Re: An addition and plea for moderation
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"You simply assume that as a white woman she is privileged."
White people benefit from white privilege. That's fact. And it's not just an American concept either.
My key phrasing in my last post was "both benefits from white privilege and has never experienced racism due to her race or ethnic origin." I've read up on mary_j_59 through her LJ and my past conversations with her. As far as I'm aware, she isn't part of any ethnic and/or religious minority that intertwines with race. Whether she has or lacks class privilege or suffers from any other ism is not relevant. This was solely about racism and her comment about women of color, which she is not.
White people benefit from white privilege. That's fact. And it's not just an American concept either.
My key phrasing in my last post was "both benefits from white privilege and has never experienced racism due to her race or ethnic origin." I've read up on mary_j_59 through her LJ and my past conversations with her. As far as I'm aware, she isn't part of any ethnic and/or religious minority that intertwines with race. Whether she has or lacks class privilege or suffers from any other ism is not relevant. This was solely about racism and her comment about women of color, which she is not.