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90. 'I'd hate to be that limited. '

Reply to Starry Messenger (Reply #82)

Thu Aug 13, 2015, 02:07 PM

Aug 2015

my impression is you have no awareness of your limitations

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the evolution of a charge: from white privilege to white supremacist [View all] cali Aug 2015 OP

I disagree Spacedog1973 Aug 2015 #1

Ms. Johnson didn't accuse anyone of displaying white supremacy cali Aug 2015 #3

Your wild guess is paranoia Spacedog1973 Aug 2015 #61

I will repeat for sadly the 1000th TM99 Aug 2015 #6

thanks. cali Aug 2015 #8

... sibelian Aug 2015 #9

+1 Marr Aug 2015 #25

++++ a million, thanks! nt haikugal Aug 2015 #52

Thank you! dgibby Aug 2015 #67

It is damned disgusting TM99 Aug 2015 #72

Which black life did Marissa Johnson save? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #10

great post! n/t zazen Aug 2015 #21

I'm impressed with the quality of the responses in this thread! haikugal Aug 2015 #53

Thank you! [n/t] Maedhros Aug 2015 #55

I think you misunderstood the protest Spacedog1973 Aug 2015 #63

I think you misunderstand my comment. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #64

Again you misunderstood Spacedog1973 Aug 2015 #65

accept what? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #66

Excellent! dgibby Aug 2015 #68

From the poster just above yours Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #69

So BLM tactics have had "no useful outcome"? at all? tia uponit7771 Aug 2015 #78

^^^ALL of THIS^^^ hifiguy Aug 2015 #96

Do you really think that if a Trump supporter, or David Koch, or an Alex Jones-head had taken that GreatGazoo Aug 2015 #15

"their hierarchy of needs placed their emotions above the urgency of black Lives" Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2015 #19

You're describing "selfish." Igel Aug 2015 #27

Nonsense. Maedhros Aug 2015 #54

No it did not place Sanders above black lives Shankapotomus Aug 2015 #76

It's a smear, not a charge. A charge has some basis in fact. leveymg Aug 2015 #79

this fight will only get dirtier Supersedeas Aug 2015 #99

That can only benefit the GOP N/T leveymg Aug 2015 #100

Is Bernie Sanders taking charge of his campaign? Baitball Blogger Aug 2015 #103

IMHO, this is a helpful discussion... (w/edits) OneGrassRoot Aug 2015 #2

thanks for your thoughtful post. cali Aug 2015 #4

I think she was saying that Seattle is full of "liberal white supremacists" gollygee Aug 2015 #5

she used a phrase that has actual meaning and associations. cali Aug 2015 #7

Her message was a pointed barb at all of us Generic Other Aug 2015 #87

I agree, generally, but I think people are much more racist than they believe they are. alarimer Aug 2015 #11

An aha moment!!! OneGrassRoot Aug 2015 #13

I moved from a place where the schools were awful. jeff47 Aug 2015 #47

I couldn't agree more... OneGrassRoot Aug 2015 #49

But how much of that is about poverty and not about race? starroute Aug 2015 #29

I think urgency is the point here... (w/edit) OneGrassRoot Aug 2015 #44

But can there be racial justice in a fundamentally oppressive system? starroute Aug 2015 #71

Hate is part of the equation and that isn't going to change onecaliberal Aug 2015 #102

People who say they are for justice, it's good to know how they mean that. mmonk Aug 2015 #12

Man.. your feelings are REALLY hurt. Adrahil Aug 2015 #14

no, they're not really hurt. I do find this intellectually interesting from a sociological perspect cali Aug 2015 #16

That last paragraph can't be stated enough, and thank you for writing it. NuclearDem Aug 2015 #17

One small step away from calling everyone who disagrees "Nazis" Democat Aug 2015 #18

It's an attempt to beat down opposition Hydra Aug 2015 #20

Many DUers have long recognized the "white privilege" meme as divisive, unproductive, Nye Bevan Aug 2015 #22

I don't have a problem with the former. it's factual cali Aug 2015 #23

There's a reason that President Obama has never once used the phrase Nye Bevan Aug 2015 #24

