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How have you failed? Jeordam Send a noteboard - 29/06/2020 10:31:17 PM

As in...how have you personally failed? Is it your fault that you were born with what you describe as "privilege"? Is being born into a family that has money wrong?

Acknowledgement & awareness are two attributes that are a between action and inaction. I have asked those who've confronted me with questions of "Now that you're aware, what are you doing different?"

And just to say it, if one tries to judge all of those with a particular skin color the same way "you're white....so you're inherently racist & privileged"...then that in and of itself is racist. Isn't the whole point to not make assumptions about an individual based on the collective that they look like?

~Jeordam

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Indians are being held up as a model minority. That's not helping the Black Lives Matter movement Anonymous2000 - 29/06/2020 06:59:25 PM 946 Views
As part of the "model" minority fionwe1987 - 29/06/2020 08:18:17 PM 458 Views
How have you failed? Jeordam - 29/06/2020 10:31:17 PM 448 Views
Are we trying to assign blame and guilt, or are we trying to observe and then create a change in Roland00 - 29/06/2020 11:13:24 PM 443 Views
I still don't do enough. Silence and inaction are failure enough fionwe1987 - 30/06/2020 03:29:29 AM 420 Views
Re: I still don't do enough. Silence and inaction are failure enough Jeordam - 30/06/2020 04:51:12 PM 398 Views
I have to be honest, the privilege argument is dubious. Anonymous2000 - 30/06/2020 04:19:42 AM 473 Views
Re: I have to be honest, the privilege argument is dubious. Roland00 - 30/06/2020 05:39:30 AM 577 Views
Here you go, you can also look up the raw census data Anonymous2000 - 30/06/2020 01:40:24 PM 443 Views
Some thoughts... fionwe1987 - 30/06/2020 06:19:28 AM 415 Views
Re: Some thoughts... Anonymous2000 - 30/06/2020 02:08:10 PM 435 Views
I'm actually *very* curious of this myself.... Jeordam - 30/06/2020 04:54:48 PM 416 Views
Maybe Canada. *NM* AgentApple - 30/06/2020 06:57:01 PM 201 Views
Canada seems to have the same racial income gap issues as the US Anonymous2000 - 30/06/2020 07:29:21 PM 573 Views
It's true that part of it is just America treats all its poor people so terribly. Legolas - 30/06/2020 09:35:40 PM 401 Views
Yeah I wouldn't write off Europe fionwe1987 - 30/06/2020 11:49:32 PM 449 Views
here is an interesting article on mass incarceration in the USA. damookster - 30/06/2020 02:30:09 PM 508 Views
Wow, good stuff, thanks for posting! *NM* Anonymous2000 - 30/06/2020 02:57:08 PM 208 Views
It's disturbing to see statistical proof the system is stacked against those with limited assets. *NM* damookster - 30/06/2020 08:10:41 PM 191 Views
Interesting read indeed. Legolas - 30/06/2020 08:29:53 PM 438 Views
Not just a rich person damookster - 30/06/2020 08:51:44 PM 408 Views
I have three anecdatas aerocontrols - 30/06/2020 09:23:10 PM 442 Views
Okay... this is just like old times, when I'd often have no idea what you were getting at. Legolas - 30/06/2020 09:49:03 PM 419 Views
Old timez aerocontrols - 30/06/2020 10:02:10 PM 416 Views
The Jury Trial fionwe1987 - 30/06/2020 11:51:54 PM 423 Views
It’s easy to understand why. damookster - 01/07/2020 12:09:44 AM 390 Views
There's more fionwe1987 - 01/07/2020 12:55:57 AM 407 Views
I agree damookster - 01/07/2020 02:04:50 AM 435 Views
Re: I agree vandevere - 01/07/2020 02:09:14 AM 413 Views
Guilt doesn't have much to do with it... fionwe1987 - 01/07/2020 03:51:05 AM 416 Views
Yes, I’m sure that has a lot to do with it. damookster - 01/07/2020 03:52:15 AM 403 Views
Oh god yes, I've heard of several instances of that fionwe1987 - 01/07/2020 03:49:42 AM 417 Views
So you see that compassionate conservatives can exist? We aren’t mythical creatures? *NM* damookster - 01/07/2020 03:55:45 AM 200 Views
I sincerely hope you aren't serious about this... fionwe1987 - 01/07/2020 04:01:57 AM 436 Views
It was a little tongue in cheek damookster - 01/07/2020 04:20:08 AM 434 Views
Re: It was a little tongue in cheek fionwe1987 - 01/07/2020 06:23:20 AM 415 Views
a couple of points damookster - 01/07/2020 07:42:32 PM 422 Views
What do you know about Biden's health that we don't know? *NM* Legolas - 01/07/2020 08:53:45 PM 218 Views
anyone who hears him speak unscripted can tell there is a big issue. *NM* damookster - 01/07/2020 09:47:20 PM 212 Views
Re: a couple of points fionwe1987 - 01/07/2020 10:05:08 PM 425 Views
Mook - Fionwe is a radical. You are not. The Shrike - 01/07/2020 04:33:45 PM 419 Views
yes I suppose it was a foolish comment. damookster - 01/07/2020 05:44:05 PM 420 Views
I'm honestly not sure if.you even meant it... fionwe1987 - 01/07/2020 07:38:26 PM 407 Views
I kind of did when I wrote it, lame as it sounds now. damookster - 01/07/2020 07:51:21 PM 390 Views
We've found plenty of common ground fionwe1987 - 01/07/2020 10:06:19 PM 401 Views
Part of real common ground, real synchronization Roland00 - 01/07/2020 11:43:49 PM 383 Views
It amuses me... fionwe1987 - 01/07/2020 07:03:43 PM 421 Views
You're welcome. Come again. XOXO The Shrike - 01/07/2020 07:05:11 PM 404 Views
Aww fionwe1987 - 01/07/2020 07:36:55 PM 402 Views
Sweetie, we can always zhuzz it up! First we need some more glitter. The Shrike - 01/07/2020 07:39:42 PM 374 Views
Waterloo seems the most appropriate for the moment... fionwe1987 - 01/07/2020 10:01:33 PM 405 Views
No, darling. We're playing Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) The Shrike - 02/07/2020 05:25:07 PM 400 Views
On drug based incarcerations... fionwe1987 - 01/07/2020 12:01:40 AM 381 Views
"most on nonviolent drug charges" aerocontrols - 30/06/2020 09:25:09 PM 421 Views
read the article I posted. That's one of 5 myths about USA prisons. *NM* damookster - 30/06/2020 09:44:19 PM 192 Views
I was reading the article just before you posted it. Probably the same google search aerocontrols - 30/06/2020 09:55:39 PM 360 Views
Regarding the Census, neither Left nor Right state that the US will remain majority White. The Shrike - 01/07/2020 04:03:57 PM 457 Views
This White/Non-White Binary choice is simplistic. And leaves no room for nuance. The Shrike - 01/07/2020 03:46:17 PM 422 Views
Absolutely right, I read an interesting article on this a while ago. Anonymous2000 - 01/07/2020 10:58:59 PM 431 Views
You have a binary choice... fionwe1987 - 02/07/2020 12:10:49 AM 371 Views
I agree with all of this, but lets think of it from a different point of view. Roland00 - 02/07/2020 12:24:38 AM 458 Views
Found the article (or at least something similar). Anonymous2000 - 01/07/2020 11:04:53 PM 406 Views
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