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In reply to the discussion: A Tale of Two Mothers in America in a Post Racial Society [View all]AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)125. "that's just a quick look to demonstrate that racism is currently an issue in American society".....
Okay, and I never actually argued against that, btw. However, though, none of these links prove any *literal* "white privilege", however, nor do they prove that society as a whole is racist, even if they do prove, by the same token that social disparities do still exist.
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Butbutbut... talking about "privilege" isn't helpful because it makes white people uncomfortable!
nomorenomore08
Apr 2014
#1
So how the hell else are we supposed to frame the issue in a simple, understandable way?
nomorenomore08
Apr 2014
#43
"And simply ignoring racial inequalities is not an option." That is true, TBH.
AverageJoe90
Apr 2014
#46
Okay, fair enough. But I see no reason to abandon a perfectly valid concept just because
nomorenomore08
Apr 2014
#53
I don't think this supports the position you have been arguing here. eom.
1StrongBlackMan
Apr 2014
#137
Much as calling racism useful for certain people is also quite useful for certain people...
LanternWaste
Apr 2014
#161
Normally I'd agree with you, but.....I'm afraid it's not about "white privilege"....
AverageJoe90
Apr 2014
#8
What's "weird" about it? And it's not so much about tangible benefits, as all the bad things
nomorenomore08
Apr 2014
#44
"that's just a quick look to demonstrate that racism is currently an issue in American society".....
AverageJoe90
Apr 2014
#125
And more objective, and have more knowledge of this than the academics...
LanternWaste
Apr 2014
#162
One was arrested and lost custody of her children for GOING TO A JOB INTERVIEW
Raine1967
Apr 2014
#32
What if the one who left the child on top of the car was driving to the job interview?
LisaL
Apr 2014
#45
Sure it's a pretty bad idea. But compared to leaving a baby seat on the *roof of your car* while
nomorenomore08
Apr 2014
#58
If she had left the infant on the roof of the car on purpose you might have had a good
LisaL
Apr 2014
#60
Do you really think she would've done that if she hadn't been out of her mind on God knows
nomorenomore08
Apr 2014
#62
Do you know that there was already CPS involvement with Shanesha Taylor prior to her leaving the
LisaL
Apr 2014
#64
It begs the question then, what were the local temperature conditions on that day
LanternWaste
Apr 2014
#163
I don't think anyone's arguing that leaving the kids in the car was fine and dandy
LadyHawkAZ
Apr 2014
#67
Normally I agree with you, is what I meant. But for reasons I've outlined, this is an exception.
AverageJoe90
Apr 2014
#19
Almost as weird as the atypical racial disparity in the prison population.
LanternWaste
Apr 2014
#166
Well, rationalizing a thing to force a false equivalence, but certainly not defending it.
LanternWaste
Apr 2014
#167
But what the woman on the left did was far worse. So similar treatment *isn't* fair treatment
nomorenomore08
Apr 2014
#50
One woman was on drugs and utterly careless, and very nearly got her child killed.
nomorenomore08
Apr 2014
#61
Leaving the children in a car unattended in AZ could lead to them ending up dead.
LisaL
Apr 2014
#63
I don't dispute that. But even so, I doubt the risk of death is comparable to the other situation.
nomorenomore08
Apr 2014
#65
Of course leaving them in the car is a bad idea - in the middle of summer it could easily have been
nomorenomore08
Apr 2014
#87
Look, she made a big mistake and she's paid for it with an arrest and public humiliation.
nomorenomore08
Apr 2014
#89
She's not evil incarnate. But what she did was still worse in my book, in part because it wasn't
nomorenomore08
Apr 2014
#128
Well.... one woman made a deliberate, conscious decision to leave her kids in a hot car.
Nye Bevan
Apr 2014
#57
I do not believe some of our DU friends posting here, realize how deadly this is.
Nobel_Twaddle_III
Apr 2014
#76
They both messed up pretty bad , I don't think race has anything to do with this case
oneofthe99
Apr 2014
#77
The residence could have been her families or an ex , it doesn't mean she was living there.
oneofthe99
Apr 2014
#156
There hasnt been any sentence imposed. Nor has the black woman been found guilty of anything yet.
Egnever
Apr 2014
#103
I don't see how any conclusion about white privilege can be reached here...
Captain Stern
Apr 2014
#97
But aren't the black children here receiving better protection than the white child?
maced666
Apr 2014
#138
"I swear you need a white-privilege-correct manual just to keep up with all this!"
AverageJoe90
Apr 2014
#170
Obviously you are more popular than I, however, this was the similarity I drew
Horse with no Name
Apr 2014
#139