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In: Privilege  — view comment
I have black loved ones, asian loved ones, and white loved ones, but according to that definition of "racist", I am racist. :brow:
August 31, 2020 at 18:27
In: Privilege  — view comment
Every language user who has ever used the terms "black", "white", "asian", or "multi-racial" is racist according to that criterion for what counts as ...
August 31, 2020 at 18:21
In: Privilege  — view comment
Well. Do it.
August 31, 2020 at 18:11
In: Privilege  — view comment
:brow: That's totally coherent. It's exactly what I've been saying all along. It also dovetails nicely with the standard dictionary definitions/most c...
August 31, 2020 at 18:07
In: Privilege  — view comment
Immunity is a thing. Exemption is a thing.
August 31, 2020 at 17:23
In: Privilege  — view comment
No longer interested
August 31, 2020 at 13:34
In: Privilege  — view comment
What utter nonsense! Racial discrimination is all about the color of one's skin. You cannot correct racial discrimination without focusing upon it. Yo...
August 31, 2020 at 12:56
In: Privilege  — view comment
Tell me some stories of how you, your friends, your family, and/or any of your loved ones have suffered racial discrimination... What do you know abou...
August 31, 2020 at 12:46
In: Privilege  — view comment
I am saying that you are the one doing the stuff which you say is useless... You are the one talking about characterizations, framing, interpretations...
August 31, 2020 at 12:42
In: Privilege  — view comment
Focusing upon the mass incarceration of BLACKS is to focus - in part - upon skin color. :roll: By your own definition... it's rather inconvenient... t...
August 31, 2020 at 12:36
In: Privilege  — view comment
Insincerity offends me. Especially about racism. This shit is important. My friends, my family, my loved ones' lives depend upon it.
August 31, 2020 at 12:30
In: Privilege  — view comment
Understanding white privilege requires understanding actual events. Real? Pfft!
August 31, 2020 at 12:20
In: Privilege  — view comment
Tell me some stories of how you, your friends, your family, and/or any of your loved ones have suffered racial discrimination...
August 31, 2020 at 12:15
In: Privilege  — view comment
Insincerity offends me. You're both all over the place. Perhaps I'll make fun of both of you by simply holding your own words next to one another and ...
August 31, 2020 at 12:07
In: Privilege  — view comment
Strawman.
August 31, 2020 at 11:56
In: Privilege  — view comment
Yeah... The exemption and/or immunity from the injustice(s) is the privilege. You're making less and less sense as we go along. Focusing upon economic...
August 31, 2020 at 11:48
In: Privilege  — view comment
And you do all this without placing importance upon the color of their skin too? Seriously dude.
August 31, 2020 at 11:44
In: Privilege  — view comment
I'm not entirely disagreeing. I'm warning that you seem to be placing the cart ahead of the horse. Complicity and complacency are different things in ...
August 31, 2020 at 11:19
For the sake of argument alone... What would a Trump presidency look like if he were compromised?
August 31, 2020 at 00:02
In: Privilege  — view comment
It seems to me that that account is an oversimplification based upon a couple of false equivalencies. Supporting X is not equivalent to not challengin...
August 30, 2020 at 23:37
In: Privilege  — view comment
The last statement strikes me as too strong(maybe too broad a brushstroke)...
August 30, 2020 at 22:30
In: Privilege  — view comment
Let's tackle these first... They are all true. They are all necessary. Becoming increasingly aware of the effects/affects and injury that systemic rac...
August 30, 2020 at 22:01
In: Privilege  — view comment
Yeah. You seem to think that names only refer to people(or perhaps that only proper nouns are names?). Names pick something out of this world to the e...
August 30, 2020 at 21:18
In: Privilege  — view comment
It's never a good sign when an interlocutor insists upon telling me what I believe, despite my explicitly saying otherwise. If "white privilege" count...
August 30, 2020 at 20:50
In: Privilege  — view comment
I appreciate your continuing to engage with me here, especially given the depth that your heels were dug in when our exchanges began. Had your underst...
