The cure for privilege.

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95. Jesus. Therapy 101

Feelings just are. People can change their own feelings over time by changing their thoughts, expanding their views, listening to people whose experiences are different from their own. I did suggest a solution. I suggested you read the posts in the African American group to get a sense of their views. I explained to you what the purpose of reflecting on white privilege is to address the everyday forms of racism. You rejected all that and called it word salad. No one can change if they refuse to pay attention to consider the experiences of the rest of humanity.

You aren't talking about solutions. You are talking about forcing people to keep their mouths shut about racism and haul rocks because you want them to. I linked to 1strongblackman's post, which you must not have read. For some bizarre reason, he doesn't consider doing what guys like you tell him to as working together. That sounds a lot like working for someone, not with them.

Obviously you don't want to discuss anything but your feelings. You've made that perfectly clear. Hence the waste of time.

I want to be clear. I do not know nor have ever cared whether you use the term white privilege. What I don't like is posts that mock the concerns of the few remaining posters of color on this site. I don't want them to leave so that DU becomes a whites' only community.

This is so far beyond the terminology you use. You reject the importance of the life experiences of those subject to racism and refer to their concerns as "crying and moaning." This is supposed to be a Democratic website. That is not a position in keeping with a party that is majority people of color and women. However, there is nothing I can do about that. You are free to be exactly what you want to be, but you can't force me to tolerate it.