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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has anyone watched this? Really good documentary analyzing white privilege and bringing young white people into discussions about race.

'A new documentary from by MTV titled "White People" asks white millennials to take a closer look at how they view race. "I don't think we can have a conversation about race in America anymore and not include white people in the conversation," said journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, who produced the film. How can we have conversations about race that are both welcoming and honest? What are your most meaningful conversations about race, and who were they with? What circumstances fostered them, and what did you learn?'
http://www.lookdifferent.org/videos/113-white-people
[/quote] More "white" bashing. We have moved from a society that shamed blacks for the color of their skin to one which now shames whites. Will we never learn?[/quote]

Not quite. Claiming that we're "shaming" whites is right up there with claiming that we're persecuting Christians in the US.

There's a significant difference between trying to get whites to understand how aspects of our society work (or don't) for minorities / getting whites to recognizes the advantages in our society to being white and trying to shame whites for being white. The most basic difference is the conversation about interaction with law enforcement that black families have with their sons versus white families. If you grew up being told, "If you need help, go to the police, you can trust them. If a policeman stops you for something, don't worry. Just answer his questions." then odds are you're white.

[/quote].  Blah, blah, blah...if you are white, not matter what the circumstances of birth your life is a bed of roses and if you are black, life sucks.  Nonsense,  skin color shaming, of any kind has got to stop. Racism flourishes under shaming if any race.[/quote]No one said being white is a bed of roses. The pp said that being white means you don't have to have "the talk."  I'd say that was a privilege![/quote]

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