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re: Dennis Prager on why poverty does NOT cause crime
Posted on 11/18/14 at 1:01 pm to bamarep
Posted on 11/18/14 at 1:01 pm to bamarep
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I didn't protest with some damn "Imma git minz" attitude. It didn't morph my thinking to making me believe I'm oppressed by "the man." It made me work my arse to the bone and volunteer for every shite project at work that came up even if it was at all hours of the night until someone noticed.
And perhaps that's because, despite being poor, you WEREN'T being oppressed by the man. Black people were. Their advancement was being actively prevented by a violent government and society.
That's the thing about privilege - when it's the very air your breathe, it's almost impossible for you to notice it as privilege.
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Posted on 11/18/14 at 1:05 pm to Big Scrub TX
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And perhaps that's because, despite being poor, you WEREN'T being oppressed by the man. Black people were. Their advancement was being actively prevented by a violent government and society. That's the thing about privilege - when it's the very air your breathe, it's almost impossible for you to notice it as privilege.
You're either a very bitter black person, or a person with a case of white guilt that borders on the pathological. There is no third choice.
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