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shaayecanaan

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166. I am not sure that it removes all meaning from the word

Sat Mar 7, 2015, 06:10 PM

Mar 2015

but it certainly decreases the stigma that is attached to the word. It is possible, after all, for 99% of white people to be racist, but if they were, then no one could be singled out as racist and therefore there would be no negative stigma attached to being racist.

In other words, if you expand the target area, you diminish the impact.

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10 ways white people are more racist than they realize [View all] KamaAina Mar 2015 OP

Some of those are examples of privilege, not racism BeyondGeography Mar 2015 #1

As it was explained to me once, racism = privilege + power KamaAina Mar 2015 #3

The story and the headline don't fit BeyondGeography Mar 2015 #5

I agree FLPanhandle Mar 2015 #9

Who makes up the racist criminal justice system? ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #12

You misunderstood my point FLPanhandle Mar 2015 #17

Okay. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #23

I don't see much difference between internalized white privledge and racism ismnotwasm Mar 2015 #106

knowledge and acknowledgment are 2 different things, I don't see a lot of black people ACKNOWLEDGING uponit7771 Mar 2015 #13

.... 840high Mar 2015 #82

That is a definition of it; a racist society for example el_bryanto Mar 2015 #6

That's like blaming a fish for being a fish. Likewise, a white baby didn't ask BP2 Mar 2015 #10

Very true, but I'd go just a little farther. AverageJoe90 Mar 2015 #16

Yes you should drop your failure of an ideology like a hot potato Bjorn Against Mar 2015 #49

I think his "we" was inclusive. Igel Mar 2015 #60

There is nothing inclusive about denying reality Bjorn Against Mar 2015 #61

"backwards views on racism." You've got to be joking. AverageJoe90 Mar 2015 #68

You Are Not A Victim. nt cyberswede Mar 2015 #71

I'm not the one who started the Meta stuff, though. nt AverageJoe90 Mar 2015 #72

Yet you never pass up an opportunity cyberswede Mar 2015 #75

I have discussed my experiences a couple of times..... AverageJoe90 Mar 2015 #78

The "allegation" against you is as real as the dead earwig lying on the floor next to my chair Number23 Mar 2015 #89

I'll give to that fund! JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #101

Exactly...you summed it up perfectly. cyberswede Mar 2015 #124

Oh, I have no doubt of that. It is very much as deliberate as it is hurtful and unnecessary Number23 Mar 2015 #163

What? AverageJoe90 Mar 2015 #69

No it isn't ismnotwasm Mar 2015 #110

Yes, but it was "explained" to you by someone who was wrong. Donald Ian Rankin Mar 2015 #19

Racism does involve power Bjorn Against Mar 2015 #64

I'll see your unsubstantiated claim about personal experience of the views of a few sociologists, Donald Ian Rankin Mar 2015 #66

Tell me which dictionary is best known for explaining complex social issues Bjorn Against Mar 2015 #67

"Racism does involve power" Yes, it can, and often does. AverageJoe90 Mar 2015 #70

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why do you never take time to fill out your profile? It would be interesting to learn more about you uppityperson Mar 2015 #138

Interesting...like the clap is interesting? cyberswede Mar 2015 #140

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Who are you, what part of the country, your political persuasion, education, do you like long walks uppityperson Mar 2015 #142

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Aw, still, we can get to know you a bit better. And as long as you are spending so much time here, uppityperson Mar 2015 #145

Can't be colder anywhere else than his heart... NutmegYankee Mar 2015 #146

Oh poor you. Those mean black people. cyberswede Mar 2015 #147

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What do you think of the vaccine/anti-vaccine controversy going on? uppityperson Mar 2015 #143

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You are deeming whites racists for being born white in America Wella Mar 2015 #77

That's how it comes across, anyway. AverageJoe90 Mar 2015 #79

I agree with you. I think there is a desire to describe an emotional experience but Wella Mar 2015 #80

