Whiteness, privilege… and critical thinking | A Sober Second Look

Whiteness, privilege… and critical thinking | A Sober Second Look: "The upshot of this was that in our minds, asking critical questions became identified with being racist. While repeating apologetics, or explaining away complex realities of life in Muslim communities with simple, all-purpose responses blaming everything negative on colonialism, imperialism, and global inequalities became (in our minds) anti-racist.  There is also the holding of Muslims and Muslim beliefs and practices to a lesser and more forgiving standard than that used to measure the beliefs and practices of Others. And dealing with difficult or embarrassing questions by speculating about the possible political or ideological motivations of the person or group raising them (without, however, actually getting around to really answering the question).

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