I think he doesn't use the term 'white privilege', ronnie624 Aug 2015 #28

Seems like you are claiming that the majority of white people are racists. Nye Bevan Aug 2015 #30

Most people harbor inherent racial biases. ronnie624 Aug 2015 #33

The president is bi-racial whathehell Aug 2015 #34

Therefore all white people in the US are truly progressive on race relations, ronnie624 Aug 2015 #38

No, and all white people aren't "privileged" either. whathehell Aug 2015 #40

People carry their (well established) subconscious biases everywhere, ronnie624 Aug 2015 #48

Yes, and that's true of all people, whathehell Aug 2015 #57

All white people in our culture ARE privileged by the color of their skin. Gormy Cuss Aug 2015 #50

No they're not. Read post #31 for the explanation. whathehell Aug 2015 #74

Yes, we are. Gormy Cuss Aug 2015 #83

LOL..You may be, I'm not, and please, did you really use WikiPedia as whathehell Aug 2015 #84

If you're white, then yes you are. Gormy Cuss Aug 2015 #89

No, and I suggest you find someone who likes playing "Yes you are"/No I'm not" all day. I do not. whathehell Aug 2015 #91

You do realize that all meanings of a word in a dictionary entry are valid, right? Gormy Cuss Aug 2015 #97

I am using the more commonly used definition, because I, like most here, whathehell Aug 2015 #101

There is an inheirent privilege to race. Race is the second assumption marker at first sight. haele Aug 2015 #56

First of all, you are speaking only of America, whathehell Aug 2015 #58

Understood, and I had thought to add that. But this is a USA problem. haele Aug 2015 #62

The problem is not limited to the USA whathehell Aug 2015 #75

I agree. I grew up in a poor multiracial neighborhood. avaistheone1 Aug 2015 #88

Thank you. It is a misguided term whathehell Aug 2015 #92

I grew up in a poor nearly all white neighborhood. Gormy Cuss Aug 2015 #98

she didn't. he had a scholarship cali Aug 2015 #41

That was for his higher education, whathehell Aug 2015 #60

It's not factual. It makes biased treatment the "norm", and fair treatment a "privilege" whathehell Aug 2015 #31

Exactly. Being treated courteously and respectfully by a cop should not be considered a "privilege", Nye Bevan Aug 2015 #32

Yes, of course. whathehell Aug 2015 #35

Exactly so. Waiting For Everyman Aug 2015 #43

If white privilege is a meme or racially charged is beside the point. mmonk Aug 2015 #36

Again, there's no 'privilige' in not being searched without probable cause.. whathehell Aug 2015 #39

Of which fair treatment you enjoy while others do not due to skin pigmentation. mmonk Aug 2015 #46

To the extent, that it isn't eroded, if not fully cancelled out, by the construction of my body.. whathehell Aug 2015 #59

Are you white or taken as such? mmonk Aug 2015 #70

Apparently you didn't read my post whathehell Aug 2015 #73

LOL/ I've gone dizzy trying to find it with so many people responding in this thread. mmonk Aug 2015 #104

Gotcha.. whathehell Aug 2015 #105

+1 Waiting For Everyman Aug 2015 #51

once you accept that you must have guilt because of your skin color HFRN Aug 2015 #26

For the vast majority of people engaged in this issue... OneGrassRoot Aug 2015 #37

well, we did have an African American AG, but he left for a cushy Wall Street job HFRN Aug 2015 #42

Not sure what that has to do with your comment re: white guilt, but okay. n/t OneGrassRoot Aug 2015 #45

I have no guilt ibegurpard Aug 2015 #77

This isn't about guilt. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #80

sorry i didnt get your permission to feel that way HFRN Aug 2015 #81

Sorry you're too in your feelings to hear people. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #82

Maybe, but others would say the same of you and those agreeing with you.. whathehell Aug 2015 #85

'I'd hate to be that limited. ' HFRN Aug 2015 #90

Nope. It's about protecting the economic Status Quo by electing an Oligarch. Romulox Aug 2015 #86

*Yawn* Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #94

Like I said...yours has been a HUGE unmasking. Yawn indeed. Romulox Aug 2015 #95

it's am interesting sociological phenemon. but I think it's fascinating what people project onto cali Aug 2015 #93