Institutionalized racism is a huge problem, being aware of it is just the start uppityperson Mar 2015 #2

We need a 12 step program. azmom Mar 2015 #120

Rec. bravenak Mar 2015 #4

Painkillers for abdominal pain are routinely withheld in ERs from everyone REP Mar 2015 #7

That well may be true; but, it doesn't explain ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #14

I am a personal injury attorney. AngryAmish Mar 2015 #48

This is an anecdote but in all 5 times I've been hospitalized (for severe abdominal pain), ScreamingMeemie Mar 2015 #30

That's more "ways society is way more racist than most white people realise" (n/t) Spider Jerusalem Mar 2015 #8

People make up "society." n/t 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #15

Well, yes, but a white person who gets busted for drugs and does community service... Spider Jerusalem Mar 2015 #20

The beneficiary of the "privilege", i.e., being free from the racism others experience ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #21

The police and judges and all those other people in the system gollygee Mar 2015 #26

This is more logic and sense than most here can stand. n/t flvegan Mar 2015 #88

Posted to for book marking later ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #11

I'm racist because a "justice" system I don't support does things that make me not support it? Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2015 #18

That comment reveals a complete misunderstanding ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #22

Well, for starters, the title sucks and that's not my fault. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2015 #36

Well ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #38

#notallwhitepeople gollygee Mar 2015 #39

Can you tell me how to put someone on ignore. azmom Mar 2015 #42

Click on their name and then there's an option to ignore. n/t gollygee Mar 2015 #57

Thanks azmom Mar 2015 #111

Again, the title says Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2015 #45

Bless you for trying LOL NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #54

Awwwwww fuck. I was giving you the benefit of the doubt Unicorn azmom Mar 2015 #40

Tell me where I'm wrong. Like, with facts and stuff. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2015 #44

Yes you are GummyBearz Mar 2015 #27

"Now apologize for others sins." Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2015 #37

"Now apologize for others sins." And that's part of the problem. AverageJoe90 Mar 2015 #76

You cannot believe how much I hate jamzrockz Mar 2015 #24

"race baiting" ?? gollygee Mar 2015 #25

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It isn't intended as an accusation gollygee Mar 2015 #107

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Read #26 gollygee Mar 2015 #112

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White people as a group do gollygee Mar 2015 #118

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Your power has nothing to do with it. cyberswede Mar 2015 #136

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Back so soon? NutmegYankee Mar 2015 #150

If this made your skin crawl, that's a good thing Cali_Democrat Mar 2015 #28

Probably not nearly as sick as racist, bigots and phonies make me feel. bravenak Mar 2015 #29

Some white folk simply cant accept that they are, by definition, racist NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #55

White folks "are, by definition, racist"? NaturalHigh Mar 2015 #162

Are you sure you learn? NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #171

The deadline? When is that? KamaAina Mar 2015 #31

I meant to say title but was thinking headline jamzrockz Mar 2015 #33

A while back that would have been my response too. upaloopa Mar 2015 #35

Yay. Thank you for that. I needed that today. azmom Mar 2015 #41

My saddest feeling is that it took the death of upaloopa Mar 2015 #46

Thank you for opening your heart and your mind. azmom Mar 2015 #63

Michael Brown was a good kid, deep down inside who was trying to make a good life for himself. AverageJoe90 Mar 2015 #73

To be fair to the author, however, that was probably not intentional. AverageJoe90 Mar 2015 #74

...^ that 840high Mar 2015 #83

ITA romanic Mar 2015 #85

Also alienates jamzrockz Mar 2015 #86

They have gotten more prevalent lately Doctor_J Mar 2015 #87

Yep. Yep. AverageJoe90 Mar 2015 #93

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white people are more racist DustyJoe Mar 2015 #32

