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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Strom PP. I should add I agree I don't think Piers obsession with Meghan had a racial component. I think he was mad, hurt that he didn't get a wedding invite, and still in love with her after one visit (especially with her photo in the paper every day) that he used the racism permeating British society to hit backa t her and cost along on his haterfest for 3 years.

You don't have to be racist to use racism to your advantage. Its been done for centuries.[/quote]

Please explain to me how you can use racism to your advantage — without actually being racist?  
Are you saying that the people taking advantage of — and actively benefitting from — racism don’t define themselves as “racist “?  Or something else? [/quote]

I'm saying if you got into Harvard any time before segregation was shut down and individuals of all races (the same applies to gender) were allowed to apply - you took advantage of the benefits of racism.

I'm saying if you moved into a neighborhood in the 'better' parts of Los Angeles in the 1950s, housing identical to the worst parts, but a highway devalued the Mexican side and kept the white side appreciating - you took advantage of the benefits of racism.

I'm saying if your forefathers were passed down a house and land from the 1800s when the American government was literally giving away plots for free and selling that land allowed you to benefit from generational wealth - you took advantage of the benefits of racism.

I'm saying if your grandparents had cleaners and nannies that they were legally paying a 1/10th of the wage they'd pay for a non-POC aide - you took advantage of the benefits of racism.[/quote]

Okay. So how would you define “Racist”? You’re making some separations that I would not — that I’m struggling to understand, here. 
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NP here, but do you really not see PP's point? Do you think every single person that went to a single race or single sex school if that was all or the best available at the time was definitely racist or sexist? I think that's a step too far and undermines the meaning racist and sexist, at least for me. [/quote]

No, I don’t see PPs point — which is why I am respectfully asking how PP defines “racist”.  I am trying to understand PP’s point of view.  I haven’t made any statements yet about what is or isn’t racist, in my view. For me, there’s little point in doing that without at least having some understanding of the distinction that PP is making.  You, also, are saying what is NOT racist in your view, while still failing to say what you think IS racist or sexist.  I’m happy to engage in the conversation— but I really don’t see much point in doing so without being somewhat clear on what we’re each talking about, we don’t need to agree upon the definitions — but it would help to be as clear as we can on what definitions we’re using.

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