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Why do I know so many white people who seem to want SO MUCH to be the victim of "racism"?

I just don't get it.

Date: 2007-04-10 07:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eeka13.livejournal.com
People feel a need to validate their ally status.

Which is really kind of backwards, because I have SO much more respect for someone who owns their privilege and recognizes it as one of the reasons they're actively anti-racist, rather than someone who purports to understand because they're a minority in another respect, or because they're close to POC, whatever.

(I recognize there's definitely victimization of majority people based on who their family members or friends are, or based on their ally status, but I'm talking about people who pretend that being called "n*****-lover" is an equivalent experience to going around every day of your life as a POC. It's not.)

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