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Lady Freedom Returns

(14,198 posts)
Mon Jan 25, 2021, 12:58 AM Jan 2021

LFR's two cents on white privilege.

Of all my siblings, I have been able to benefit from it.

Of the four of us, I'm the one with the pale complexion. Unless someone looks hard and know what to look for, I'm just some white chick.

But my siblings haven't been so lucky. My brother shows our Latino blood strong, and has been stopped by cops that wanted to make sure he was a citizen.

One sister shows our Native American blood and has issues with that . Even my baby sister, who shows our Asian blood has stories.

With my skin, and that alone, has kept me out of harm from police and haters. I did have a run in with Border Patrol but luckily the guy was dumb not because of my skin color.

Yet I'm still treated differently than my siblings. We should not be just because of color. It's sicking, and we need to find a way to stop it.

It's just plan wrong.

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LFR's two cents on white privilege. (Original Post) Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2021 OP
Totally agree! Karadeniz Jan 2021 #1
I subscribe to what science tells me/us about race: "There is only one race and that is the human abqtommy Jan 2021 #2

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
2. I subscribe to what science tells me/us about race: "There is only one race and that is the human
Mon Jan 25, 2021, 05:55 AM
Jan 2021

race". Differences in skin color and facial characteristics are local adaptations and don't affect the ability
of any two humans to create a child. to Isaac Asimov for the word "interfertility"

I've long agonized about the injustice and hate shown by some individuals and humans toward my/our
family members. I know that I may not be able to convince others that we truly are family but I can choose
to live without hate and refuse to practice ethnic bigotry. Will you join me?

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