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I am a white privileged straight woman.
Until this THING is out of office, I am black, I am gay, I am muslim, I am poor, I am trans, I am mexican, I am an immigrant, I am incarcerated for weed, I am a feminist deserving equal rights, I am against pedophlia (yes, that needs to be said).
I am an American......
spanone
(135,844 posts)Aristus
(66,388 posts)my solidarity, but it's important for white people who oppose hatred and bigotry to be part of the national discussion and of the resistance to Trump and his ilk.
Botany
(70,517 posts)A love connection .... Maybe?
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hlthe2b
(102,294 posts)Then we absolutely belong on that list as well. No man must surrender their own body to the government's whims-- as only a start to the inequities facing all women.
Yes, I agree with you on your point, but women of all races and classes are, at this juncture, inherently unequal in the eyes of the law. There is a spectrum of inequality certainly, especially re: consequences and mitigating factors, but the fight is all of ours--inherently. We join others on that list and not merely out of support for the others, though that should be a given.
Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)Last edited Thu Jun 7, 2018, 04:08 PM - Edit history (1)
And added.....thanks for your input hlthe2b!
erronis
(15,303 posts)(OWM: Old White Male)
I don't "actively" care about skin color, gender, age. preferences in many dimensions. I put "actively" in quotes because I KNOW that I have absorbed some of my societal factors while growing up. Still I WANT to do what's good for the people and world around me.
Then, there are the people I really don't like. I don't care about their conservative/liberal biases or perhaps their not liking old/young people, or cats/dogs (really?). What I do care about are people that don't bother to listen and learn. People that have found a god or pundit that tells them what to do. It's pretty easy to move to the other sidewalk when I see them.
2naSalit
(86,649 posts)gilligan
(194 posts)Corvo Bianco
(1,148 posts)marieo1
(1,402 posts)Heartstrings - I am a white privileged straight woman also!! Thank you for speaking my mind - I stand with all people and want everyone to be treated with respect.
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)pazzyanne
(6,556 posts)I will be right there with you all the way!
kimbutgar
(21,163 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,014 posts)Warren_Pointe
(328 posts)the parasites like Devos, Pruitt, Perry, Carson, and Bolton will likely destroy the fabric and infrastructure we rely upon. America may never recover from their appointments. The media's fixation on the blowhard in chief will allow their damage to be only visible to the experts and victims.
zentrum
(9,865 posts)BlueJac
(7,838 posts)so right on!
tazmaniac
(114 posts)I hope all of us can hold on until this corruption is gone!!