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In reply to the discussion: Many thanks to Rachel Maddow for proving the existence of white privilege (Bundy v. Ferguson) [View all]JI7
(89,237 posts)36. if innocent black guys being shot and killed isn't teaching the public, they just don't give a shit
if they are arguing over terms like "white privilege" and ignoring the victims of racism they don't want to learn.
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Many thanks to Rachel Maddow for proving the existence of white privilege (Bundy v. Ferguson) [View all]
Liberal_Stalwart71
Aug 2014
OP
This was the pic I was trying to find. I remember this discussion when folk still denied the truth.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Aug 2014
#57
Yes, I'm quite serious, sadly. We really could do better in educating people at times.
AverageJoe90
Aug 2014
#43
You are hopeless, then. If you refuse to see what's right there in your face, then you are hopeless.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Aug 2014
#58
"If you refuse to see what's right there in your face," I'm not. I know what I see.
AverageJoe90
Aug 2014
#84
If you believe in institutional racism, you believe in white privilege, by default.
cyberswede
Aug 2014
#80
We're taught from the time we're little kids what to do when confronted by police, especially black
Liberal_Stalwart71
Aug 2014
#63
When I first heard what black parents have to teach their children about public behavior
cui bono
Aug 2014
#74
But framing it as "white privilege" annoys white people who don't consider themselves privileged!
nomorenomore08
Aug 2014
#8
I'm disadvantaged but can't be annoyed. I won't play games with those who are.
freshwest
Aug 2014
#29
"Tiptoeing around the issues hasn't done much good either." That much is true as well.
AverageJoe90
Aug 2014
#85
if innocent black guys being shot and killed isn't teaching the public, they just don't give a shit
JI7
Aug 2014
#36
"if they are arguing over terms" With all due respect, JI7, this actually proves my point.
AverageJoe90
Aug 2014
#40
Or they were turned off by the descriptor. Which seems to be the majority of cases. nt
AverageJoe90
Aug 2014
#45
Exactly. If they're so self-centered as to get hung up on a relatively innocuous two-word phrase
nomorenomore08
Aug 2014
#53
I agree and whites should always listen to learn. If equality means anything, it means everyone.
freshwest
Aug 2014
#12
There must a tag followed by a bot program to alert on that term. Or it may be supernatural...
freshwest
Aug 2014
#32
Whites and everyone. I think we all can use this lesson over and over again until it really sinks.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Aug 2014
#59
The Ferguson suburbs looked like Egypt tonight. Huge clouds of tear gas covered the town.
SunSeeker
Aug 2014
#17
I like Rachel, but here's a honest question: did she actually use the word "privilege"?
AverageJoe90
Aug 2014
#20
All white people are "guilty" of *benefiting* from racism, at least indirectly.
nomorenomore08
Aug 2014
#54
She didn't have to use the word "privilege". But she clearly drew the contrast and she clearly
Liberal_Stalwart71
Aug 2014
#60
It doesn't matter what we call it, white privilege, institutionalized racism, or tint targeting.
Half-Century Man
Aug 2014
#30
The very fact that you believe that someone is blaming you proves Rachel's point. No one is
Liberal_Stalwart71
Aug 2014
#78
Even Chris Hays was asking what provoked the police, assuming SOMETHING must have.
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2014
#35