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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh my god my eyes are going to come out of their sockets from rolling so hard at the whole white privilege BS people love to pull[/quote]

This is a major problem in the country.  Ryan Lochte is accused of doing what he did because of white privilege and Gabby Douglas is accused of acting like "a hood rat" (clearly a racially reference) because she doesn't put her hand over her heart.  How about none of this has to do with race.  Many white athletes from privileged backgrounds went to Rio and conducted themselves in an exemplary manner.  Also, clearly race doesn't dictate whether you put your hand over your heart because Simone Bile had her hand over her heart on the same podium as Gabby, and last night in the athletics medal segment, multiple white athletes didn't have their hand over their hearts.  Neither did Michael Phelps in the medal ceremony I watched.  I think Ryan Lochte behaved the way he did because he's a self centered jerk, nothing to do with being white.  I think Gabby didn't put her hand on her heart like many other American athletes of different races, and she shouldn't be judged more harshly and it shouldn't be attributed to her being black.  If you don't like that she has a "stank face," fine, but that has nothing to do with her race.  Simone is black and had a perfectly happy face.  Maybe Gabby's "stank face" had to do with her disappointment in herself because she hasn't performed well overall.  Maybe she's still really young and has a hard time masking her disappointment.  I wish Americans would stop looking at race as the overriding cause whenever someone doesn't behave in a manner we deem appropriate.  Seriously, this is why we are so divided lately, the willingness to label all Xs as _________.  We need to get past this.[/quote]

That will never happen. Sorry. For lots of people, everything needs to be framed in terms of race and racism. That is the only lens from which to view the world. [/quote]

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