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Corpus Callosum ([personal profile] cazrolime) wrote 2012-01-21 01:21 am (UTC)

That is kind of vague and I am not sure how to respond

It's possible that I've seen 'privilege' used to mean whatever the speaker wanted it to a few too many times and now I'm not sure how to interpret it on its own

Like, can we not just listen to what other people have to say, and try to understand their arguments and where they're coming from, and then also share our own thoughts and ask questions? Acknowledging that something involves you isn't the same thing as making it all about you. (And this does involve white people, because we have to understand what's going on to avoid saying and doing offensively dumb things. And understanding is reached through talking, not just through passively listening.)

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