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handmade34

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8. yes and yes....

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Original post)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 09:24 PM

Jan 2018

race is a social and political construct and it's time to confront that

Confronting it is like trying to ask fish to confront water. Or an entrepreneur to confront the damage and inequality that is a necessary consequence of unfettered capitalism. Too often, the response is a personal one. We rationalise a defense on the basis of personal experience. Say something like “I worked really hard to be where I am.”
https://goodmenproject.com/guy-talk/how-travel-made-me-confront-white-privilege/

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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

This message was self-deleted by its author Kajun Gal Jan 2018 #10

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