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gollygee

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1. When I hear that
Mon Feb 3, 2014, 06:42 AM
Feb 2014

some white men are poor so there is no white male privilege, I hear that every single white man should be wealthier than everyone else in order for everything to be "normal." I don't see any other explanation for why white male privilege doesn't exist if any man is poorer than any woman and/or person of color.

And when I hear that we can't talk about racism due to class issues and we're helping the 1% to talk about it, I hear that we can't talk about racism until all white people are out of poverty. Only when no white people are poor can we talk about discrimination against people of color. The level of inherent racism in that belief is mind blowing.

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