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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well there’s a difference between being stigmatized for an individual trait — fat, lazy, stupid, etc — and being stigmatized because you’re part of a racial or ethnic group, which is something you can’t escape no matter what you do.[/quote]Yes, there's a difference and I wouldn't say it's okay for a white kid to be mocked for being white.  But the reality for many white children is that they belong to a powerful racial group that is widely accepted in society generally.  It's not always easy to be in the numerical minority in a school but the fact is that white people work and live and shop in many places where they are seen as fitting in and "safe." A few insults will be uncomfortable even painful to a white kid in a majority minority school but it doesn't have the same kind of impact over all.  ~mom of white kid who went to DCPS schools and survived.  Also, I was called a "white bitch" two times in my majority black neighborhood.  Not pleasant but not an issue given all the other white privilege I have.[/quote]

In Chocolate City, for the last 50 years, it's the precise opposite. Substitute black for white and white for black and you will come closer to the truth.[/quote]Nope, I've lived here for 30 years.  White privilege still reigns supreme overall.[/quote]

Because you say so.

I prefer to look at facts.[/quote]

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