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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There has been a concerted effort on the progressive left to make people aware that to be colorblind is an effect of privilege, and to educate kids (and adults) to be aware of their own whiteness.

Why then does it come as a shock that this new awareness of whiteness is going to lead some people to place value on their whiteness? This was a foreseeably disastrous outcome. [/quote]

THis is what we call backlash---and we are not going to coddle people who can't handle that they are no longer the center of the universe[/quote]

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Ten year old white boys are not angry that they are no longer the center of the universe, because they never were.

They might be angry for other reasons though.  [/quote]

No, but pre-teen and teen boys are resentful and angry that they aren't growing up in the world of white privilege that their fathers and older brothers had.  They want to be in a world that was paved for white males and everyone else had to work twice as hard to get half as much.  They see that they have lost a significant amount of the privilege and ease that earlier generations of white males had and they want to go back.  And they are willing to be violent and destructive to try to get it back.[/quote]

I think this is kind of ridiculous. In what ways, specifically, are 12 year old boys seeing that things were “paved for white males” for their dads & not for them?? And isn’t the idea of privilege that you don’t really even notice when you have it unless someone points it out?  
White supremacists are an insidious group... but can people really not see that extreme left views are driving their appeal to young people? It’s not because white boys think they are better than everyone else (not initially). It’s in part because of the far left saying it’s bad to be a white male. You should feel guilty for being white. It’s okay to be proud of your race— unless you are white. It’s okay to have opinions on race— unless you are white, then you are told to “stay in your lane.” All of this constant focus on race and labeling people leads to bad things. No one (of any race) is superior to anyone else based on race. Race is a social construct. Yes, teach the history of racism in this county and don’t gloss over the facts. But then emphasize that we are all equal and stop telling people to feel bad about their race— whatever it is. [/quote]

OMG just stop. Making people aware of the many ways our culture devalues people of color based on race DOES NOT MEAN that you should feel guilty for being white! [b]You are literally parroting the insidious white supremacy talking points - people want you to feel bad about being white, this conversation is pushed by the far left, the constant focus on race is causing bad things.[/b]

Textbook white supremacist talking points right here, folks.[/quote]

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