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xongsmith
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Message 100 of 276 (767032)
08-25-2015 12:34 PM 		Reply to: Message 96 by Tangle
08-22-2015 6:07 PM

Re: some privilege
Tangle writes:
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I have said many, many times that there is inequality in society, particularly so in the USA between black and white communities. So much is obvious.
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Maybe this conversation would go better if the term "privilege" was replaced by "favorable side of inequality"? Maybe "privilege" has a distant connotation to the Queen of France saying "let them eat cake" for some of us?
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It could all boil down to semantics again, based on cultural differences.....
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For example, take the word "clever". In the US it is linked to making an intelligent maneuver, but I've heard it used in the UK to mean an adroit athletic maneuver.
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Message 104 of 276 (767044)
08-25-2015 1:27 PM 		Reply to: Message 102 by ringo
08-25-2015 1:10 PM

Re: are we having a misunderstanding?
Ringo suggests:
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So let's change the title of the thread to "Black Disprivilege".
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...or "systemic non-white privilege-challenged".....
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Yikes!
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08-26-2015 3:31 PM 		Reply to: Message 122 by AZPaul3
08-26-2015 2:22 PM

Re: are we having a misunderstanding?
AZP with emphasis writes:
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If you remain unaware then you cannot help change the society through your vote, your conversations, your blog. If you do not stop, look and listen, if you do not learn, if you do not become aware, then you perpetuate the injustice. You are the oppressor whether it's active or not, whether you know it or not. We all are.
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Agree. But I couldn't help thinking this sounds a little like:
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If you're not part of the solution, then you're part of the problem.
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02-25-2016 6:04 PM 		Reply to: Message 194 by Modulous
02-25-2016 2:18 PM

Re: the history and mathematics of prejudice
Modulous writes (an excerpt here):
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Given I was making a moral point, and given that the foundation of morality is based on emotion...{deletia}...
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Shouldn't the foundation of morality be empathy?
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(putting my fingers under my chin)
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