That is what I said jamzrockz Mar 2015 #34

Everyone is more racist than they realize Albertoo Mar 2015 #43

So they could speed up the game by hiring more black refs KamaAina Mar 2015 #47

Basketball deserves all the misery it can get Albertoo Mar 2015 #50

Albertoo, meet Ty "Muggsy" Bogues KamaAina Mar 2015 #51

He must have cheated Albertoo Mar 2015 #52

His opponents probably thought so KamaAina Mar 2015 #53

Time for a racist comment. Albertoo Mar 2015 #56

I did not mention that he is black KamaAina Mar 2015 #58

you guessed because teapots often are white Albertoo Mar 2015 #59

K&R (and I'm white) CreekDog Mar 2015 #62

I'm brown azmom Mar 2015 #152

I just saw a prime example play out loyalsister Mar 2015 #65

Great post. The pattern you mentioned is on full display in this thread as well. Number23 Mar 2015 #91

was it the only park in your city, or were there other parks and only that one was proposed as ND-Dem Mar 2015 #96

Initially only that one was proposed loyalsister Mar 2015 #97

thanks. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #102

I agree casual racism is very damaging. azmom Mar 2015 #116

Several of these aren't actually evidence that specifically white people are racist mythology Mar 2015 #81

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All true - as I white person, I receive generally fair treatment bhikkhu Mar 2015 #84

One of the most levelheaded responses I've seen on this thread. nt AverageJoe90 Mar 2015 #92

You should have included the subheading. Even without it, the good folks here are already in full Number23 Mar 2015 #90

White privilege romanic Mar 2015 #94

"it just strokes the fires between race groups" & not just for site clicks. the PTB *want* to ND-Dem Mar 2015 #95

The white privilege discussion is really about this phenomenon in the United States. kwassa Mar 2015 #155

Are we to the point now where words just mean whatever the author feels like? Oktober Mar 2015 #98

If I smoke weed, I'm being racist? That one does not make sense. McCamy Taylor Mar 2015 #99

Probably just a really poor turn of phrase on the author's part. AverageJoe90 Mar 2015 #100

Please explain to me how... 99Forever Mar 2015 #103

Apparently... 99Forever Mar 2015 #148

Want me to 'splain it to you? kwassa Mar 2015 #154

That "splains" nothing. 99Forever Mar 2015 #157

If you don't listen to people, you will never understand. kwassa Mar 2015 #159

How does that answer my question? 99Forever Mar 2015 #160

Actually, no, you are not, but nonetheless .. kwassa Mar 2015 #161

You can't or won't give an honest answer. 99Forever Mar 2015 #164

What part of your question have I not answered? kwassa Mar 2015 #165

All of it. 99Forever Mar 2015 #167

Well, I guess you have nothing, then. kwassa Mar 2015 #168

This message was self-deleted by its author 99Forever Mar 2015 #169

I have nothing? 99Forever Mar 2015 #170

What you are saying is true Matariki Mar 2015 #172

I call bullshit, white people are significantly both aware and comfortable with all 10 TheKentuckian Mar 2015 #113

I think you are right. If I was a white person azmom Mar 2015 #123

Speaking as an actual "white" person.....I'm *not*. nt AverageJoe90 Mar 2015 #158

#NotAllWhitePeople YoungDemCA Mar 2015 #114

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Are you serious? ismnotwasm Mar 2015 #125

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Keep digging ismnotwasm Mar 2015 #127

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You? no way ismnotwasm Mar 2015 #130

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I'm sure you are a perfect gentleman ismnotwasm Mar 2015 #134

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Race fail Bingo ismnotwasm Mar 2015 #121

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bwahahahahaha ismnotwasm Mar 2015 #132

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But. but, but, libodem Mar 2015 #122

Defining 99% of white peope as racist removes all meaning from the word. luke102938 Mar 2015 #139

Re: "Real racists will hide among the masses and will be less marginalized." AverageJoe90 Mar 2015 #156

I am not sure that it removes all meaning from the word shaayecanaan Mar 2015 #166

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