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Re:Want people to do the right thing? Save them the guilt trip by rusk on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @04:21AM (#24280337)
> white people holding on to their money and power

That there is a racist statement. Yes maybe intergenerational wealth causes some issues but to cast it as a purely white issue is just stupid. Avarice is a feature common to all of humanity.

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Re:Want people to do the right thing? Save them the guilt trip by guerrilla on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @04:32AM (#24280403)
> That there is a racist statement.

Hardly. It has nothing to do with who or what they are but rather is literally a description of what they are doing.

> white issue

It is a white issue that white people oppress others and are the only ones with the power to stop that short of violent overthrow.

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Re:Want people to do the right thing? Save them the guilt trip by rusk on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @05:20AM (#24280665)
Wrong. You can find examples of this behaviour right across the world, regardless of race. Doesn’t make it right.
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Re:Want people to do the right thing? Save them the guilt trip by SuoDuanDao on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @09:50AM (#24282429)
If white people are a monolithic entity, what possible incentive would we have to give our rivals more room to manouvre?

I see two options - either race doesn't matter to anyone worth listening to, or white people aren't being aggressive enough in securing our own interests. Or can you articulate a third position?

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