The president of the Maine State Bar Association has apologized for not speaking up during an association event this week when a lawyer said that talking about white privilege is racist against white people.
Baldacci’s comments have been noticed by twitter
Leah Baldacci, an Augusta lawyer who practices civil litigation, made her comments during an online panel discussion Monday. The incident unsettled the legal community in Maine and drew sharp rebuke from other attorneys.
“As we flesh through any kind of discrimination against race, gender, religion, gender identity, we shouldn’t forget that we also need to stand behind individuals that are white, Christian and heterosexual,” Baldacci said. “And this isn’t to say that any other group is less than or more than. It’s just about being respectful to all groups. My question is, how can we perform this introspective look on racism without at the same time proclaiming that attorneys like myself have white privilege and making, what I find to be, racist remarks toward the white race?”
