Race & Ethnicity

Soph0571

(9,685 posts) Tue Oct 29, 2019, 09:35 AM Oct 2019

I am going with this being a deliberate strategy cause white supremacy power structures

It is a deliberate strategy to further disempower victims of racism...while reinforcing structural disadvantage. But...but...they are victim... huh?

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I am going with this being a deliberate strategy cause white supremacy power structures (Original Post) Soph0571 Oct 2019 OP

Structural disadvantage is the heart of conservatism... Thomas Hurt Oct 2019 #1

Pleeeze. Cartoonist Oct 2019 #2

Not all white people expect "positioning as equal victims of racial discrimination" Merlot Oct 2019 #3

It is not about the individual though Soph0571 Oct 2019 #5

It will take individuals joining together to change the system. Merlot Oct 2019 #6

I'm white, I've seen racism. I understand completely RainCaster Oct 2019 #4

Thomas Hurt

(13,929 posts)

1. Structural disadvantage is the heart of conservatism...

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Tue Oct 29, 2019, 09:46 AM

Oct 2019

Entitlement to take what they want or to exploit when they want from people they consider their lessers.

Cartoonist

(7,558 posts)

2. Pleeeze.

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Tue Oct 29, 2019, 09:52 AM

Oct 2019

I'm white. Have been for 65 years. Never been a victim of racism. Don't know any white people who have been victims either.

I have been a victim of white privilege. It bothers me when I know I am being treated with a respect not given to people of color just because I'm white.

Merlot

(9,696 posts)

3. Not all white people expect "positioning as equal victims of racial discrimination"

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Tue Oct 29, 2019, 10:02 AM

Oct 2019

Nor do they want it.

Soph0571

(9,685 posts)

5. It is not about the individual though

Reply to Merlot (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 29, 2019, 10:13 AM

Oct 2019

It it the system...

Merlot

(9,696 posts)

6. It will take individuals joining together to change the system.

Reply to Soph0571 (Reply #5)

Tue Oct 29, 2019, 10:25 AM

Oct 2019

RainCaster

(11,662 posts)

4. I'm white, I've seen racism. I understand completely

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Tue Oct 29, 2019, 10:03 AM

Oct 2019

I worked for a Korean company once. They hired me to teach them about American business tactics/strategies. They taught me that my eyes are too round to make any decisions. I didn't stay long. Fortunately for me, I had choices. Many in this country do not have such choices, and I can understand how frustrating it must be.

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