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LittleBlue

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16. Most of the examples cited in this thread made points

Reply to gollygee (Original post)

Mon Jan 6, 2014, 03:43 PM

Jan 2014

about privilege. None sounded to me like the quote you made.

Racism is discussed all the time on DU, it only becomes contentious when the inflammatory word "privilege" is used.

It's not surprising that people who are poor get angry when you start calling them privileged. Don't conflate that with the very positive, sympathetic threads we get going on racism.

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"We can't talk about racism until no white people are poor." [View all] gollygee Jan 2014 OP

. gollygee Jan 2014 #1

I've never heard that. I haven't seen that sentiment on DU cali Jan 2014 #2

Exhibit A: geek tragedy Jan 2014 #3

close enough cali Jan 2014 #4

Yeah there's also a lot of stuff like this gollygee Jan 2014 #5

and, of course, this: geek tragedy Jan 2014 #6

You might have skipped the intro Capt. Obvious Jan 2014 #18

Lots of posts cited in this thread, but none saying that we "should not talk about racism" (nt) Nye Bevan Jan 2014 #7

Not those precise words gollygee Jan 2014 #10

Just look at who is pushing this latest idiocy. Egalitarian Thug Jan 2014 #8

When people say we shouldn't talk about race, I'd have to know in what context el_bryanto Jan 2014 #9

What is said gollygee Jan 2014 #11

Well -any racism? el_bryanto Jan 2014 #12

They are flip sides of the exact same thing gollygee Jan 2014 #13

The problem is culpability el_bryanto Jan 2014 #14

except that it is not that clear cut hfojvt Jan 2014 #21

The opposite sounds like... Shandris Jan 2014 #15

Most of the examples cited in this thread made points LittleBlue Jan 2014 #16

exactly hfojvt Jan 2014 #20

Almost any time I hear anyone talk about wealth disparity MissMillie Jan 2014 #17

The social notion "race" has no scientific merit: its utility has always been to mystify struggle4progress Jan 2014 #19