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Originally Posted by grindy
Is there an agreed upon victimisation level at which personal accomplishments start to matter? Do you just have to be a minority, or are only visible minorities allowed? Is there some kind of special liberal paper bag test? What if you're super black but middle-class? What if you're white and middle class but are gay and have some kind of mental illness? What if you're trans but you grew up in an unusually accepting family and neighbourhood? How are those things visualised? Venn diagrams?
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Recognizing the influence of privilege or lack thereof on life does not mean that personal decisions are meaningless. Autofelating as if you've built the earth beneath you to get where you are is just inherently obnoxious.
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Originally Posted by grindy
The problem is capitalism and it's a problem on a worldwide scale, your little American black-white issues are secondary af.
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In Belgium, maybe, but the echoes of slavery are still ringing in the US. Many issues here are quite clearly driven by both. Where is the Venn diagram that shows us when racism doesn't count anymore?