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A comment on What You Can't Say (2004). Parent comment

Re:What You Can't Say (2004) by lazyasciiart on Friday October 11, 2019 @08:39PM (#21229676)
Ideas suggesting that being a straight white male might give a person advantages.
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Re:What You Can't Say (2004) by goatinaboat on Saturday October 12, 2019 @06:28AM (#21231967)
The majority of homeless in the streets are straight white males. The majority of people doing dirty, dangerous, low paid jobs are straight white males. The majority of deaths at work are straight white males.

It’s not taboo, it’s factually wrong to claim that straight white maleness is a guaranteed ticket to an easy life. The truth is that everything else is a rounding error compared to class.

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Re:What You Can't Say (2004) by lazyasciiart on Saturday October 12, 2019 @03:55PM (#21235762)
And it is wilfully delusional to respond as though anybody says "straight white maleness is a guaranteed ticket to an easy life" or that it is in any way a valid interpretation of what I said.
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Re:What You Can't Say (2004) by rfrey on Saturday October 12, 2019 @02:17AM (#21231014)
That idea does not seem to be taboo in academia.
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