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hfojvt

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21. except that it is not that clear cut

Reply to gollygee (Reply #13)

Mon Jan 6, 2014, 04:21 PM

Jan 2014

if person A has an easier time because he's rich (privileged)
than person B has a harder time because he's poor (not privileged)

All you have to do is make person A black and person B white and zip-zop, white privilege isn't worth the paper it is printed on.

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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