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RandomNumbers

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2. And if they get through it

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun Dec 28, 2025, 12:18 PM

4 hrs ago

(whatever "it" is), often they shrug it off as a problem and will say things like, hey I got through it so anyone else can.

edit to add: and often this comes with obliviousness to white male privilege, or at least white privilege.

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