Today in class my professor spoke of an incident where there he was positioned to speak for a group working for social justice.  He is a white man.  His angst was that he noticed that when the other speakers (all from minority groups) were speaking, the members of the governmental council were talking, getting coffee and "not listening" to them.  When he was asked to speak by the social justice group, he noticed that when he stepped up to the podium, the council members (all white men, I believe) came to attention to listen to what he had to say.  He bemoaned the fact that it took him being the "white face" of a group which most of the minority participants do so much of the work.  After he told of this incident, I commented to the class that this was an effective use of privilege.

So I was thinking...  Very few people in the blogosphere know who I am.  And, since this is a new blog, I probably should describe what this one is about.  Well, I really don't know what this blog will be about.  I'm thinking it's going to be something like the Seinfeld show--a blog about nothing.  I do a lot of thinking and really need to get those thoughts out of my head and on to some form of "paper".  So, I decided that I would share them with you.  I invite comments, questions, etc.  Help me think through the things that are on my mind.