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Why does the color of my skin make me guilty of things I did not do?

Sabre said:
Really, the term is derogatory to white people just as other terms used against people of other skin colors is. Did you have a say in the color of your skin that was assigned to you before you were born and do you appreciate someone demeaning you because of that color? Yes, I know there are people who use put-downs for any number of people for whatever their skin color may be, but it is wrong to do so, whatever that color is. Color does not define the person. If you assign a negative to a color you are foolish, the problem lies with you, not them.
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And yet all white people have a degree of white privilege. It's really not a derogatory, racist slur, it's a term used to refer to a widespread and unfortunate phenomenon in our society.
 
Just because you have privileges others dont doesnt necessarily mean you are evil incarnate. I mean when you are asked to reflect on what you should be thankful for on thanksgiving, do you feel like you are being accused of something when you notice you are better off than others? No? Then white privilege shouldnt be so insulting either.
 
Sabre said:
So you are making a general statement based on a color. Then can you realize racists come in all colors?
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Lemme try it this way, have you ever had some pre-conception about a person because of their race but maybe dont quite realize such conception is a bias?
 
Marrybore said:
And yet all white people have a degree of white privilege. It's really not a derogatory, racist slur, it's a term used to refer to a widespread and unfortunate phenomenon in our society.
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What 'privilege' do you imagine I have? Or have had?
 
Bodhisattva said:
Not by nature specifically, no...
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You are failing, and your trap isnt much better, when it gets sprung. The truth is, white people are RACISM. Not racist.

White people are the DOMINANT CULTURE. Duh. Thus, the DOMINANT culture set about making all things favor the dominant culture.

This society has set about, righting wrongs to the degree possible. And that dominant culture is frightened that they will lose stature, and their children will lose opportunities.

Thus, they sent an unqualified neophyte to washington, to stop the society from trying to right any wrongs. And low and behold, a guy that doesnt want to right wrongs, is not interested in saving human lives. Only how those lives will affect his ratings.
 
Guyzilla said:
You are failing, and your trap isnt much better, when it gets sprung. The truth is, white people are RACISM. Not racist.

White people are the DOMINANT CULTURE. Duh. Thus, the DOMINANT culture set about making all things favor the dominant culture.

This society has set about, righting wrongs to the degree possible. And that dominant culture is frightened that they will lose stature, and their children will lose opportunities.

Thus, they sent an unqualified neophyte to washington, to stop the society from trying to right any wrongs. And low and behold, a guy that doesnt want to right wrongs, is not interested in saving human lives. Only how those lives will affect his ratings.
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We have different views of the "dominant culture" as you call it. Culture is is an umbrella term that encompasses social behavior and norms found in all human societies. Yes, white is the majority of people in our nation, but the majority works for the benefit of all not just white. You know the saw, a rising tide lifts all boats. You seem to be advocating that the minority should be dominant and tell the majority how things are to be, in case you haven't notice our system is a democracy, majority rules but the rights of the minority are protected.
 
Sabre said:
We have different views of the "dominant culture" as you call it. Culture is is an umbrella term that encompasses social behavior and norms found in all human societies. Yes, white is the majority of people in our nation, but the majority works for the benefit of all not just white. You know the saw, a rising tide lifts all boats. You seem to be advocating that the minority should be dominant and tell the majority how things are to be, in case you haven't notice our system is a democracy, majority rules but the rights of the minority are protected.
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Dominant does not necessarily mean majority. And the MAJORITY do not work for the benefit of all, they worked Trump in, to DESTROY the ladder up. To kill all regulation, meant to right environmental wrongs on populations affected. And kill all norms, to create chaos, so that folks operate in FEAR, which creates hypervigilance, which spurs racial strife.
 
Guyzilla said:
Dominant does not necessarily mean majority. And the MAJORITY do not work for the benefit of all, they worked Trump in, to DESTROY the ladder up. To kill all regulation, meant to right environmental wrongs on populations affected. And kill all norms, to create chaos, so that folks operate in FEAR, which creates hypervigilance, which spurs racial strife.
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If whites are still the dominant culture here, why in the past month have we seen powerful media corporations groveling to avoid being termed as racist?

Case in point— Disneycorp decided to purge “Splash Mountain “ of it’s Uncle Remus characters— even though no watchdog groups even asked them to do so.

What’s “dominant “ about such cowardice?
 
Sabre said:
I'm white instead of chopping it to change the meaning to fit your rant.
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You called me a racist and have now added a straw man to your argument... it is important to quote the people on white you are responding to not what they want you to respond to or what they said and think is relevant
 
bomberfox said:
I dont feel guilty. I’d just like for people that dont look like me to be able to have a decent life and not be harassed for theirs.
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Doesn't this kind of go without saying?
 
I don't feel guilty but I do feel that some angry Blacks WANT me to feel guilty and want me to treat them a different way..more friendly or whatever..to prove I am not racist. I however judge ppl by their behavior..and interact with them accordingly
 
Thom Paine said:
seems that you, being caucasian, made that claim.
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Why do you use the long ssince discredited word 'caucasian'? Invented by members of the Göttingen school around 1780 and long since abandoned. As is the notion that mankind is divided up into different and distinct 'races'. Only in the USA does one find those stupid enough to perpetuate the 'caucasian' idiocy.
 
Integrityrespec said:
You are white so you must be a racist.
You are black so you must commit crimes.
You are yellow so you must be really smart.
Common misconceptions that too often are assumed stereotypes.
We will not solve our problems until we stop seeing guilt in colors.
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Hopefully, someday you will learn that is is not about skin color.
 
Sabre said:
So you are making a general statement based on a color. Then can you realize racists come in all colors?
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People don't even come in all colors, so racists cannot, either.
 
calamity said:
White people are not inherently racist. However, white people who whine about the term "white privilege" probably are racist.
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I admit I struggle to understand 'white privilege'. But at least I do try to understand.
 
Sweden said:
Why do you use the long ssince discredited word 'caucasian'? Invented by members of the Göttingen school around 1780 and long since abandoned. As is the notion that mankind is divided up into different and distinct 'races'. Only in the USA does one find those stupid enough to perpetuate the 'caucasian' idiocy.
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?? Discredited by whom ?? (rhetorical; don't answer; I don't care and wish not to derail the thread)
I use words, as is possible, for their specific clarity. Obviously, you easily understood the meaning of the statement.
have a great day Swede.
 
Integrityrespec said:
You are white so you must be a racist.
You are black so you must commit crimes.
You are yellow so you must be really smart.
Common misconceptions that too often are assumed stereotypes.
We will not solve our problems until we stop seeing guilt in colors.
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When
at any time in history has the "Darker Person"
occupied the higher caste position?

Just asking.


Moi
 
chuckiechan said:
Even the neanderthals bitched about the pushy hominids stealing their ****, and porking their wimmen!

It human nature.
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Racism is not my nature
 
SheWolf said:
Racism is not my nature
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If you were dropped into a strange city, you would first gravitate to groups of your own race until you learned your way around. Now you will probably say you are different, but you aren't. You are just saying that to feel different.
 
I did not even report his obvious violation of the rules

Thom Paine said:
seems that you, being caucasian, made that claim.
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Wrong... I say that "you can tell that you are wrong" in the "you" in general manner... because obviously "you" meaning 'Thom Paine' cannot tell... when Sabre says, "you are racist" to me it is not "me" making that claim... it is "Sabre" making that claim.

Here:

Sabre said:
you are a racist..
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Did you see it Thom? Let's show it one more time just in case you missed it...

Sabre said:
you are a racist..
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Thom Paine said:
I suppose you're speaking only for yourself ....
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Incorrect.
 
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