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MineralMan

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6. I fail to understand pride in one's genetic makeup.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Aug 22, 2017, 11:56 AM

Aug 2017

None of us had a thing to do with that. Being white is simply an accident of conception. None of us choose our own parents, so where does this "pride" come from.

I'm proud of some of the decisions I have made and actions I have taken, and less proud of some others. But the color of my skin is not a source of pride for me, since I had nothing to do with that. Neither does anyone else have anything to do with the color of their skin.

It is a false pride from the very start.

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