I keep saying the topic of white privilege being equated to white guilt ...

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2. when it comes to racism, guilt is nothing more than mental mastrubation

in that it is completely self-serving. it has no value to the insulted party, and to add insult to injury, the guilty party often expects solace from the person he offended. "my feelings are hurt because you reacted to my racist statement with anger!" taking responsibility is something else entirely. of all the racist incidents i've experienced in my life, only person actually took responsibility and asked for forgiveness. the rest relied on the guilt/denial/i-am-now-the-victim-because-you-made-me-fell-uncomfortable syndrome to avoid taking responsibility for their actions. i could write a book on this subject.