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Re: 'As a black person it's always racial': Django Unchained star Jamie Foxx explains
It is cheap and whiny when no such evidence exists. This guy was complaining about Ritz crackers and cheese being racist. Was it the 'cracker' part that got to him?
I'm not denying that racism, sexism or homophobia doesn't exist, I'm only saying that sometimes people just do something rude or unthoughtful that has nothing to do with race. Rudeness and ignorance happens to all people.
Yeah, that's called "white privilege" and the reality of racism, sexism, homophobia and other forms of discrimination are not "cheapest, whiniest possible explanations." It's a reality you will rarely, if ever, have to wonder if someone is thinking less of you because of your race or have to wonder whether or not people are going to see your failure as a representation of all blacks or Muslims or Hispanics and so on. Be thankful for that instead of denigrating people who don't have that luxury.
It is cheap and whiny when no such evidence exists. This guy was complaining about Ritz crackers and cheese being racist. Was it the 'cracker' part that got to him?
I'm not denying that racism, sexism or homophobia doesn't exist, I'm only saying that sometimes people just do something rude or unthoughtful that has nothing to do with race. Rudeness and ignorance happens to all people.