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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry that happened. There was a similar response from the kids that were at the back in this video https://youtu.be/4K5fbQ1-zps
Two problems. If done it should be for self reflection and not announced and don't bring race into it. I would be in the front if I were in this video and I'm AA. I'm not saying I'm not pre judged as an AA, but I am privileged.
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Exactly.  I’m white and I would have been on the back line.[/quote]

I did that exercise as an adult, was in the back of the line and I am white.  I was not traumatized by it nor did I feel ashamed.  I felt pretty freaking proud of myself because while I started with less I arrived at the same place.  My friend in the back ofd the room felt the same way.  To me it was proof that all of the entitled rich kids I'd grown up around who thought they were all that weren't.  There are people who get a huge head start in life and they take it for granted.  My friend and I took advanatage of every opportunity we were presented with, worked hard, and moved up.  It's all in how you look at it. Listen to the song Immigrants on the Hamilton re-mix.  It has a similar sense of pride in it.  "Look how far I come" and "Immigrants, we get the job done."  That is pride not hand wringing.  [/quote]

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