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In reply to the discussion: "Let's work to end racial discrimination" is a better approach than "whites are so privileged". [View all]BainsBane
(53,027 posts)And you accused me of saying someone had said race and class were the same. I assumed the insistence that no one should speak about white privilege was a result of conflating race and class, but I suppose it could be because some are just plain racist. Somehow I thought it better to give them the benefit of the doubt. If you insist I was wrong, so be it.
All I hear is a lot of self pity and absolutely no concern for the experiences of those subject to racism. I am sick to death of all the excuses people come up with to justify their own impenetrable entitlement. It would also be hard to notice that the same people who have so much angst about how badly they are treated by members of color raising issues of white privilege also feel themselves terribly beleaguered by women and sexually abused children. They have a habit of standing up for the privileged above equal rights and make clear the concerns of the majority of the nation and insignificant in comparison to their own.
I am one white person who is repulsed by this stunning demonstration of entitlement. You say it's a fully thought out and deliberate position rather than a lack of understanding. That means there is a clear understanding of how their posts are received by non-white members of this site, which is as a hostile attempt to drive them off the site. I am standing up to say I value their contributions a thousand fold more than the white men who spend their time whining about how they shouldn't have to be burdened by the views of the majority of the population of this country.