Critical Race Theory talking points

Jul 10, 2021 09:01

(1) -- Racism is so much the ordinary everyday experience of POC that White people don't even see it ( Read more... )

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matrixmann July 10 2021, 15:13:14 UTC
I don't know if it's correct to comment (at last, you wanted to get your own full impression) this early on it, but - I just say it how I understood some of these points in it.

E. g. nr. 1 I understood them meaning it in the way "all POC make these experiences every day of their lives - white people don't see it, so all POC are always at all times in every economic situation or hierarchival position disadvantaged compared to them" (which I don't find to be true - globally completely not; e. g. black people also exploit black people in Africa if they're rich enough and got a pretty high position in society ( ... )

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anais_pf July 10 2021, 18:45:36 UTC
Number (4) never ceases to amaze me. I see who is considered another race and scratch my head. I'll never forget when someone referred to one of my friends as black. Huh? He is Puerto Rican. Slightly dusky skin. What? Okay, that's black? So confusing. Or how different subsets of people in another country see themselves as different races from other subsets. What? Makes no sense to me.

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