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29. That's easy to say when we occupy privileged positions.

Reply to gulliver (Reply #24)

Fri Feb 27, 2026, 01:04 PM

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It's very easy to not care about race if we're white.

It's easy to say "I don't see color" when nobody is racially profiling us.

Very easy to say "I don't care about anybody's religion" if you don't belong to a religious tradition that is in the minority.

Be careful about insisting that nobody worry about race, religion or sex if you're, say, a white straight cis man raised in a Christian tradition. Walk a mile in the shoes of a Black trans Muslim woman and let me know what you think then.

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Thank you, yardwork, very well said. sheshe2 Thursday #22

We shouldn't care about race, religion, or sex gulliver Friday #24

That's easy to say when we occupy privileged positions. yardwork Friday #29

Fixating on identity makes things worse... gulliver Friday #30

I'm not talking about theory. yardwork Friday #33

Myth that Democrats ignore economic inequality and class, fooling people into voting for them with identity politics betsuni Yesterday #37

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Got a grudge against Bernie Sanders?? Jack Valentino Yesterday #35

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