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In reply to the discussion: "Let's work to end racial discrimination" is a better approach than "whites are so privileged". [View all]TheKentuckian
(25,021 posts)same folks you tend to agree with.
Just like you aptly pointed out, all black thought is not encapsulated in my family, relations, friends, neighbors, or people I encounter in life, all back thought is not contained in your DU running circle either and that the thought you put a premium on is not those of black folks but of those that you tend to agree with more generally that happen to be black.
Further evidenced by running to jump to some absurd assertion that I would be stupid and dishonest enough to even imply only black people like the President. Yeah, that is why I voted for Obama three times, because I'm black. What is that even supposed to mean?
I think I was more than clear, I question the tactic and it's potential for any impact in my life.
Your argument has been that whites don't have any business telling black folks about how to combat racism but here you are telling a black person that you are right and I need to agree with the tune you want to play.
I'm also here to tell ya that what black folks think about the message isn't that critical to real world impact because we don't have the privilege to surrender or evolve beyond. It is white folks that have to process the message and internalize it, if they don't then all we get is preaching to the chair.
An effort to educate that doesn't give a damn if the audience receives it is stupid no matter how apt it is.
If we want folks to get it then we have to drop the pride enough make sure the message is accessible and digestible, even if doing so means accepting the reality of the "privileged" yet again to do it.
I also think the word choice implies that we all don't deserve to be treated with dignity, respect, and decently and instead such treatment is some undeserved bonus for being born a certain way, when my view is that I'm being denied franchise as an equal citizen.
There is a pull them down implied in the terminology rather than a lift us up.