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In reply to the discussion: Tim Wise: Race-Talk is a Language White Folks Need to Learn [View all]StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)White people is not used as a slur, it's used in an attempt to explain mindset that many white people have and is actually very pervasive and damaging.
It's interesting that many people have no problem discussing other groups in general - Black people, women, Republicans, Dems, men, etc. - without feeling the need to qualify every reference with language that makes clear that what's being discussed doesn't apply to every single Black person, woman, Republican, Dem, man or having the entire discussion derailed and hijacked with a debate about terminology - but whenever anyone (especially a Black person) says "white people," some white folks seem to get triggered into "not all white people" lectures and turn the discussion into complaints about how THEY are being personally attacked and if only we didn't malign well-meaning white people, we'd be able to see "real change."