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Originally Posted by Soulflower
I agree. I think the people who are not targets of police brutality have a hard time identifying with the issue and don't see it as a problem. Also, imo when it comes to racial minority issues, white people tend to not want to admit when their race is at fault and are oblvious to the whole institutionalized systematic racism that plagues minorities today. The law enfrocement/police is all apart of that. I think a part of the reason why they are oblivious is because they don't experience racism on the same level as minorities. They dont have to worry about being racially profiled or being held back from their raise because of the color of their skin because they are born with white privilege.
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the bolded text highlights one of the reasons why you run into hostile responses. you think about "race" like it's one single entity. like white people collectively share the guilt and actions of the white race. as if we were a colony of ants. people don't work that way.