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hedgehog

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13. I haven't followed those discussions too closely - I've seen too much

Reply to 1StrongBlackMan (Reply #9)

Tue Dec 2, 2014, 11:20 PM

Dec 2014

of white privilege in real life to have any doubts it exists.

I think I have kind of an inside/outside point of view - too many people have made too many remarks in front of me not realizing I have two nieces of mixed race; and I had the misfortune of being a woman in a very misogynistic workplace. Still, it was a real eye opener for me when a black man I worked with remarked that he'd never be caught after sundown in the rural areas of the county where I live.

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Seriously - how safe and/or effective would it be for white people to stop and record [View all] hedgehog Dec 2014 OP

I think it would promote safety notadmblnd Dec 2014 #1

Everybody, not just whites, should record any police action they observe. NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #2

I recall, a few months back ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #3

Thank you. Again, as a white woman, I find it totally disgusting that my skin color may give hedgehog Dec 2014 #5

In every discussion of white privilege ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #9

I haven't followed those discussions too closely - I've seen too much hedgehog Dec 2014 #13

I posted a few days ago XemaSab Dec 2014 #11

The flip side being, of course, XemaSab Dec 2014 #12

Escalation when the police know a camera is present is unlikely Kalidurga Dec 2014 #4

Are their any apps that will upload in real time? VScott Dec 2014 #7

So much for freedom Kalidurga Dec 2014 #8

A privileged exercise for all seveneyes Dec 2014 #6

The tape stands as evidence no matter who takes it. JEFF9K Dec 2014 #10

Sounds like whites can only believe/agree with what whites would say about it. Stellar Dec 2014 #14