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Re: We are all Slave now.
Interesting piece.
It would be silly to state that white Americans, collectively and individually, have not benefited from institutional racism, and continue to do so. Stipulated.
By most definitions I'm a white progressive. Are white progressives, more part of the problem than conservatives? I doubt that. I don't see a lot of white progressives proffering blatant disenfranchisement legislation on the state voting rolls. I don't see white progressives repealing health care which reached minorities in record numbers.
Thurgreed: Although I generally align with white progressives, here is where I have some serious problems: Microagressions....slights so small one must hire an expert to point them out. Trigger warnings. Safe spaces. Shouting down conservative speakers. These are used, particularly on college campuses by both white progressives, and minorities. I find these both offensive and counterproductive. So do my views on this make me worse than, to tear a page from today's truly hilarious news, Jason Spenser?
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