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This part of the article really stood out as awkward placement to me. As a white guy dating a black woman, we often go to events with her friends or family wher
by burger_moon 9y ago
This part of the article really stood out as awkward placement to me. As a white guy dating a black woman, we often go to events with her friends or family where I am the only white person and it can be quite unwelcoming especially at some night clubs. This idea that if you're white you fit in anywhere has such disconnect from reality.
- djtriptych 9y agoRelative privilege still applies here. The "only person of of my race in the room" is new for you, but ubiquitous for a huge number of POCs, especially when climbing the corporate/academic ladder.
- mod 9y agoYou seem to have decided he was just out of place, but that's not what he said. Being out of place and being unwelcome aren't the same thing.
- djtriptych 9y agoProbably, he was majority-welcome, but minority animosity from just a few of a sea of similar faces feels quite threatening.