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> White people do not think in terms of we. White people have the privilege to interact with the social and political structures of our society as individuals. You are “you,” I am “one of them.” Whites are often not directly affected by racial oppression even in their own community, so what does not affect them locally has little chance of affecting them regionally or nationally. They have no need, nor often any real…
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I think the author acknowledges that.
If whites were 1) running the country and 2) racist then the immigration policies of this country would have kept the USA as a white majority country. Instead, white people are becoming a minority in the USA and European countries. "As Of Today, California No Longer Has A White Majority" http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2013/07/01/2238421/cali...
Why? Why would the whites holding the majority of the power oppose having greater non-white subject populations as long as they were still subject? (One might argue that this would be short-sighted, on the assumption that minority dominance isn't indefinitely sustainable, but at a minimum this requires assuming that the white rulers were not merely racist, but also uniformly long-term strategic thinkers.)
Uh, this is like a blatantly reverse-racist article.
I was at first attempted to call your statement hyperbole. But then I realized that's exactly the insidiousness of white privilege that I cut you some slack by thinking you're just being silly.
Uh, this is like a blatantly reverse-racist article.
This is a transparent ad hominem attack, slandering the author as racist for the sole purpose to reduce his credibility, with the goal of shutting down a rational conversation on racism. I was at first attempted to call your statement hyperbole. But then I realized that's exactly the insidiousness of white privilege that I cut you some slack by thinking you're just being silly.
> And White people, every single one of you, are complicit in this racism because you benefit directly from it.
> every single one of you
> complicit in this racism
What else is this suppose to say besides, "all white people are racists"?
Why is that okay for a black person who identifies as "Black" not black as a descriptor of skin color but Black as a part of community, a culture, not an individual, to say that all, that's all as in every man, woman, and child as a White person, not an individual, but all White people as a part of the white community, are racists?
Why is this okay? What does this accomplish? What is the end goal of this conversation the author intends to have with his audience really about?
If a message is conveyed here to the White audience, what are white individuals, and White people collectively suppose to do about it? Is the article just about saying White people are racist and that's it, rant over, end of story?
What is the solution?
> [...] it’s getting harder and harder for me to think about the protection of White people’s feelings when White people don’t seem to care at all about the loss of so many Black lives
What? Are you serious?
Lets repeat that back:
> White people don’t seem to care at all about the loss of so many Black lives
Excuse me? Says who?
If whites were 1) running the country and 2) racist then the immigration policies of this country would have kept the USA as a white majority country. Instead, white people are becoming a minority in the USA and European countries. "As Of Today, California No Longer Has A White Majority" http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2013/07/01/2238421/cali...
> If whites were 1) running the country and 2) racist then the immigration policies of this country would have kept the USA as a white majority country. Why? Why would the whites holding the majority of the power oppose having greater non-white subject populations as long as they were still subject? (One might argue that this would be short-sighted, on the assumption that minority dominance isn't indefinitely sustain…
Trying to keep America white by immigration? No Media favoring white people? No (they called the hispanic George Zimmerman white to further their 'white people are all rascist' narrative') Passing laws that favor the majority white religion (Christianity)? No
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> If whites were 1) running the country and 2) racist then the immigration policies of this country would have kept the USA as a white majority country. Why? Why would the whites holding the majority of the power oppose having greater non-white subject populations as long as they were still subject? (One might argue that this would be short-sighted, on the assumption that minority dominance isn't indefinitely sustain…
If whites are running everything, what policy exists for them to maintain power? Trying to keep America white by immigration? No Media favoring white people? No (they called the hispanic George Zimmerman white to further their 'white people are all rascist' narrative') Passing laws that favor the majority white religion (Christianity)? No
The sooner you realize their line of thinking is very similar to a conspiracy theorist's, in that any contrary evidence is used as evidence to further support their thinking, the better off you are.
It's not too dissimilar from a conspiracy theorist saying "the government isn't incompetent... they just want you to believe they are! It's a guise!"