August 30, 2020 at 20:14
In: Privilege  — view comment
Agreed. It's a name. Names are not descriptions.
August 30, 2020 at 06:48
In: Privilege  — view comment
The enumerated list is good. I want to set it aside momentarily and clear up what I see as pivotal aspects to understand... You certainly did. I quote...
August 30, 2020 at 06:42
In: Privilege  — view comment
Do you realize that that is not at all what I was saying? The bit about "white privilege" being a name was not flippant. That's important. The name pi...
August 30, 2020 at 04:21
In: Privilege  — view comment
But, what other reason have you given for dismissing my use??? Here, you've acknowledged some utility for my use of "white privilege". You clearly rec...
August 30, 2020 at 04:11
In: Privilege  — view comment
Can we talk reparations yet?
August 30, 2020 at 00:32
In: Privilege  — view comment
Is self defeating and self refuting. The term "leftist" is itself identity politics. I abhor such oversimplifications of political concerns. That's a ...
August 30, 2020 at 00:31
In: Privilege  — view comment
It was not about you personally. Had I known at that time that you were not an American citizen, I may not have asked you. That question is actually t...
August 30, 2020 at 00:03
In: Privilege  — view comment
Of course. Never believed otherwise. Have no idea why you felt the need to ask me such a question... Again, what makes you think that that description...
August 29, 2020 at 22:54
In: Privilege  — view comment
Well, I thought we were having an ongoing one. However, you've just (mis)attributed a slew of different ideas, sayings, emotions, and beliefs to me th...
August 29, 2020 at 22:28
Trump's thumb has been on the response to covid-19. The entire system has forsaken all the knowledge underwriting the stringent rules for clinical tri...
August 29, 2020 at 22:00
In: Privilege  — view comment
It seems that much of the objections you came into this discussion with involve what you've called "leftist identity politics". You draw a direct corr...
August 29, 2020 at 21:44
In: Privilege  — view comment
That takes it a bit farther than I would. Being offended by talk of "white privilege" is very shaky ground for denouncing it. People use "white privil...
August 29, 2020 at 21:23
In: Privilege  — view comment
Injury sustained by individuals because they were non white took place long before the name "white privilege" was first coined. They continue happenin...
August 29, 2020 at 20:55
In: Privilege  — view comment
If you're talking about Banno, then I would have to do a review of your conversation with him...
August 29, 2020 at 20:35
In: Privilege  — view comment
I'm not sure who or what you're referring to. Care to fill me in, so I know?
August 29, 2020 at 20:31
In: Privilege  — view comment
It's also worth noting that BLM and "white privilege" are not mutually exclusive and/or incompatible. It's not as if one has to choose between the two...
August 29, 2020 at 20:29
In: Privilege  — view comment
I've not read all of Banno's comments here. What I know about Banno is that he is very good at keeping things as simple as they can possibly be in ord...
August 29, 2020 at 20:20
In: Privilege  — view comment
When one actually takes the time to fill in(properly understand what is meant by) "white privilege" they do so solely by virtue of taking into account...
August 29, 2020 at 20:12
In: Privilege  — view comment
"White privilege" can be effectively used to shed light upon each and every injury suffered by non white individuals because they are non white. White...
August 29, 2020 at 20:01
In: Privilege  — view comment
:brow: That's odd. I'm made up of sooo many different ones.
August 29, 2020 at 08:05
In: Privilege  — view comment
"White privilege" when used in the best way, puts a white in the shoes of non whites... Is that what's meant - or close at least - to perspective-taki...
August 28, 2020 at 17:07
In: Privilege  — view comment
I see that there has been some misunderstanding. Patience and genuine desire to understand one another will go a long way. I appreciate all the effort...
August 28, 2020 at 17:05
In: Privilege  — view comment
I appreciate you being here.
August 28, 2020 at 16:43
In: Privilege  — view comment
That's it. :smile:
August 28, 2020 at 16:40
In: Privilege  — view comment
The above is almost acceptable, as it is written. I would remove the implied uncertainty accompanying the use of "ish". I would continue by properly a...
August 28, 2020 at 16:10