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"You may have lost a battle here or there, but it’s not institutional racism or sexism that you have to deal with.

 

“Look, I’m a white guy; there’s a lot of white guys like me and this idea of white privilege is a real thing," he says.

For example, he remembered getting in trouble as a young man and having his parents show up to smooth things over with police. 

“I have been a beneficiary of white privilege and gotten in trouble for stupid things. If the same thing had happened to a couple of black kids it would have been different.”

He's convinced people are confused about American symbols and their meaning.

For example, the much publicized protests by football players, started by Colin  Kaepernick, off kneeling during the national anthem as a protest against police brutality.

"The flag is merely a symbol of what we revere and one of those things is free speech," says Corbett. "In football, they are using a really visible way to get across that more than 800 unarmed people have been killed this year by police. It is outrageous."

some white dudes get it :thumbs:

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1 hour ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Reminds me of my favourite MDLer Rachel  Dolezal

 

Wonder how she is doing? 

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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So is the SPLC going to get a windfall from this venture?

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