[Buddha-l] Bourgeois Buddhism

[Sally McAra]

Hi Joanna - it's in Issue 11. Sorry, I couldn't find a link for the
article as html. Here is the link to download the pdf:
http://www.globalbuddhism.org/11/hickey10.pdf
Cheers
Sally

On 14 March 2012 10:48, Jo <jkirk at spro.net> wrote:
> Sally
> Thisd link doesn't get the article:
> http://www.globalbuddhism.org/toc.html
>
> is this something you saved a while back?--can you tell us which volume and
> year goes with the article, that way we can find it.
>
> Joanna
>
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> [mailto:buddha-l-bounces at mailman.swcp.com] On Behalf Of Sally McAra
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 3:34 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Bourgeois Buddhism
>
> On 14 March 2012 10:06, Richard P. Hayes <rhayes at unm.edu> wrote:
>>
>>  I do have one question, though, for
>> Jack, who wrote this:
>>
>> > It has been my experience, limited though it might be, that the
>> > Western Buddhists I know follow the 8-Fold Path while ethnic
>> > Buddhists I know do not.
>
> A comment for Jack, seeing as Richard has brought what he said to my
> attention:
>
> There's an article called "Two Buddhisms, Three Buddhisms, and Racism", by
> Wakoh Shannon Hickey, in issue 11 of the open access Journal of Global
> Buddhism (see http://www.globalbuddhism.org/toc.html).
>
> I thoroughly recommend it for getting an insight into the problems relating
> to divisive generalisations such as the labels "western Buddhist" and
> "ethnic" Buddhist. "Westerners" also have ethnicity, but they often don't
> see it, they just think they are "normal" and others are "different".
> Hickey also discusses how privilege is often missed by those who have it,
> but rarely missed by those who don't have it! It so happens I'm struggling
> to finish a survey article which has a section on the literature about
> typologies for describing the diversity of Buddhism, and Hickey's article is
> helpful to me in clarifying some of the complexities (a few others I found
> are also good, but am mentioning her as she addresses racism and diversity
> in a way that would be helpful for Jack).
>
> The abstract from her article, from the journal website:
> Over the past several decades, observers of American Buddhism have created
> numerous typologies to describe different categories of Buddhists in the
> United States. These taxonomies use different criteria to categorize groups:
> style of practice, degree of institutional stability, mode of transmission
> to the U.S., ethnicity, etc. Each reveals some features of American Buddhism
> and obscures others. None accounts adequately for hybrids or for long-term
> changes within categories. Most include a divide between convert Buddhists,
> characterized as predominantly Caucasian, and “heritage” or “ethnic”
> Buddhists, characterized as Asian immigrants and refugees, as well as their
> descendants. This article examines several typologies, and considers two
> dynamics: the effects of white racism on the development of American
> Buddhist communities; and the effects of unconscious white privilege in
> scholarly discourse about these communities. It critiques “ethnic”
> categories and proposes other ways to conceptualize the diverse forms of
> Buddhism outside Asia.
> --
> Sally McAra
>
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Sally McAra