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upaloopa

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12. Of the total electorate, I think that less than one third are what you call racists white privileged

Reply to redgreenandblue (Original post)

Thu Jul 19, 2012, 06:31 AM

Jul 2012

I don't mean to minimize the racial problem but I think you way overstate the idea.

The tea party idiots and their hangers on fit your description but please don't paint us all with that brush.

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I'm a white male. I didn't choose to be. Privilege was given to me. I understand all of that. It's what I choose to do with it that is important. In my way I try to let it not effect my relations with others. What I won't do is accept the guilt trip some people think white men should wear.

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Racism and white privilege are dragging us all down. [View all] redgreenandblue Jul 2012 OP

It's going to take awhile BumRushDaShow Jul 2012 #1

well said Blue_Roses Jul 2012 #2

I had privileges? Le Taz Hot Jul 2012 #3

Perhaps the OP should have said "Racism and perceived white privilege". baldguy Jul 2012 #4

More to the point, it is white supremacy. A system we Solomon Jul 2012 #5

white priviledge is something that "whites" Blue_Roses Jul 2012 #7

Assuming your post means you're white, wickerwoman Jul 2012 #6

I think Dr. King said it best: Le Taz Hot Jul 2012 #8

So do you think we're there yet? wickerwoman Jul 2012 #16

Sadly, ChazII Jul 2012 #19

Actually if you're a white man everyone knows, including you lunatica Jul 2012 #10

My, you read a lot into that. Le Taz Hot Jul 2012 #11

Likewise lunatica Jul 2012 #15

Not this shit again,...inability to recognize advantage doesn't negate it's existance uponit7771 Jul 2012 #18

Slavery JustAnotherGen Jul 2012 #9

Of the total electorate, I think that less than one third are what you call racists white privileged upaloopa Jul 2012 #12

I'm not saying that everyone is racist. I'm saying the problem affects everyone. redgreenandblue Jul 2012 #14

Yeah, but that third is the problem. redgreenandblue Jul 2012 #24

Hopefully one day we will overcome this and elect a black President (nt) Nye Bevan Jul 2012 #13

One could indeed Hope for such a Change. 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #21

It is a sickness. Truly it is NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #17

I disagree XemaSab Jul 2012 #20

race has not prevented us from having a decent safety net. that is just the technique the HiPointDem Jul 2012 #22

Agreed Mr Dixon Jul 2012 #23