting that you (like most people around here) are unable to simply focus on what I ACTUALLY said.

There’s something downright suspicious about that!

Perhaps Twisty will have one of her trusty entitled upper-class white male buddies fix the problem (you know by harrassing and attempting to humiliate me) because of course she is unable to, being a mere woman and all. Thank the Lord for good men like See Pee-pee, who are willing to patrol all the feminist blogs rooting out posters who do not express themselves in the approved fashion.

But you can rest assured that Twisty will stand by her man friend and continue to make “trailer” jokes at my expense. In case you didn’t know, that is code for “white trash.” Us poor white women are so lucky to be chosen as scapegoats for the rest of society!

In conclusion, it seems suspiciously like what you are trying to say is that all white people are similarly privileged, and that they are all lording it over all “people of color” which is, well wrong. Where is this thinking getting you?

Slightly outdated advice, wouldn’t you say?”

I am now utterly confused. First of all, it wasn’t advice, but a statement of the reality I’ve experienced my entire life, and I’m under 40, so I don’t think its “outdated, no. Most of my family still thinks this way, in 2009.
I am perplexed as to why you think I am *ignoring* class. I am acknowledging class but saying it does not balance out somehow against white privilege. Besides, if you are a woman of color, AND poor, you get to have all THREE types of discrimination used against you – sexism, racism AND classism. Perhaps you do not mean to be sounding like this but it seems as though you are trying to say poor white women are somehow less privileged than poor black women, and that does fit the term generally called “Oppression Olympics”. I’ve seen other poor white women exhibit gross, blatant racism against black women and expect me to go along with them and commiserate.
This all sounds suspiciously like men who get angry about feminism and start pointing out the problems of blue collar men and how powerless they are and how they can’t have privilege over women because they aren’t in a suit. Somehow the reality that working class women have the SAME oppressions as working class men PLUS the added burden of sexism just cannot register with them. I see this happening here too.

You are laughing your asses off and making “trailer” jokes about me because I am standing up for poor white women?

How this is funny is beyond my comprehension.

This is hardly “advanced blaming” – it’s advanced scapegoating.

Amazing that attempts to discuss class oppression withing the white “race” brings out this level of hostility privileged whites like PP and Jill, but perhaps I am being naive.

Some people around here need to examine their class privilege. I can suggest some readings for you.