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In reply to the discussion: "Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is" [View all]DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)He started on third base, and thought he hit a triple."
Now, as someone (Hispanic) of one of the "marginalized identities" I know that being Puerto Rican, while it can get you a LOT of bulllshit, is not the same as being Black, because black is the "hardest setting" of the game. The country is built to think of Blacks in the worst way.
Yes, there was a time the Irish were considered scum, but since they had white skin and spoke English, they were allowed up the ladder, to where a Sean hannity or Bill O Reilly hobsnobs with people who grandfathers would have hung them next to the "strange fruit." That avenue was never opened to Black people.
All the same, while I cannnot see things the way a AfAm can see them, I can see enough to see blood on the hands of the white man, and know that they will gladly add my body to the furnace. Sadly, that does include roughly 55% of White Women too, if the 2016 election polls are correct.