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boom, upvote for you my jaded social observer. The weird white shame and identity politics being pushed by Americans is really tiresome. It's the first thing th
by lsh 8y ago
boom, upvote for you my jaded social observer. The weird white shame and identity politics being pushed by Americans is really tiresome. It's the first thing the author writes about, was it really the first thing he thought about? Because that perspective is just as shallow as facile as the idea that advertising from 40-50 years deliberately excluded minorities.
And is the OP really that proud to be broadcasting his SNAG status? Jeez. Rant over.
- charlesism 8y agoThe weird white shame and identity politics being pushed by Americans is really tiresome. Your comment is more ideological than the author's throwaway sentence. You're reading "white shame" into the author's essay. Does the author feel responsible for something other people did in the 1980s? Does he feel responsible for things other people do, just because he shares their skin-tone? Neither you, nor I, have any idea. He doesn't say. that perspective is just as shallow as facile as the idea that advertising from 40-50 years deliberately excluded minorities. You complain about Americans without knowing American history. Segregation wasn't fully illegal until the 1970s. Does that strike you as a country full of good-will to minorities?