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In reply to the discussion: It's disappointing to see "liberals" deny the existence of white privilege [View all]LostOne4Ever
(9,289 posts)The idea that one has gotten to where they are at while benefiting from invisible discrimination is a hard pill to swallow, especially when you are struggling in spite of those advantages. But I don't see how people can deny it when people like George Zimmerman get off while Marissa Alexander goes to jail for firing a warning shot.
I think part of what you are seeing is that DU has a contingent of right wing libertarians as well as some economically liberal social conservatives on the site. For example, I have seen a couple of threads where I get the vibe that some posters wished the democratic party had focused on economic liberalism during the 60's instead of civil rights.
Social justice and fighting racism and sexism are extremely important issues to me. The idea of not fighting for someone's civil rights because someone else deems another issue more important is mind boggling to me. I can't help but feel that their dismissal of the importance of the social liberalism might be indicative of something further.
I don't know, maybe I am being paranoid and just imagining it. But there are occasional posts here and there that make me wonder.