RE: White Man's Guilt
January 4, 2017 at 2:58 pm
(This post was last modified: January 4, 2017 at 2:58 pm by TaraJo.)
(January 4, 2017 at 2:01 pm)paulpablo Wrote: I agree with all that except the part of white people being immune to non specific bullshit that black people have to deal with on the basis that white people arent immune to police brutality.
I'd agree with a statement that says black people have to deal with it more but being a certain race doesn't make you immune to anything I can think of.
Yeah, that's where nuance needs to be brought into things. White people aren't completely immune to issues like police violence, but it's much more likely to happen to black people. I mean, have you looked at the race divide in regards to prison population? You don't get gaps like that by chance; something is wrong and it needs to be fixed.
Unfortunately, society right now is too impatient and has an attention span that's too short for nuance. Messages that don't fit into the 140 character limit for twitter just don't spread.
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"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama