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| YOUHAVENOHOPE 08/22/18 8:03:52 PM #38: | nemu posted... If you want to say group X as a whole will likely experience more benefits than groups Y and Z due to their collective being larger, that is not inaccurate. If you want to say groups Y and Z will likely experience more hardships than X as a whole, that is not inaccurate. It's this insistence of attaching this very specific label that is the issue. But the USA is unique in that white supremacy plays a key role in its foundation and economic prosperity It's specifically a problem because white supremacy still influences the United States White privilege borne of majority is not the problem - white privilege borne of discrimination, prejudice, and white supremacist ideals IS the problem. Now, I'm not saying that the OP is a white supremacy issue - THAT would be ridiculous. But that's why specifically "white privilege" is a thing because the USA is still heavily influenced by its white supremacist roots --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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