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Recursion

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1. Only when whiteness comes to an end

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Wed Jun 8, 2016, 06:57 AM

Jun 2016

The problem is, when people read that sentence, rather than opening the Hegel and DuBois and learning what that would mean, they assume it's a call for genocide.

But it really will have to be that ontologically extreme: "whiteness" is a product -- the product, really -- of the American experiment.

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Dr. Sinclair Grey III � Can �White Male Privilege� Ever Come To An End? [View all] MrScorpio Jun 2016 OP

Only when whiteness comes to an end Recursion Jun 2016 #1

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"Whiteness" doesn't exist without racism YoungDemCA Jun 2016 #4

"It�s all about self-gratification." BumRushDaShow Jun 2016 #2

Didn't you just love how the judge "explained" that lenient sentence because he "took the young man Number23 Jun 2016 #6

White privilege documented BumRushDaShow Jun 2016 #8

MrS, could you please add this to the "Graphic Examples" thread pinned to the top of this forum? Number23 Jun 2016 #5

You bet, added! nt MrScorpio Jun 2016 #7