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In reply to the discussion: "The United States is the LEAST racist nation on Earth." [View all]Number23
(24,544 posts)31. Hell yeah
The OP's equating their anecdotal observations (as a white liberal, I presume) to the lived experience of those directly affected by racism, proves to be the racial problem in America.
Thank you. And like you, I stay out of the vast majority of race threads in GD as well. I don't have the patience or the energy to toss myself into the tsunami of privileged stupidity that race discussions here always become.
Edit: But the OP wasn't the issue. It was the response to the OP that kwassa highlighted. As far as white liberals go, MADem is truly one of a small handful that I think has the capacity for the compassion that you need to have a clue about this kind of stuff.
Thank you. And like you, I stay out of the vast majority of race threads in GD as well. I don't have the patience or the energy to toss myself into the tsunami of privileged stupidity that race discussions here always become.
Edit: But the OP wasn't the issue. It was the response to the OP that kwassa highlighted. As far as white liberals go, MADem is truly one of a small handful that I think has the capacity for the compassion that you need to have a clue about this kind of stuff.
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Nov 2013
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