#Privilege

White guilt is a fucking trip, man Getting flashbacks to that weird period of time in 2014 where you couldn't walk into a room without hearing a wh*te person explain
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Seen a few aspiring writers on here worrying that after the pandemic they will be "too old" to get their chance. So to whoever needs to hear this: I know
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I feel like this statement is an outgrowth of privilege discourse. A white-passing person benefits from white privilege, sure. But structurally? They don’t have the same average generational wealth. The
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There's been much amused sharing of Corbyn's latest publicly expressed delusions about himself these past couple of days and they've made me think about that timeless philosophical question: "Do people
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I'm not an emotional parent, but after we brought our son home, when I read about/watch kids in the foster system/remand home, I end up crying all night thinking of
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Dear trump supporters,I'm confused.You say it's your right to protest, but you get angry when Kaepernick takes a knee.You say your body is your own, yet you get angry at
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Y'all did it! Reminder that this is only a win to those of us with immense privilege and we CANNOT abandon those who were so instrumental to helping us with
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(THREAD) We need to talk about Savarna apathy.If this seems like an alien concept to you, know that you are the target audience. Savarna apathy is the foundation of this
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if you’re white,, please don’t just retweet 5 things and then go back to tweeting about your idols just go play among us. no one cares and you have to
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A Dear Colleague Letter to White Women Scientists/Academics, from a Black Woman Scientist/Academicaka. Come in and sit down, I have something I’ve been meaning to tell you So.....(long pause, deep
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Time for Time Force Actually, before we get into this, I've gotta address the cop shit So, I'll admit, I'm not totally opposed to stories about cops.Part of that is
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Understand this.Most Black Women strongly connect with the Democratic Party.We helped reshape it to better represent us. We fought not just for seats at the table but as Chairs at
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Clearing some misconceptions about civil services:1. There are 12 groups. Not one.2. Not ever civil servant is an AC or an ASP. 3. An officer of 17 scale is paid
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Unpopular Opinion thread: 1. Celebs like bhad bhabie, Kim K and etc thrive off of attention. If y’all knew how to ignore the obvious attention whore tactics- they wouldn’t even
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The primary season isn’t quite over. The left wing of the party still has a handful of viable opportunities to elect progressives over centrists in open seats, or knock out
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A THREAD: I always thought I was gonna pretty aware of racism when I was a younger man, and I supported the idea of equality, but not with any true
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