Mark Cuban: White people 'get defensive' when talking about white privilege

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It might be difficult, but Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban wants white people to talk more about race and privilege in a way that moves the conversation forward.

Cuban, who has been outspoken since the killing of George Floyd in police custody, spoke about the topic at an invitation-only event called “Courageous Conversation” organized by the Mavericks outside their stadium, according to ESPN’s Tim MacMahon.

From ESPN:

"I need all of us to really open up and talk to each other, even when it's difficult," Cuban said during his brief speech at the beginning of the event. "Even when it's not something we're comfortable with, particularly those of you who look like me, the white people. Because it's hard to discuss race when you're white.

"The reality is, to be brutally honest, when people talk about white privilege, we get defensive. We all have this mechanism that I call manufactured equivalency to try to protect ourselves. We'll say, 'I have a lot of black friends.' We'll say, 'I grew up in a mixed community, so I'm not like that. I can't possibly be someone who takes advantage of white privilege,' and manufacture this equivalency.

"It's incumbent on us to stop doing that, because that doesn't move us forward when we do that. That's part of having a courageous conversation."

https://sports.yahoo.com/mark-cuban-white-people-defensive-privilege-mavericks-george-floyd-nba-221938307.html

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1. Cuban is right. Just admiting white priviledge is there is the first step.

Then how to use it as an ally of POCs is the next step. No telling where talking about all of that will lead.