Poll of the Day > White people sue black singer so they can steal her name.

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PKMNsony posted...

Never said you did, nice try though. Was referring to "if you want people to be pro white than tell white people to clean up their act."

Yeah, I should totally genuflect and beg for forgiveness for what people that lived and died before I was born did.


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WhiskeyDisk posted...

Yeah, I should totally genuflect and beg for forgiveness for what people that lived and died before I was born did.

That's what Twitter users want.
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I don't think recognizing white privilege is about begging for forgiveness of slaveholders in the past. It's in recognizing that your skin color doesn't make life more difficult for you systemically. It's in recognizing that if you come from a generationally wealthy family, you likely are still directly benefiting from slavery and systemic racism. No one is asking you to genuflect for actions you didn't commit, only recognize how you indirectly benefited from those actions.

JigsawTDC posted...

I don't think recognizing white privilege is about begging for forgiveness of slaveholders in the past. It's in recognizing that your skin color doesn't make life more difficult for you systemically. It's in recognizing that if you come from a generationally wealthy family, you likely are still directly benefiting from slavery and systemic racism. No one is asking you to genuflect for actions you didn't commit, only recognize how you indirectly benefited from those actions.

i was unaware that all white people were well-off and had their secret illuminati membership cards.

"A rich white man, a working white man, and a Black Man are seated around a table. At the center is a plate holding 13 cookies.

Rich white man takes 12 cookies, then turns to working white man, and says:

"Watch out. Black Man is about to steal your cookie!"

as long as the wealthy can push to divide us along racial lines, we'll never realize the real problem is class and we'll fight amongst ourselves like we are rather than combine our efforts against them. fuck white privelege, its the line minorities were fed to keep Evil Whitey in their crosshairs. stop playing into it.

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WhiskeyDisk posted...

i was unaware that all white people were well-off and had their secret illuminati membership cards.

"A rich white man, a working white man, and a Black Man are seated around a table. At the center is a plate holding 13 cookies.

Rich white man takes 12 cookies, then turns to working white man, and says:

"Watch out. Black Man is about to steal your cookie!"

as long as the wealthy can push to divide us along racial lines, we'll never realize the real problem is class and we'll fight amongst ourselves like we are rather than combine our efforts against them. fuck white privelege, its the line minorities were fed to keep Evil Whitey in their crosshairs. stop playing into it.

I never said all white people are well-off. I'm poor myself. And yeah, not every white person has benefited from the generational wealth that slavery and systemic racism has created, but we as white people also aren't hurt by that either. White privilege means that your life hasn't been made harder *because* you are white. You can still have a hard life.

I agree that class is a very important divide and that wealthy people try to perpetuate discord among the poor. But I don't think recognizing systemic racism creates division except with people who refuse to recognize it. A big part of modern anti-racism is intersectionality which includes wealth in its criteria. I grew up and lived in a very diverse area, and I've never felt like any minority has viewed me as the "Evil Whitey". *That* seems like a myth perpetuated by the media pushed to people who have little to no actual experience with racial diversity.

JigsawTDC posted...

I don't think recognizing white privilege is about begging for forgiveness of slaveholders in the past. It's in recognizing that your skin color doesn't make life more difficult for you systemically. It's in recognizing that if you come from a generationally wealthy family, you likely are still directly benefiting from slavery and systemic racism. No one is asking you to genuflect for actions you didn't commit, only recognize how you indirectly benefited from those actions.

LMAO.
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