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I don't really think there's

Verified Atheist — Sun, 25 Aug 2013 15:22:50 +0000

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I don't really think there's anything special about white obliviousness to racism. When you're not part of the group that is regularly targeted, it's not surprising that you might be unaware of it, especially if it mostly happens in places that you don't visit. Then, of course, there are the people who like to argue along the lines of, "it's not racism if it's true", with the implicit assumption that it is true.

I think I covered this in the

Orion — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 19:37:14 +0000

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I think I covered this in the article. All racism is a bit natural - but there is something extra special in white obliviousness to it.

As to the first part, there is alot of power and empowerment to one's ethnic identity. One of my friends growing was Cuban and the identity really powered their life. As far as identities go, "white" is so loaded with guilt and the very act of saying one is "white" seems to be a sign of standing over other groups - whereas signaling most any other ethnic group, at least in the American context, signals membership in an overall larger multicultural fabric. It would never be believeable to say I'm Pacific Islander but my father was very French and from the Deep South and, if you've ever listened to the Gypsy Kings, you should know that France and Spain weren't too far off from each other.

Well, I do agree but just

Orion — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 01:36:14 +0000

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Well, I do agree but just because one kid somewhere blows up a building doesn't mean you don't scold your own kid for causing the smoke alarm to go off with a kitchen fire. Alot worse is out there but that doesn't make us problem free.

What you're talking about, it

artappraiser — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 01:27:30 +0000

In reply to Macklemore Calls Out White America - Is It Listening?

What you're talking about, it may be more complicated than we imagine.

And you can throw stories of American racist attitudes at me all day, and I'll agree that most of them are true. But that won't convince me that the U.S.A. still rules comparatively in this area: we are a melting pot like no other, we eventually assimilate with each other and intermarry and have mixed heritage children like no other country does. And we should continue to be proud of that. (Yes, on this we are not just better than India, but we are also better than "progressive" first world countries like Sweden! )

I thought you were a Pacific

EmmaZahn — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 00:08:02 +0000

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I thought you were a Pacific Islander, a genuine census category. That would give you as much or more status as a minority as Hispanic plus you would not be asked the follow up question of whether or not you are white hispanic. Better still, why not just answer Human to race question?

J/K, sort of. Whatever ethnicity you end up choosing, you will still have to deal with uchi-soto. It's too primal and almost always mistaken for racism.

Thanks for this.

rmrd0000 — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 21:07:15 +0000

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Thanks for this.