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In reply to the discussion: The cure for privilege. [View all]Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)72. You have said some good things in this thread and then
you have said some navel gazing things in this thread. Do you want to be a man of action or do you want to sit in your ivory tower and ponder the way it should be?
Do you even know any black people? Sounds like you want to get to the finish line without taking the first step needed to start the journey.
But what if we shared an activity with someone of another race and the activity wasn't about race?
I do that daily. I work for a living. The place where I work has more blacks than it does whites. Guess what, it ain't about race. it is about getting the job done.
What if nobody would ever know or care that we participated or helped anyone?
I don't care if nobody/anybody knows.
*I* know.
*I* am the one that has to live with me.
I couldn't live with myself if *I* didn't do these things.
You have to live with yourself. If you are content with yourself the way you are then fine continue to Stagnate.
Enjoy inertia.
Go on and mildew.
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I got a problem with thinking singing Kumbaya and pretending White male privilege doesn't exist
VanillaRhapsody
May 2014
#9
You cannot have a solution to a problem before you admit that there is one....
VanillaRhapsody
May 2014
#131
I never professed to have the solution....unlike certain White men who deny White Male Privilege
VanillaRhapsody
May 2014
#137
Actually they had the nerve to tell white men how they as people of color feel
BainsBane
May 2014
#17
I am really disappointed that you posted this (and yes, I realize that you d/won't care)
etherealtruth
May 2014
#10
Ah, there you have it. The privileged will determine how, why, when and where coalitions
R B Garr
May 2014
#134
I doubt there are any simple solutions, in reality. But thank you for trying at least. n/t
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#20
I just wish more white people would acknowledge what, for PoC, are self-evident facts of life.
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#28
It's not even about individual "dislike," although that certainly does play a role.
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#41
I assumed nothing. I asked you straight out. and I said IF and Then. =
Tuesday Afternoon
May 2014
#76
I did not realize you were merely pontificating and making an observation on the state of things.
Tuesday Afternoon
May 2014
#80