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Re:Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism and Intimidation Behin... by nailer on Sunday March 16, 2014 @11:24AM (#7409720)
> because white people have crafted a society to let them have more advantage.

Thinking of 'white' as a single group of people who are always middle class is a fantastically ignorant thing to do.

Does the white kid whose parents are Ukrainian janitors deserves a leg up less than the black kid whose parents are an English professor and a photographer?

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Re:Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism and Intimidation Behin... by wcummings on Sunday March 16, 2014 @11:58AM (#7409873)
People frequently confuse class and race. We should really be thinking about the former (though obviously the two are related to a degree).

Full disclosure: my grandfather was an uneducated Ukrainian immigrant (:

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Re:Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism and Intimidation Behin... by pessimizer on Sunday March 16, 2014 @12:16PM (#7409962)
>Does the white kid whose parents are Ukrainian janitors deserves a leg up less than the black kid whose parents are an English professor and a photographer?

Nope, but he's going to get one as a white person who lives in America.

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Re:Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism and Intimidation Behin... by nailer on Monday March 17, 2014 @12:48AM (#7413133)
In Texas at least the opposite will happen.
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