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@kingannoy wrote: I find the idea that privilege isn’t worth the system we currently have, even for the people that end up enjoying the benefits of it, a really powerful idea. My favorite example is...
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@gracchus wrote: AllegedSausageRoll: I don’t think Scalzi has any place in the discussion, so I didn’t bring him into it He coined the concept. Cory linked to the article where he did it. The concept...
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@LurksNoMore wrote: Depends on what you mean by “rich”. Money famously does not buy happiness; but it buys stability and security. Anyone who’s been poor knows how stressful it is, and wealth means...
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@stefanjones wrote: LurksNoMore: Wealth means you can fuck up, or be hit by unexpected trouble, and while it may be painful, you know you’ll be okay. A few years back, when I was still working my...
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@jaded wrote: What all of us who have an abundance of privilege (and a middle class income) need to remember is that we live better than nobility of not all that long ago. We light lamps or open doors...
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@spetrovits wrote: AllegedSausageRoll: Although I’ve come to think the games metaphor is too complicated, over-developed, and not very useful Complicated? Over-developed? It requires almost no...
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@Melz2 wrote: AllegedSausageRoll: this is only relevant if you’re thinking in terms of what they deserve . I don’t care about “deserves”; that’s a fallacious concept perpetuated by the haves to keep...
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@GutRot wrote: AllegedSausageRoll: Of course they’re going to become uncomfortable somewhere along the way if you’re really offering them a new point of view. You’ve answered your own question here....
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@Melz2 wrote: spetrovits: I fail to see how he did not succeed. Scalzi totally succeeded with his metaphor, IMO… the intended recipients just didn’t like the message being sent. Read full topic
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@AllegedSausageRoll wrote: tuhu: You’re operating from the tired premise that it’s the responsibility and duty of people suffering injustice to educate their oppressors, and if they fail, it’s all on...
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@tuhu wrote: AllegedSausageRoll: I just can’t remember the last time anything I posted online was so comprehensively misunderstood. I don’t understand what you mean by this. You failed to most...
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@tuhu wrote: All of this centers the subjective experience of people who have less to struggle with. This is despite constant, constant explanations that pointing out that some people have more...
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@zfirphdn wrote: I don’t know the answers. I just don’t see hostility working as a tactic in the long run. Read full topic
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@zfirphdn wrote: By the way, while this is a good discussion IMO, I’m thinking that we’re off topic? I don’t mean to be disrespectful of the OP or the author and book that are Cory’s topic here. Read...
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@tuhu wrote: Why does it always seem to be this way? If white people get defensive, the expectation is to respect that defensiveness, and find ways to achieve goals without triggering them. Put...
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@gracchus wrote: We’re good. Cory himself brought up Scalzi’s metaphor in connection with Hodgman’s musings on his own white privilege in his new book. Read full topic
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@zfirphdn wrote: tuhu: achieve goals Sometimes that requires working with people instead of against them. We’re not in a perfect world, that’s for sure. If some white dudes can’t hear what we’re...
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@DukeTrout wrote: zfirphdn: Sometimes that requires working with people instead of against them. We’re not in a perfect world, that’s for sure. If some white dudes can’t hear what we’re saying the way...
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@zfirphdn wrote: DukeTrout: I was already open to the concept of white privilege, but when I first encountered Scalzi’s metaphor, it was an epiphany. I was open to the concept of white privilege, but...
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@Melz2 wrote: AllegedSausageRoll: I just can’t remember the last time anything I posted online was so comprehensively misunderstood. tuhu: If white people get defensive, the expectation is to respect...
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@tuhu wrote: zfirphdn: If some white dudes can’t hear what we’re saying the way we’re saying it, why keep saying the same things the same way? Do you think being polite hasn’t been tried? (I’m not...
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@stinkinbadgers wrote: doctorow: the systems around you are designed to tempt you to strive harder to attain the next level of privilege, where, you are assured, you can rest up from your anxious...
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@zfirphdn wrote: tuhu: Do you think being polite hasn’t been tried? Of course I don’t think that. tuhu: this kind of sentence can be interpreted as patronising. Thank you for the info. It was not my...
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