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Old 02-27-2013, 03:28 PM   #36
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Originally Posted by Amneris View Post
Oh Lord. No. The two are not equivalent. "A behaviour carried out by some non-whites" is not the same as a systemic exhibiting of power and privilege to degrade and define and dehumanize others. There is no equivalent for "non-whites" because we don't hold power and privilege. Comments about "white people" who are the privileged minority and that refer to racist behaviour by white people aren't equal to whatever generalizing and stereotyping of people of colour you might be referring to.
Are you saying that a white person cannot be stung with the same intensity that a person of color can be, when generalizations are said about their skin color group?

As much as they think they're stung, they don't know what it's like coupled with systematic oppression at play? That dynamic will always necessarily make it a harsher sting.

Annabananalise, I feel like I should point out that I'm not assuming you were intending to generalize with a greater-than-contextual point. That's something I wanted to openly discuss, not chalk up one way or another absolutely. I'm looking at this as a "for sake of argument" discussion at this point.
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