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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow, this thread is starting to scream “all lives matter”. [/quote]

I’m the very first poster after OP and I knew the second I saw it that that’s what was going to happen.

Your little white boys are safe, don’t worry. They will still be told in many ways by American culture that they are very very special and deserve to have things.

The main issue here is that OP’s kids (and mine, and everyone else’s kids) need to learn to de-center themselves from stuff like this. If your white sons feel sad because there’s a Girls on the Run club at their school, tell them why it exists - girls weren’t allowed to play sports with boys or sometimes at all. You can come up with a reason based in the patriarchy for why all the excessive positive messages toward girls exist. Explain to them the messages girls USED to get pervasively and help them understand that those shirts are not about them. The shirts are not intended to attack them, and parents sending the message “no, you are totally special as a boy, don’t listen to those mean shirts” takes something intended to empower another entire group of people and makes it about your sons.

Stop centering the feelings of privileged people in social conversations about inequality and empowerment. Yes, your little children can understand this. Expect more of yourselves. [/quote]

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