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Race & Ethnicity

Cartoonist

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2. Pleeeze.

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Tue Oct 29, 2019, 10:52 AM

Oct 2019

I'm white. Have been for 65 years. Never been a victim of racism. Don't know any white people who have been victims either.

I have been a victim of white privilege. It bothers me when I know I am being treated with a respect not given to people of color just because I'm white.

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I am going with this being a deliberate strategy cause white supremacy power structures [View all] Soph0571 Oct 2019 OP

Structural disadvantage is the heart of conservatism... Thomas Hurt Oct 2019 #1

Pleeeze. Cartoonist Oct 2019 #2

Not all white people expect "positioning as equal victims of racial discrimination" Merlot Oct 2019 #3

It is not about the individual though Soph0571 Oct 2019 #5

It will take individuals joining together to change the system. Merlot Oct 2019 #6

I'm white, I've seen racism. I understand completely RainCaster Oct 2019 #4