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25. White people feel uncomfortable whenever the real, lived experiences of black people are brought up

Reply to La Lioness Priyanka (Original post)

Fri Jun 24, 2016, 12:28 PM

Jun 2016

As well as those of other PoC.

Perhaps that discomfort is rooted in white people's realization that maybe - just maybe - they (we) are complicit in maintaining our white supremacist society? Even through our silence - no, especially through our silence. I maintain that white silence can do more for maintaining white supremacy than outright violence against PoC.

Black people and other people of color are literally experiencing violence (of all kinds) every day, and white people - including white liberals - are worried about how uncomfortable discussions of racism make them feel. What the fuck kind of priorities are those?

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Racism: i find that how a lot of white people think of racism, whereas a lot of POC and academics [View all] La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2016 OP

OK so gollygee Jun 2016 #1

brilliant post. La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2016 #2

seen all of that hundreds of times here. bettyellen Jun 2016 #3

Puts me in mind of that that very destructive drinker ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #4

White fragility caraher Jun 2016 #5

exactly! southmost Jun 2016 #10

Unfortunately we have to play by that rule, frustrating as it is. forjusticethunders Jun 2016 #12

the disclaimers are largely to mock those who jump on these threads La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2016 #17

You are spot on, caraher, brer cat Jun 2016 #18

Damn Skippy nt MrScorpio Jun 2016 #20

great post southmost Jun 2016 #9

+1000 blackspade Jun 2016 #14

Thank you for sharing this, gollygee. brer cat Jun 2016 #19

Perfect explanation nt MrScorpio Jun 2016 #21

It's bigger than that, dunno if whites implicitly get it. forjusticethunders Jun 2016 #22

Great Post (n/t) Basement Beat Jun 2016 #23

��This to the nth degree EffieBlack Jun 2016 #24

Many whites can only see racism that is overt, not built in. kwassa Jun 2016 #6

absolutely. they can see overt and intentional personal prejudice but not systemic racism La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2016 #16

That's exactly correct MrScorpio Jun 2016 #7

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2016 #8

This is one of Coolest Ranger Jun 2016 #11

We live in a world of white supremacy.... blackspade Jun 2016 #13

Excellent post LLP JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #15

White people feel uncomfortable whenever the real, lived experiences of black people are brought up YoungDemCA Jun 2016 #25