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In reply to the discussion: A very quick comment on the diffusion of white, male privilege... [View all]AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)However, though, ACTUAL silencing of POCs, contrary to what I admittedly used to believe, is, thankfully, rare in settings such as DemocraticUnderground and mainstream feminism and when it actually does happen, it gets called out by people from many different walks of life, and rightly so.
However, though, as much as I hate to say this, I have noticed that a few more radical social justice "warriors", who do, themselves, get WAY too defensive, and may engage in attempts to silence opinions that they don't agree with, with slogans such as "all white people are racist/oppressors", "you/we can't understand me/them because you're/we're white", "X statement and Y statement is white privilege", either without explaining, or going off on a tirade, etc. And, btw, a damn good number of this tiny group are white folks themselves, and in fact, in many cases from what I've seen, it's been People of Color who have called out stuff like this for what it is; divisive, stupid, and even prejudiced.