I just deleted a post and blocked a person who said I should never deny I am white and privileged. I am not "white", and I live under the poverty line. To say that without knowing a damned thing about a human being IS the heart of racism.
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Complete judgement based on perception, not fact. FUCK that shit. This is no time for smacking down OTHERS.
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Sometimes having white privilege isnt about being privileged as in money and power, but as in you are privileged within certain contexts because others perceive you as white. For example, you're less likely to be accused of shoplifting because the store clerk thinks you're white
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That's a very true thing and it's perception. And it's bias and its based on classification systems without logic or fact. I call foul on it all.
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Yeah it sucks. That's why we gotta work extra hard being anti-racist, and continually make efforts to undo those illogical biases we all carry
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Replying to @CHICKENDINOSAUR
Indeed. I get so angry at people who base ideas on bias or systems that define us as anything but Human. I'm also reeling from the idea that privilige could ever apply to me. But people don't know why that is because when I talk about it, it's ugly as ugly gets.

Jun 10, 2020 路 8:32 AM UTC