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In reply to the discussion: White People Think One Black Person's Success Proves Racism Is Over [View all]BainsBane
(53,031 posts)Last edited Sun Jun 15, 2014, 04:27 PM - Edit history (1)
I have no reason to feel defensively about a headline like this. Why do you?
I also known I have seen the very attitude described in the OP. People insist Beyoncé or Oprah are examples that show prove that racism isn't an issue and even that white people are more oppressed. The fact that anyone thinks racism against whites is any way equivalent to treatment of people of color shows just how invested they are in maintaining a racially stratified society.
Any question that whiteness doesn't equate with superiority is an outrage to those invested in silencing discussion of racism in order to keep people of color subjugated. The same goes with those determined to control the language people of color can use to talk about racism. Don't mention privilege because it hurts the feelings of the perpetually self entitled, and lord knows nothing can be more important than egos of those who consider themselves superior simply by virtue of being white and male, a sense of superiority so absolute that feel they have the right to control all political debate on a public message board.