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confusedWhitey

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17. Tangible steps

Reply to gollygee (Original post)

Sun Sep 7, 2014, 09:02 AM

Sep 2014

I'm white, I have a really good but precarious job, a family....What can I do in my everyday life to change any of this besides voting for candidates that will erase the privileges I have unwittingly benefited from all these years?

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NY Times: When Whites Just Don't Get It Part 2 [View all] gollygee Sep 2014 OP

White privilege is like global warming--there are people who'll deny it, but it exists. Louisiana1976 Sep 2014 #1

"Studies" Aren't Doing Much Good daredtowork Sep 2014 #2

Blame SCOTUS for Unknown Beatle Sep 2014 #4

from Part 1: this jumped out at me and I love it. Voice for Peace Sep 2014 #3

That was perhaps the best line of the whole article, and it was a good one overall. AverageJoe90 Sep 2014 #6

A simple way to stop this LittleBlue Sep 2014 #5

this always has been, A RACIST COUNTRY heaven05 Sep 2014 #7

It does seem like it's been getting worse to me gollygee Sep 2014 #11

I just can't understand how white people can dismiss White Privilege rbrnmw Sep 2014 #8

it's dismissed heaven05 Sep 2014 #12

well that is true rbrnmw Sep 2014 #13

The White Criminals (Wall St, etc) JUST DON'T GET PROSECUTED! Demeter Sep 2014 #9

I'm white and I get it treestar Sep 2014 #10

Good God Number23 Sep 2014 #14

Or maybe white criminals or robbers are not arrested. That is certainly true of drug users and pot kelliekat44 Sep 2014 #15

It's incredible that we are now talking about something that we talked about Baitball Blogger Sep 2014 #16

Tangible steps confusedWhitey Sep 2014 #17