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In reply to the discussion: Tim Wise: Race-Talk is a Language White Folks Need to Learn [View all]haele
(12,646 posts)I'll admit it. I can't say I'm not racist, because whatever I feel I am or am not, my actions may be seen as racist by someone who is not White or has been negativity impacted by White Privilege.
On edit - it's like the Sexual Harrassment training we went through in the Navy. Doesn't matter if you've convinced yourself it's just joking or nothing serious, the target of your actions is the one who gets to define if it's offensive or not.
What little crumbs minorities in this country get from government programs does not make up for the benefits generational money or looking like the boss man's peers brings to a significant number of others.
So I don't get offended or am fearful by the weary resentment of others that are not so fortunate. They have every right to label the System as it affects them. That I am part of that system, while not of my own choice, is something I cannot deny.
I just have to be the best fat old white lady I can be. So any respect I will receive will be due to my own merits, not my expectations.
Haele