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Re: I still don't do enough. Silence and inaction are failure enough Jeordam Send a noteboard - 30/06/2020 04:51:12 PM

View original postOf course it isn't. What a ludicrous question. Birth is not a matter of fault. No matter what cast/race/religion you belong to, or how wealthy your parents are.

I'm glad that you responded this way. I've seen quite a bit here from people who automatically assume that being born into wealth is a half step from evil (or sinful). Or that being rich is evil or sinful. When instead, it is what you do with that wealth and what place it holds in your life which is important.
View original postYes, that's a good question. And while you have no control over where or whom you're born to, you do have control over your action or inaction.

nods And that person would be responsible for their actions. And whether they were on one side of the debate or the other, they are still responsible for their actions.
View original postFor me, I primarily give to charities that deal with the inequities that I benefit from on a daily basis. And in this country, since my right to protest is curtailed by way of being an immigrant, I try to do other things, like volunteering.

I've often wondered what these charities actually do. I have an inherent distrust of charities, as I'm always curious as to how much actually goes to the cause, and how much goes to the administration. For every dollar given, how much goes to the cause. I've observed it being very little...


View original postBeing white doesn't make you inherently racist. It does make you previlaged. How you deal with your previlage, whether you acknowledge it or not, whether you use it to fight or prop the structures that give you that previlage, that determines whether you're racist or not.

So I'm not white...so I'm curious what they have that I don't. What previlages do they enjoy?
View original postThere is no assumption that if you're white you are racist. But I'd you're white, enjoy the fruits of that previlage, deny that previlage exists, and fight against those who want to erode the gap in advantage, then yes, you'd be racist.

See....I find it very difficult to try and judge another person's motives and drives. It is very difficult to do on an individual basis, and next to impossible to do on a large scale process. You just spelled out how you would determine that someone who is white is racist. How would you tell if someone who is black is racist? Or someone who is Chinese? You just made a list of criteria which determines that for someone from one race, but you neglected to look at the individual.

I've learned this lesson of not judging someone the hard way..and as such, I am shy about venturing into that realm again. In today's day and age, people often read way into things and come to conclusions that are not necessarily correct. I am loath to do this.

~Jeordam

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Indians are being held up as a model minority. That's not helping the Black Lives Matter movement - 29/06/2020 06:59:25 PM 783 Views
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I still don't do enough. Silence and inaction are failure enough - 30/06/2020 03:29:29 AM 277 Views
Re: I still don't do enough. Silence and inaction are failure enough - 30/06/2020 04:51:12 PM 273 Views
I have to be honest, the privilege argument is dubious. - 30/06/2020 04:19:42 AM 311 Views
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I'm actually *very* curious of this myself.... - 30/06/2020 04:54:48 PM 279 Views
Maybe Canada. *NM* - 30/06/2020 06:57:01 PM 143 Views
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Absolutely right, I read an interesting article on this a while ago. - 01/07/2020 10:58:59 PM 278 Views
You have a binary choice... - 02/07/2020 12:10:49 AM 233 Views
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