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Re:Jon Ronson: How a Tweet Can Ruin Your Life by tomp on Thursday March 05, 2015 @08:24AM (#9150545)
> "Not too bad, he's a white male. I'm a black Jewish female."

This makes her racist and sexist at the same time.

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Re:Jon Ronson: How a Tweet Can Ruin Your Life by bluehex on Thursday March 05, 2015 @08:38AM (#9150626)
Technically she is not, according to [1]

/s

[1] https://twitter.com/adriarichards/status/6039856858

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Re:Jon Ronson: How a Tweet Can Ruin Your Life by rblstr on Thursday March 05, 2015 @10:10AM (#9151096)
Oh. So she's actually racist. Great.
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Re:Jon Ronson: How a Tweet Can Ruin Your Life by mkr-hn on Thursday March 05, 2015 @10:20AM (#9151184)
Power imbalances and systemic issues are helpful for discussing society-level problems. It's useful to understand the broader society a jerk grew up in and see how certain societal norms might be involved.

I'd still be a jerk if I insulted a straight guy for being straight, and I wouldn't use "it's not bigoted because of a power imbalance" as a shield when someone calls me out on it. The power imbalance doesn't excuse it, and no amount of mincing words will make my words/actions look better even if I might be right if we keep it to a society-level discussion without considering individuals.

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Re:Jon Ronson: How a Tweet Can Ruin Your Life by juliangregorian on Thursday March 05, 2015 @09:56AM (#9150996)
Plus, she digs self-awareness.
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