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ok_cpu

(2,051 posts)
Thu May 31, 2018, 08:03 PM May 2018

What happens to people?

Just left my son's HS tennis banquet. White, Indian, biracial, and African American kids with an exchange student and an adopted sister each from a place the pResident would refer to as shithole countries.

All smiling, slapping hands, and hugging.

What happens that will warp some of those young men over the next few years? And how do we keep it from happening?

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What happens to people? (Original Post) ok_cpu May 2018 OP
Influence from families; watching Fox News. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2018 #1
Fox was on at the gym the other morning. ok_cpu May 2018 #2
The same answer always...$$$$$$$$$$$$. Period. BigmanPigman May 2018 #3
Nothing, the warping happens much earlier Phoenix61 May 2018 #4
competition KT2000 May 2018 #5

ok_cpu

(2,051 posts)
2. Fox was on at the gym the other morning.
Thu May 31, 2018, 08:07 PM
May 2018

The entire 5-6 am hour was stories designed to wind up the base for the day.

KT2000

(20,581 posts)
5. competition
Thu May 31, 2018, 08:29 PM
May 2018

IMHO, most males have a need to "win" or at least look around them and feel satisfaction they are doing better than others. If there are guaranteed "losers" in the competition, it makes it easier. Simply, they will learn about white privilege - some lucked out and others are SOL.

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