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[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Adder

I don't have right wing friends. I'm not an asshole.


You're white. It's not a super power. I hear that shit (from non-clients) exactly once, because I don't put up with it. If you do, you're a soulless coward.

With clients I find a way to politely move on, because we're all intellectual whores (which, unlike sex workers are actually kind of vile).

ETA: btw, "people say racist shit to me" is a pretty stupid comeback in a conversation about how racist this country is.

Pro tip: In a post among many where you assert my lack of understanding of racism, it's unwise to start by saying you've no right wing friends. If you don't know any right wing people, you don't know what racism looks like in this country.

I've repped a number of Black people in the crim system. I've replied them in discrimination suits. I concur with BLM based on those experiences and I also understand nuanced racism. Am I tone deaf as to my own "privilege"? Yes. I don't like focusing on myself. But you? I can't help but think you're just a well-meaning naive sort, armed exclusively with abstract knowledge. There's nothing wrong with that. The world needs dreamers. But I often feel like Rodney in Back to School, explaining to Professor Bombay how a real estate development "really gets done" when I speak to you.