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What's up with many white people in the US self-hating/having internalized white guilt?
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most terrorists in the united states are white. we should all fear white, armed males especially.
white privilege is a thing that exists because of our white ancestors and current racists, and it sucks for non white people so white people should be embarrassed regarding it.
i absolutely fear that the white people moving in are conservative racists, because at least 30% of the country are hard-core racists.
joking about your own race is just a natural thing that all races do. id kinda look sideways at people who dont understand the jokes
I think you’re taking my point in a direction I clearly didn’t mean nor want.
Honestly we feel like the only country to my knowledge that continues to imply the common person should feel guilt for what their ancestors or government did.
The treatment of minorities in the country in the past and today continues to be poorly. But that’s not my doing.
It doesn’t feel like ripping on your own race but everyone ripping on white people and somehow white people internalizing it in some odd way.
Please let me know who's been telling me to feel guilty for being a white guy
I feel like no one is saying this, though right wingers often argue this nonsense. That’s why I’m confused why so many liberal friends think like this.