"whitesplaining" racism

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what the article says is that white people can’t be part of the conversation.

it says racism is whatever one or more black people decided it is, and it’s flexible to their needs. It changes.
 
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Theo520 said:
what the article says is that white people can’t be part of the conversation
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Actually, the author wrote that white people can engage the conversation with humility. I guess there’s nothing wrong with that.

But, I did find the whole tone of it to be a bit over the top (more whitesplaining), or, to use a word that the author uses to describe whitsplaining, condescending. I also find it a bit naive that the author seems to think that white people do not experience racism.
 
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It seems to me that the terms “whitesplaining” and “white privilege” are racist.
 
IMO, the term “whitesplaining”, like the article itself, has a touch of satire to it. So, I’m not going to get to bent out of shape about it. I enjoyed the author’s moxy and humor. But, as I said, I thought it was a bit over the top.

On the other hand, the term white privilege is more serious and more concrete. I think it gets misused to the point where it’s almost lost it’s original meaning which has to do with white people having deeper roots in US society…educational, political, financial, of which, their benefits can be passed on through generations. Of course, not all, or even most white people have had those privileges.
 
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Right, I’m sure there are black families who have generational roots in good education, inheritances, etc. I suppose it’s best to avoid generalizations when referring to groups of people.
 
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Right, I’m sure there are black families who have generational roots in good education, inheritances, etc. I suppose it’s best to avoid generalizations when referring to groups of people.
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Interesting how some of those differences came to past. There were wealthy, free, black people in New Orleans even before the Civil War. That, I understand, is due to the difference that existed in French N.O. for centuries before Anglo “chattel slavery” came along.
 
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Actually, the author wrote that white people can engage the conversation with humility. I guess there’s nothing wrong with that.

But, I did find the whole tone of it to be a bit over the top (more whitesplaining), or, to use a word that the author uses to describe whitsplaining, condescending. I also find it a bit naive that the author seems to think that white people do not experience racism.
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In the real world conversations aren’t always agreeable or one sided, but that is necessary if you really want to change minds.

This author just wants deference to whatever a black person decides is racism.
 
Whitesplaining or not Kaepernick, who is featured in the article, made out pretty good. Congratulations on your book deal, Nike deal and NFL settlement all totalling tens of millions of dollars. Yes the article is correct and I as a white cannot understand the black experience especially that of multi million dollar black athletes and entertainers. So I will take the advice and show deference and humility. And since whatever I do or say can be construed as racist (of course the all important word “subtle” racism appears in the article) even if that’s not my intent, maybe it’s best to not say anything and avoid at all costs all interactions. Either that or endure walking on eggshells which is not very comfortable. And I say to anyone disagreeing with any of this stop your splaining and your condescension because you have not lived my experience.
 
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It seems to me that the terms “whitesplaining” and “white privilege” are racist.
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and so is the term ‘person of colour’.

White is a colour. What this linguistic term does is separate one group of people (whites) from every other person on the planet . This is usually done in a moralising way encouraging an incomplete racist view of history which blames this one race. This blame then becomes a demand that there be legal provisions against people based on race.

This is inherently divisive and racist.
 
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There is no such thing as white privilege. Where was “white privilege” when the Irish starved to death in their millions during the famine? Where was “white privilege” when Italians were lynched by the KKK? Where was “white privilege” when the Nazis marched into Poland and Russia and declared the populations untermensch?
 
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There is no such thing as white privilege. Where was “white privilege” when the Irish starved to death in their millions during the famine? Where was “white privilege” when Italians were lynched by the KKK? Where was “white privilege” when the Nazis marched into Poland and Russia and declared the populations untermensch?

Exactly…where was white privilege when the British transported Irish and British “criminals”…bound in shackles to the penal colony of Australia…banished for life for stealing a loaf of bread to feed their starving families
 
It’s not hard to see how the Irish benefited from white privilege. A generation passes and their kids got to be like everyone else in the US because, well they looked “white.”

The article made sense to me.
 
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