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| YOUHAVENOHOPE 08/22/18 8:13:31 PM #40: | Kazi1212 posted... The US is unique in this regard? What nation or empires in the past didnt hold the view their own ethnic people as being superior than people of other ethnicities and races? Supremacist ideology has influenced historical development significantly, but thats not unique to white people or the US by any means Oh but it is Yes, generally you favor the majority ethnicity but the US specifically had major white supremacist beginnings, and is one of the only nation that actively ACTIVELY suppressed, persecuted, and subjugated black people in an effort to make sure they were kept "subhuman" We emancipated slaves later than everyone. We integrated later than everyone. And today the racial income disparity is suspiciously massive. Why? And that's where the idea of white privilege comes in And you should know that to any educated person, white privilege shouldn't be an indictment upon every white person or an excuse to dismiss their accomplishments That's one of those things where people on the right try to redefine things so they can argue against it better, like the #metoo thing or clutching pearls over kneeling during football games I'd also like to point out that white privilege extends to the rest of the globe, though to a less problematic degree in most situations. --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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