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Question:

From the fly-on-the-wall perspective ... What is it that no black man knows, and no white man will tell?

Answer:

It's revealing to say that there is nothing that the white man knows and won't tell.

White men are like a cloud. "We" look like we have substance and cohesion, but it's really wispy and insubstantial. "Race" is a matter of happenstance, and when you're the majority, that happenstance looks like nothing. When you're not the majority, it looks like a conspiracy. At the end of it all, white people are like anyone else—we'll turn against each other just as easily as turn against another group.

Question:

So in order for someone to be racist, they must be a minority in the entire country? What about places where blacks predominate like Detroit and D.C. where they hold the political power? Can they be racist there? You avoided the question. Are you telling me racism is related to national power and percentages of the overall population rather than the actions of individuals at a local level?

By the way, if you want to solve the "problem" of white privilege, then how about removing all the non-white people from the USA? Then everyone would be white and there would be no assumed benefit of being white.

This of course would happen instantaneously and without anyone ever even noticing the loss of this privilege particulary since it never existed in the first place.

Answer:

White people comprise the dominant culture in our country. Dominance is what racism is based on. The fact that some local areas are predominantly black, or have black political leaders, is meaningless.

There's no "problem" with white privilege. It exists. The beauty of white privilege is that white people can apply it to help non-white people and their white privilege is not diminished as a result.

It's the gift that keeps on giving.

I have a question for you: Why are you torturing yourself by reading this web site?

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