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apcalc

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Reply to YoungDemCA (Original post)

Fri Dec 2, 2016, 09:21 PM

Dec 2016

some people are ignorant, scared and suspicious of people who are different....look at how even white LGBT are treated, even meaningless differences ( and really, they are all meaningless, aren't they?)

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**AA GROUP** Rhetorical question: Why is White America so invested in racism? [View all] YoungDemCA Dec 2016 OP

AND apcalc Dec 2016 #1

You just described white male privilege, which is what "Make America white . . . er, ah, . . . brush Dec 2016 #2

b/c it works juxtaposed Dec 2016 #3

I would add fear. HassleCat Dec 2016 #4

I swear, it is genetic. raging moderate Dec 2016 #5

I was watching "Pawn Stars" last night a guy bought in a very old playing card, the four of clubs brush Dec 2016 #7

No, sorry, I don't play cards. Hardly ever. raging moderate Dec 2016 #9

WHY? heaven05 Dec 2016 #6

WHY? jack69 Dec 2016 #8

Yes. Lack of empathy. So cut off from happiness around them. raging moderate Dec 2016 #10

Wealthier whites have found it advantageous radical noodle Dec 2016 #13

large part of it heaven05 Dec 2016 #16

Unchristian churches jack69 Dec 2016 #11

Racism and capitalism are completely intertwined in the US. Starry Messenger Dec 2016 #12

You nailed it so well with this graph brush Dec 2016 #14

Exactly. Starry Messenger Dec 2016 #15

To add on to that forjusticethunders Dec 2016 #21

Good points, fjt! Thank you. Starry Messenger Dec 2016 #22

The same people unironically wonder why white people vote against their own interests. forjusticethunders Dec 2016 #23

There is no escaping it ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #17

White Male Privilege Period. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #18

100% agree heaven05 Dec 2016 #19

Because racism is a means of maintaining power, particularly economic power. forjusticethunders Dec 2016 #20