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Omnivorous

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Message 23 of 276 (766528)
08-18-2015 8:23 PM

Reply to: Message 22 by Faith
08-18-2015 8:00 PM

Re: Getting the Facts Straight

Faith writes:

but when I did meet blacks I was made to feel guilty for sins I never committed against them. Not so with Asians or Jews, who were clearly high achievers and didn't need to make me feel responsible for them.

What's your explanation for the difference?

"If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, you can collect a lot of heads."

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Message 24 of 276 (766529)
08-18-2015 8:29 PM

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08-18-2015 7:53 PM

Re: Getting the Facts Straight

I take it you perceive the higher Asian-American figures as the most salient point?

I see a chart of male privilege.

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Message 28 of 276 (766535)
08-18-2015 8:57 PM

When discussing white privilege in the U.S., I'm often reminded of the simplest demonstration of the Buddhist notion of infinite suffering--no matter how far one may fall from misfortune, we can always imagine how it could have been worse: falling further, falling from a greater height.

Any white person who has faced any kind of struggle in life should need only a moment's thought to see it would have been tougher if faced as a black person.

But once you do hit that particular bit of denial, there's not much left to say.

"If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, you can collect a lot of heads."

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Message 31 of 276 (766541)
08-18-2015 9:52 PM

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08-18-2015 9:13 PM

Re: Getting the Facts Straight

Jon writes:

I posted the graph not to point out anything 'salient' but to show how meaningless it is using terms like '[insert group name here] privilege'.

So there's no white male [privilege/advantage] shown in that chart?

Jon writes:

Is this sufficient to explain the drastic difference between white and African American performance on many meaningful metrics related to quality of life?

Probably not.

So what's your explanation?

"If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, you can collect a lot of heads."

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