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In reply to the discussion: Maybe we need a DU "white persons' group". [View all]AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)No offense meant, but it seems you've become so blinded by your wishful thinking that you can't see the forest for the trees.
In many cases, polls really only mean something to those who invest the intellectual and emotional energy to participate in them; this is no exception. In other words, many people don't really care all that much, even those who would outright agree with me & others of the like mind; in all honesty, I guess I would be grateful if more people were active on my side of the debate, but I realize that I am one of only a small number who actually cares enough(though in my case, I was kind of forced to make a stand, by circumstance) to make their voices heard. And I'm fine with that. But you guys don't have a lot in the way of numbers either, though.....oh, and by the way, don't confuse understanding that People of Color, women, LGBTs, etc. do still face extra stumbling blocks(something I would imagine that most people on here get), with believing that this is because white people have literal collective "privilege", because they really and truly are not quite the same thing.