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pinboy3niner

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6. Well-said

Reply to kwassa (Reply #3)

Sun Feb 23, 2014, 11:23 PM

Feb 2014

On visits to Vietnam I did a double take when I saw bridal shops filled with white mannequins in their windows.

And on the streets many women riding motor scooters wear wide-brimmed hats and long gloves--to "hide from the sun" and avoid darkening their skin, as my Vietnamese friends explained.

But a lot of it isn't just positioning for opportunity. People really have been brainwashed to adopt the aesthetics of the dominant culture.

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A certain white privilege is voluntarily given by non-white people. [View all] PlanetaryOrbit Feb 2014 OP

As a practical minded person myself, I wouldn't call it "privilege".... AverageJoe90 Feb 2014 #1

Do you understand the concept of white privilege? kwassa Feb 2014 #4

I understand the concept, yes. But I disagree with it. AverageJoe90 Feb 2014 #5

That is a curious criticism. It is increasingly reaching the public. kwassa Feb 2014 #7

I've actually been around. I've seen the outcome. AverageJoe90 Feb 2014 #8

What makes you think you know what the large majority of the American public thinks? kwassa Feb 2014 #10

Observations. Lots of them. AverageJoe90 Feb 2014 #11

I see. You only have your person observations. kwassa Feb 2014 #12

Agreed, it is real power seattledo Feb 2014 #9

It's called internalized racism. Ms. Toad Feb 2014 #2

It is still about racism, only it is internalized racism. kwassa Feb 2014 #3

Well-said pinboy3niner Feb 2014 #6

I suppose if China or Japan had become the dominant power LittleBlue Feb 2014 #13

As said above, it's internalized racism and the desire to become white. Gravitycollapse Feb 2014 #14

Power, wealth, and status--or rather, PERCEIVED power wealth and status-- tblue37 Feb 2014 #15