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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, it's no use.  Anecdotes are only persuasive to some of these PPs when it fits with the narrative of lazy, self-destructive AAs with a poor work ethic--otherwise, they'd actually have to face some uncomfortable societal truths related to haves and have-nots in our society.  Their cognitive dissonance prevents this.

Although this thread is certainly depressing on one level, I'm also heartened that there are a fair amount of white PPs who seem to get it.  For those PPs, I wonder how they came to this more complex, nuanced understanding of race in America?  One PP mentioned having a black child, but for the others--was it podcasts such as this one?  Conversations with black/Latino friends?  Marrying someone of a different race?  Whatever the reason, glad there is at least some progress on this front.
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I'm the PP - white, with a white child and an Arab husband. I'm a social worker. Understanding the history of the construction of race in America and the intersections of race, class and gender is an integral part of my profession. I appreciate podcasts like this one because they bring the issues I spend my days and nights thinking about into the popular discourse. It's not something I stop thinking about, just because I'm white. [/quote]

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