[Buddha-l] Bourgeois Buddhism

[Jo]

Thanks, Sally :)
J

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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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>
> 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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