Kirsten Gillibrand Is Right: Racism Is About White People

[Guno צְבִי]

Kirsten Gillibrand made an important distinction when she talked about the problem of white privilege during the Democratic debate Wednesday night in Detroit.

The moderator asked her what she would “do for Baltimore and other cities that need help” after the president wrote racist tweets attacking both the city and one of its congressional representatives, Elijah E. Cummings.

She said: “I can talk to those white women in the suburbs that voted for Trump and explain to them what white privilege actually is.”

“When their son is walking down the street with a bag of M&Ms in his pocket, wearing a hoodie, his whiteness is what protects him” from being shot, she said, invoking Trayvon Martin. “When their child has a car that breaks down and he knocks on someone’s door for help and the door opens and the help is given, it’s his whiteness that protects him from being shot.”

America is made far less safe by people who refuse to call out all the ways that racial hostility is rapidly growing. We know what the symptoms are. People of color live them out daily. Sometimes, however, we find ourselves asking public officials why they are only talking to and about us. Ms. Gillibrand offered a better way forward for Democrats and white people. I hope others follow her lead.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/opinion/2020-candidates-race.html

 

[Guno צְבִי]

After Mr. Obama’s presidency there will be no more campaigns where identity politics can be ignored. His presence in the White House required all Americans to contend with the changing demographic of this country and with the fact that we will continue to see more leaders of color.

 

[Cypress]

“I can talk to those white women in the suburbs that voted for Trump and explain to them what white privilege actually is.”

“When their son is walking down the street with a bag of M&Ms in his pocket, wearing a hoodie, his whiteness is what protects him”

I personally think most Trump voters know white privilege exists, even if they cannot admit it in public.

Getting them to acknowledge white privilege is really not going to solve anything. The reason they are voting for Trump is they want him to protect white privilege and to maintain and enhance their position on the food chain.

 

[evince]

here is the MAIN reason racism has been increasing instead of continuing to shrink like it BEGAN TO in the 60s and 70s

right wing media


Lush Limpballs began the game and FOX and Alex Jones is trying to finish it


Media designed to help people rationalize their lesser angels


"Oh those black and brown people are just trying to get one up on us and GET FREE THINGS by pointing out racism"


"that isnt racism"



paid for by the wealthy to try to keep black and brown people from teaching why they are offended by certain actions and words and the American history that shows WHY its offensive to them


the wealthy want a second class to abuse financially and use as a whipping post of the idiot whites that fall for the game


they also target them to steal their most valuble American right


THE RIGHT TO VOTE


the right wing media needs to DIE


they are evil


they are anti American


and in Fox's case they promote sexual abuse of employees


LETS NOT FORGET how many years Ailes was forcing his female employees to SUCK HIM OFF UNDER THE DESK


right wing media is full to the brim with evil

 

[Bobb]

The moderator asked her what she would “do for Baltimore and other cities that need help” after the president wrote racist tweets attacking both the city and one of its congressional representatives, Elijah E. Cummings.

The president didn't make any racist tweets. Why are Dems such fcktards?

She said: “I can talk to those white women in the suburbs that voted for Trump and explain to them what white privilege actually is.”

White privilege, apparently, is being demonized for being white.

“When their son is walking down the street with a bag of M&Ms in his pocket, wearing a hoodie, his whiteness is what protects him” from being shot, she said, invoking Trayvon Martin.

That PoS negro, Trayvon Martin, assaulted a white(ish) man. Black privilege means getting to assault white people, and having the white victim take the blame.

America is made far less safe by people who refuse to call out all the ways that racial hostility is rapidly growing.

America is made less safe when we go soft on crime because most criminals are black.

 

[anonymoose]

Kirsten Gillibrand made an important distinction when she talked about the problem of white privilege during the Democratic debate Wednesday night in Detroit.

The moderator asked her what she would “do for Baltimore and other cities that need help” after the president wrote racist tweets attacking both the city and one of its congressional representatives, Elijah E. Cummings.

She said: “I can talk to those white women in the suburbs that voted for Trump and explain to them what white privilege actually is.”

“When their son is walking down the street with a bag of M&Ms in his pocket, wearing a hoodie, his whiteness is what protects him” from being shot, she said, invoking Trayvon Martin. “When their child has a car that breaks down and he knocks on someone’s door for help and the door opens and the help is given, it’s his whiteness that protects him from being shot.”

America is made far less safe by people who refuse to call out all the ways that racial hostility is rapidly growing. We know what the symptoms are. People of color live them out daily. Sometimes, however, we find ourselves asking public officials why they are only talking to and about us. Ms. Gillibrand offered a better way forward for Democrats and white people. I hope others follow her lead.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/opinion/2020-candidates-race.html

She's too white to be taken seriously as a dim.