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Roy Rolling

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2. Wild Ass Guess

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Fri Jan 7, 2022, 12:51 AM

Jan 2022

White guy here. Not to be all caste system and classes, but it seems lower-income and lower-education whites are the most demanding about whiteness as a key to power.

Their upward mobility consists of letting less-qualified whites crowd out better-qualified POC in the competitive marketplace. Their whiteness is their only redeeming feature, they’ve abandoned politeness, eduction, enlightenment, and hard work as the keys to their success.

They just want an exception from the ordinary hard work it takes to succeed from someone who looks like them.

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Rep. Pressley: White Supremacy Perpetuated The Big Lie Ultimately Resulting In Jan. 6 Insurrection [View all] Rhiannon12866 Jan 2022 OP

White supremacy is/was the perpetrator of our very own... pbmus Jan 2022 #1

Reconstruction failed after the death of Lincoln, Andrew Johnson used the power of the presidency Rhiannon12866 Jan 2022 #3

I am meditating on public hearings and TRUTH...and a true story pbmus Jan 2022 #4

"Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it." Rhiannon12866 Jan 2022 #5

Wild Ass Guess Roy Rolling Jan 2022 #2

I think you are missing a big part of the history and recipe of how this occurs. The Jungle 1 Jan 2022 #6