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Eliot Rosewater

(32,804 posts) Sun Jan 21, 2018, 07:39 PM Jan 2018

Dont all white Americans benefit to one degree or another from white privilege? [View all]

Last edited Sun Jan 21, 2018, 08:13 PM - Edit history (1)

If so, and if that privilege, no matter how big or small, is a by product of institutional racism...then...

Isnt racism a problem ALL white Americans must address?

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Dont all white Americans benefit to one degree or another from white privilege? [View all] Eliot Rosewater Jan 2018 OP

I never focused on that... beyond my control. FarPoint Jan 2018 #1

White people dont have to focus on it, black people do. Eliot Rosewater Jan 2018 #4

Sure they do...white people have social/ cultural barriers as well. FarPoint Jan 2018 #11

They do? kwassa Jan 2018 #12

White people have social/cultural barriers, but they don't have the ADDITIONAL pnwmom Feb 2018 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Kajun Gal Jan 2018 #2

I might misunderstand your response. What are you saying no to? Eliot Rosewater Jan 2018 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Kajun Gal Jan 2018 #9

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Of course we do. leftofcool Jan 2018 #5

Just a few years ago, hundreds here, would've said yes. laserhaas Jan 2018 #6

Yes, we do. Even if we may not be conscious of it. sinkingfeeling Jan 2018 #7

yes and yes.... handmade34 Jan 2018 #8

Trump is the biggest example of White Privilege, and particularly, White Male Hetero Christian JI7 Jan 2018 #13

Yes. ismnotwasm Feb 2018 #15

Yes. brer cat Feb 2018 #16