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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP - I'm white, European descent, now I know 'non white' is also off the list.  The fact is that most of the world isn't WHITE hence hope we all may find a language that works for everyone to solve the world's problems together as a team.  So how would the initial post have worked better.  Son is white , his partner on project is Pakistani, the label of 'white savior' was started by a Eurasian student, the teacher is white Czech, and the rest of the class is made op of all colors of the rainbow.  Is this more or less offensive?
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PP 1:14.    From my personal standpoint, I would prefer the second version.  It’s more individualized and it provides much more potentially useful information.  I’ll add though, that, being picky, phrases like “all the colors of the rainbow” is one that would make me flinch, while acknowledging that you likely meant well when you were saying it.  ( Most People really don’t resemble the “colors of the rainbow”, so there’s something a bit dismissive about tossing that one in. )

Obviously different people find different things offensive. What’s been interesting about this discussion is that since we don’t really know what prompted the “white savior “ comments, we really have no way to understand or assess the site with any degree of accuracy or even relevance.

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