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News: I Can't Be Racist/Sexist since I'm a Woman
Member Since: 8/18/2013
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Originally posted by danitykanelover
WHY THE FFFFF is it cool for EVERYONE in here to blatantly say they "don't like white people", "white people F up everything", "all whites are racist". those of you speaking like this are disgusting and no better than those who have discriminated against you for being ethnic.
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All white people are racist though, because as long as we benefit from white privilege (which is as long as we live tbh) then we're upholding the systematic oppression of other groups.
Racism isn't just joining KKK or using slurs, it's much, much bigger and more complex than that.
As a white person, you can take precautions and educate yourself into minimizing the oppression, but you can never get completely off the hook and claim that "I'm not racist".
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
Posts: 43,331
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Originally posted by Thisisit
The vast, vast majority of times POC are the target of racism.
It is not necessary to put this into the definition. That is the nature of reality, not an inherent part of the concept of racism.
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Member Since: 8/3/2010
Posts: 71,871
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Originally posted by danitykanelover
when did i ever say that??? and brought who prosperity??? i don't think white people are the saving grace of this world.. i also don't see myself as a part of a group that i have to stay within.. i have a range of different friends from all over the world because i went to a school where I WAS THE MINORITY.
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Not talking about you actually but about TrashyNavy
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Originally posted by TrashyNavy
some of the posts already 
**** white people right!!? Its not like were the ones that brought the world into prosperity or anything |
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Member Since: 9/18/2010
Posts: 18,082
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Originally posted by Doc
Prejudice is an irrational feeling of dislike for a person or group of persons, usually based on stereotype. Virtually everyone feels some sort of prejudice, whether it’s for an ethnic group, or for a religious group, or for a type of person like blondes or fat people or tall people. The important thing is they just don’t like them — in short, prejudice is a feeling, a belief. You can be prejudiced, but still be a fair person if you’re careful not to act on your irrational dislike.
Discrimination takes place the moment a person acts on prejudice. This describes those moments when one individual decides not to give another individual a job because of, say, their race or their religious orientation. Or even because of their looks (there’s a lot of hiring discrimination against “unattractive” women, for example). You can discriminate, individually, against any person or group, if you’re in a position of power over the person you want to discriminate against. White people can discriminate against black people, and black people can discriminate against white people if, for example, one is the interviewer and the other is the person being interviewed.
Racism, however, describes patterns of discrimination that are institutionalized as “normal” throughout an entire culture. It’s based on an ideological belief that one “race” is somehow better than another “race”. It’s not one person discriminating at this point, but a whole population operating in a social structure that actually makes it difficult for a person not to discriminate.
A five word definition from Webster isn't enough to cover the complexities of racism.
Educate yourselves!
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
Posts: 2,380
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Originally posted by Tropez
And they have faced discrimination is that something you missed?
Or does their discrimination not matter because of their sex/gender/sexualality?
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The article also says white people (that includes white WOMEN) are not allowed though so that only leaves women who are also POC 
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Member Since: 9/7/2006
Posts: 8,163
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Originally posted by Sasha.
All white people are racist though, because as long as we benefit from white privilege (which is as long as we live tbh) then we're upholding the systematic oppression of other groups.
Racism isn't just joining KKK or using slurs, it's much, much bigger and more complex than that.
As a white person, you can take precautions and educate yourself into minimizing the oppression, but you can never get completely off the hook and claim that "I'm not racist".
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I'm not Fing racist. Shut up with your white privelage BS, that is just a talking point for Al Sharpton to spout off. I do nothing to oppress other ethnicities and your thoughts that most white people do are just foolish. I hope you aren't white and think this.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by TrashyNavy
some of the posts already
**** white people right!!? Its not like were the ones that brought the world into prosperity or anything |
mte! Like show some respect please.
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Member Since: 8/18/2013
Posts: 20,070
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Originally posted by danitykanelover
I'm not Fing racist. Shut up with your white privelage BS, that is just a talking point for Al Sharpton to spout off. I do nothing to oppress other ethnicities and your thoughts that most white people do are just foolish. I hope you aren't white and think this.
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I am white!
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Member Since: 8/24/2008
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Excellent
Maybe if white people actually feel systematic Oppression they'll work to abolish it.
