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17. Great stuff

Mon Aug 31, 2015, 04:23 PM

Aug 2015

My first thought was "White Like Me," Eddie Murphy's excellent Sat. Night Live bit:
https://screen.yahoo.com/white-000000112.html

Delving more deeply, "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" by Peggy McIntosh is a must-read and a real eye-opener for every white American:
http://amptoons.com/blog/files/mcintosh.html

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This is hilarious. Sheldon Cooper Aug 2015 #1

That was very very funny satire Gothmog Aug 2015 #3

No, I've been meaning to watch that! zappaman Aug 2015 #5

Highly recommended! arcane1 Aug 2015 #6

Now I will definitely get on it! zappaman Aug 2015 #7

It is beyond funny! JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #29

Here is a youtube link for that mocumentary dieter Aug 2015 #8

Thanks! arcane1 Aug 2015 #10

Saved it left-of-center2012 Aug 2015 #16

Shocked we don't have threads denouncing it here! bettyellen Aug 2015 #11

Funny, sad, and true all at the same time. mountain grammy Aug 2015 #12

That is really well done! NutmegYankee Aug 2015 #13

Truth will out malaise Aug 2015 #14

Non-racist white people? Coleman Young said there was no such thing. tclambert Aug 2015 #15

Great stuff klook Aug 2015 #17

That is fricken' awesome! Android3.14 Aug 2015 #18

Read the twitter reactions at the link. zappaman Aug 2015 #20

The stupid, it burns! Android3.14 Aug 2015 #21

K&R rbrnmw Aug 2015 #19

I have not been witness to this upset of which some people speak. notadmblnd Aug 2015 #22

Did you click the link? zappaman Aug 2015 #24

Yes I did. notadmblnd Aug 2015 #25

There are a number of them at the link. zappaman Aug 2015 #26

I edited my post notadmblnd Aug 2015 #27

Yeah, when I first clicked on it, they didn't show up. zappaman Aug 2015 #28

K&R betsuni Aug 2015 #30