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2. Thank you LS.

Reply to Liberal_Stalwart71 (Original post)

Thu Aug 14, 2014, 12:34 AM

Aug 2014

Rachel just proved proof positive that the racial divide is strong and that white privilege does indeed exist. They naysayers will spin themselves silly trying to say that it is not so.

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Many thanks to Rachel Maddow for proving the existence of white privilege (Bundy v. Ferguson) [View all] Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2014 OP

As a white person I have asked my black friends and jimlup Aug 2014 #1

Frank Zappa nailed it in 1966 easychoice Aug 2014 #42

They are "acting out" because they are scared... SomethingFishy Aug 2014 #81

Thank you LS. sheshe2 Aug 2014 #2

Institutional discrimination is very real, yes, and this has proven that. AverageJoe90 Aug 2014 #25

This is the last time I'm going to tell you. bravenak Aug 2014 #26

Well as I said... sheshe2 Aug 2014 #31

This was the pic I was trying to find. I remember this discussion when folk still denied the truth. Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2014 #57

Oh wait, I forgot this one.... sheshe2 Aug 2014 #33

Yes, I'm quite serious, sadly. We really could do better in educating people at times. AverageJoe90 Aug 2014 #43

You are hopeless, then. If you refuse to see what's right there in your face, then you are hopeless. Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2014 #58

"If you refuse to see what's right there in your face," I'm not. I know what I see. AverageJoe90 Aug 2014 #84

Creationists believe the world is 5,000 old, don't make it true. Behind the Aegis Aug 2014 #38

It means you or I don't die the way Michael Brown did. nomorenomore08 Aug 2014 #55

Institutional discrimination begets whites privilege. boston bean Aug 2014 #66

We have the privilege of protesting the government gollygee Aug 2014 #67

If you believe in institutional racism, you believe in white privilege, by default. cyberswede Aug 2014 #80

I saw that too, and the contrast was astounding and very effective. R B Garr Aug 2014 #3

She's not the only one Warpy Aug 2014 #4

It's godamn intergenerational patience! I am in awe. arcane1 Aug 2014 #6

We're taught from the time we're little kids what to do when confronted by police, especially black Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2014 #63

When I first heard what black parents have to teach their children about public behavior cui bono Aug 2014 #74

Oppression over a more than 500 year time span... littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #13

She did a great job. nm rhett o rick Aug 2014 #5

Yes, totally absolutely agree... dhill926 Aug 2014 #7

^ eom littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #14

But framing it as "white privilege" annoys white people who don't consider themselves privileged! nomorenomore08 Aug 2014 #8

I'm disadvantaged but can't be annoyed. I won't play games with those who are. freshwest Aug 2014 #29

With all due respect, NMNM08, your sarcasm is terribly misplaced. AverageJoe90 Aug 2014 #49

Tiptoeing around the issues hasn't done much good either. nomorenomore08 Aug 2014 #52

"Tiptoeing around the issues hasn't done much good either." That much is true as well. AverageJoe90 Aug 2014 #85

K&R Stellar Aug 2014 #9

I don't totally agree. glinda Aug 2014 #10

Agree. A bit of a convenient oversimplification. NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #11

We Are better, NYC_SKP, and we can. littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #16

Very true. And yes, we CAN do better. We HAVE to. AverageJoe90 Aug 2014 #22

I swear, you need to cut it out. bravenak Aug 2014 #27

if innocent black guys being shot and killed isn't teaching the public, they just don't give a shit JI7 Aug 2014 #36

"if they are arguing over terms" With all due respect, JI7, this actually proves my point. AverageJoe90 Aug 2014 #40

they aren't willing to learn and they don't care JI7 Aug 2014 #44

Or they were turned off by the descriptor. Which seems to be the majority of cases. nt AverageJoe90 Aug 2014 #45

that shows they don't care JI7 Aug 2014 #46

No, what it shows, is that that tactic isn't fucking working. AverageJoe90 Aug 2014 #47

wake up and smell the damn coffee is what those who dismiss innocents being shot JI7 Aug 2014 #48

That I agree with. AverageJoe90 Aug 2014 #51

Exactly. If they're so self-centered as to get hung up on a relatively innocuous two-word phrase nomorenomore08 Aug 2014 #53

Short and sweet. freshwest Aug 2014 #70

I fear you are providing annabanana Aug 2014 #61

+1,000 freshwest Aug 2014 #69

It makes some white people uncomfortable gollygee Aug 2014 #68

Hear! Hear!! nt littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #15

I agree and whites should always listen to learn. If equality means anything, it means everyone. freshwest Aug 2014 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author AverageJoe90 Aug 2014 #23

... freshwest Aug 2014 #24

Never fails. bravenak Aug 2014 #28

There must a tag followed by a bot program to alert on that term. Or it may be supernatural... freshwest Aug 2014 #32

I know exactly who will show up. bravenak Aug 2014 #34

WHITE PRIVILEGE! WHITE PRIVILEGE! WHITE PRIVILEGE! WHITE PRIVILEGE! freshwest Aug 2014 #37

They seem to overlap with the issue of women's rights too. cui bono Aug 2014 #72

Whites and everyone. I think we all can use this lesson over and over again until it really sinks. Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2014 #59

The Ferguson suburbs looked like Egypt tonight. Huge clouds of tear gas covered the town. SunSeeker Aug 2014 #17

In an OP last night, I posted a video of a cop in tblue37 Aug 2014 #18

Easy to say "Bring it on" if you are the only one with a gun Sparhawk60 Aug 2014 #56

The cops have been doing this for years to protesters of any color. WCLinolVir Aug 2014 #19

I like Rachel, but here's a honest question: did she actually use the word "privilege"? AverageJoe90 Aug 2014 #20

All white people are "guilty" of *benefiting* from racism, at least indirectly. nomorenomore08 Aug 2014 #54

She didn't have to use the word "privilege". But she clearly drew the contrast and she clearly Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2014 #60

reminds me of this editorial. loyalsister Aug 2014 #21

It doesn't matter what we call it, white privilege, institutionalized racism, or tint targeting. Half-Century Man Aug 2014 #30

"Let's stop fixing the blame and start fixing the problem." AverageJoe90 Aug 2014 #41

The very fact that you believe that someone is blaming you proves Rachel's point. No one is Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2014 #78

I might be reading too much into your statement, if so sorry. Half-Century Man Aug 2014 #82

Even Chris Hays was asking what provoked the police, assuming SOMETHING must have. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #35

Has everyone seen this photo? ReRe Aug 2014 #39

I bet it was compelling, Liberal_Stalwart.. I saw her show last night on Cha Aug 2014 #50

Here's the link malaise Aug 2014 #62

Rachel is doing a great job on this story Gothmog Aug 2014 #64

I find the youtube videos Shankapotomus Aug 2014 #65

As a white person I knew this to be true a long time ago. cui bono Aug 2014 #71

"not to make white people feel guilty" seveneyes Aug 2014 #73

K&R myrna minx Aug 2014 #75

I still don't get why you think all White people upaloopa Aug 2014 #76

Maybe not all white people, but a scarily high number of them.... moriah Aug 2014 #77

I know White people who deny it. upaloopa Aug 2014 #79

Kick LloydS of New London Aug 2014 #83