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In reply to the discussion: As a white male I am blamed for all the ills of society [View all]Harmony Blue
(3,978 posts)I was actually born with more disadvantages but it requires a level of empathy many of the close minded (in this thread) truly lack. The blonde, blue eyed, pale whites ostracize me for not being white enough while non whites blame me for what the top 1% of whites have done to this world (apex fallacy) against non-white past and present. I have no identity or allegiance to a race or ethnicity. I am the lone light in the darkness and I have embraced the realization. I am alone and I have to things on my own.
Why should I have a vested interest in helping people that hate me because I am white? Because I am a human. But at some point you have to consider walking way from it all and let the rest of the world sort their own chaos in the universe.
To answer a question a person posted. The approach hasn't worked because a lot of Italians, Greeks, Iranians, and Romani have been treated as outcasts for a long time in the United States. And yet they started at the bottom and worked their way to the top. If you want to argue privilege it doesn't make logical sense if you understand American history.... Most Baptists, Protestants, and Lutherans looked down on these people as sub human.
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