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History of Feminism

redqueen

(115,103 posts)

7. "Yes, I benefited from that. That's not fair to you and I see that. How can I help?"

Reply to cinnabonbon (Reply #4)

Thu Jan 16, 2014, 01:22 PM

Jan 2014

Yep. It's as simple as that.

And often people automatically see how they can help. Such as the case when a light-skinned woman who can pass called out a cashier for treating her darker-skinned sister unfairly. This woman used her white privilege to address unfairness. If the woman being mistreated had said anything, she would not have been heard in the same way. The same racism that caused the cashier to treat her differently would have made her complaint less effective.

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#WhitewomanPrivledge [View all] ismnotwasm Jan 2014 OP

So flicking awesome! redqueen Jan 2014 #1

Heh! That's the way you do it! cinnabonbon Jan 2014 #2

Yes it is,imagine what great change could happen if sufrommich Jan 2014 #3

Can you imagine how much cinnabonbon Jan 2014 #4

.... sufrommich Jan 2014 #5

... ismnotwasm Jan 2014 #6

"Yes, I benefited from that. That's not fair to you and I see that. How can I help?" redqueen Jan 2014 #7

That is the best way to be an ally cinnabonbon Jan 2014 #8