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treestar

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Sun Jul 17, 2016, 10:20 PM

Jul 2016

White people do not think in terms of "we." White people have the privilege to interact with the social and political structures of our society as individuals. You are “you,” I am “one of them.” Whites are often not directly affected by racial oppression even in their own community, so what does not affect them locally has little chance of affecting them regionally or nationally. They have no need, nor often any real desire, to think in terms of a group. They are supported by the system, and so are mostly unaffected by it.

That's the whine of white supremacists. That we have the luxury if not having to be a we. I guess they get there from their delusions of persecution.

Hitler or. Manson or Dylan roof do something shitty. We get to be individual and not like them. Some black person shoots cops and all the AA people are on the hook.

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Why I Don't Talk About Race With White People [View all] MrScorpio Jul 2016 OP

While I agree about the North not knowing they are racist, rusty quoin Jul 2016 #1

Great article The Green Manalishi Jul 2016 #2

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Thanks. Great. The Green Manalishi Jul 2016 #7

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I'm going to take my own advice Coolest Ranger Jul 2016 #9

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When is the last time you were "blamed" for slavery? treestar Jul 2016 #14

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Why would anyone have to be a lawyer to know about that? treestar Jul 2016 #20

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Others did before me treestar Jul 2016 #21

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"Go sell that shit somewhere else" look at what group you're in and foh eom cyberpunk Jul 2016 #17

The whole article is so worth the read. I've posted this on another site and it has drawn .... marble falls Jul 2016 #24

It makes no sense not to talk about it. Doodley Jul 2016 #26