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In reply to the discussion: White privilege 101: Here’s the basic lesson Paul Ryan, Tal Fortgang and Donald Sterling need [View all]Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)"white SKIN privilege". Perhaps then we'll get it. Perhaps then we'll stop pretending not to understand. Only when unfortunate events happen, e.g., a Trayvon is murdered or some innocent black or Brown person is followed/accosted are we *shocked* that racism exists and yet we fail to understand (or ignore) how skin color alone is the cause of these unwarranted violations?
Let's us stop pretending, people.
Let's us stop being willfully ignorant.
If we are truly sincere about addressing racism;
If we are truly serious about irradicating any and all forms of "isms," then let's stop with this self-imposed victimhood.
We know damn well what white privilege is.
Let us open our eyes!
Let us speak out!
Let us work to change our mindset.
We need to unlearn what we have learned, what we've been taught all out lives.
Then, and only then can we work together to eradicate racism once and for all.
But if we continue to play the victim and get angry when someone tells us the truth, then we're not addressing the situation; we're making things much worse!
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