Nah wishful thinking.
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Member Since: 9/7/2006
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Originally posted by Sasha.
I am white!
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i guess your brain isn't hooked up to your head then... that's really sad.
are you calling yourself racist then?
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Member Since: 11/10/2011
Posts: 14,820
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Originally posted by danitykanelover
i guess your brain isn't hooked up to your head then... that's really sad.
are you calling yourself racist then?
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If he's white, then yes, he's racist.
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Member Since: 3/30/2011
Posts: 5,259
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Originally posted by Sasha.
All white people are racist though, because as long as we benefit from white privilege (which is as long as we live tbh) then we're upholding the systematic oppression of other groups.
Racism isn't just joining KKK or using slurs, it's much, much bigger and more complex than that.
As a white person, you can take precautions and educate yourself into minimizing the oppression, but you can never get completely off the hook and claim that "I'm not racist".
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Genuine question, not trying to troll; do you also consider all men to be sexist, all straight people to be homophobic, all cis people to be transphobic, and all able-bodied people to be ableist? That would seem the natural conclusion from your logic.
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Member Since: 8/18/2013
Posts: 20,070
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Originally posted by danitykanelover
i guess your brain isn't hooked up to your head then... that's really sad.
are you calling yourself racist then?
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I just said that all white people are racist... and I just said I'm white. Do the math.
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Member Since: 11/14/2011
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Originally posted by Sasha.
TrashyNavy is a troll, don't quote 'em.  |
I believe you're the one that's a troll sweetie. Everything I post is what I believe
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
Posts: 43,331
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See, just because someone is privileged as a white person doesn't make them a racist. It means that sometimes they benefit from a social system where whites have the advantage, but it doesn't make them a racist individual.
Living in the social system we have is inevitable. It's not upholding the system because right now there's no quick fix to the system. There are plenty of people trying to change the system, but that's largely failed so far. Are they racists and upholding the system? Absolutely not.
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Member Since: 11/10/2011
Posts: 14,820
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Originally posted by Thisisit
Genuine question, not trying to troll; do you also consider all men to be sexist, all straight people to be homophobic, all cis people to be transphobic, and all able-bodied people to be ableist? That would seem the natural conclusion from your logic.
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Yes, that's correct. Do you get it now?
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Member Since: 4/10/2012
Posts: 14,915
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Originally posted by danitykanelover
i can't believe the stupidity in this thread though, its really terrifying.. please don't speak about people so generally... if these things were being said about black people as a whole it would be a huge problem... equality is about EVERYONE receiving the same treatment.... not black people trying to settle the score with people who had nothing to do with what your ancestors went thru.
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Originally posted by danitykanelover
I'm not Fing racist. Shut up with your white privelage BS, that is just a talking point for Al Sharpton to spout off. I do nothing to oppress other ethnicities and your thoughts that most white people do are just foolish. I hope you aren't white and think this.
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Why is all your anger about this targeted towards blacks when the woman in the OP isn't even black, you don't even know if the people you're talking to in here are black, and blacks are not the only ones who feel this way.
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Member Since: 9/7/2006
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Originally posted by Tsuko
If he's white, then yes, he's racist.
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please leave, you bring no intelligent thoughts to this conversation.
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Member Since: 8/3/2010
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Originally posted by alexanderao
See, just because someone is privileged as a white person doesn't make them a racist. It means that sometimes they benefit from a social system where whites have the advantage, but it doesn't make them a racist individual.
Living in the social system we have is inevitable. It's not upholding the system because right now there's no quick fix to the system. There are plenty of people trying to change the system, but that's largely failed so far. Are they racists and upholding the system? Absolutely not.
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I thought you were asian 
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Member Since: 8/18/2013
Posts: 20,070
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Originally posted by Thisisit
Genuine question, not trying to troll; do you also consider all men to be sexist, all straight people to be homophobic, all cis people to be transphobic, and all able-bodied people to be ableist? That would seem the natural conclusion from your logic.
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Yes, I consider all men to be sexist (or at the very least oppressors). I haven't given the rest of the comparisons any thought, and I haven't read up on them either, so I can't voice my opinion on them.
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