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 (DIR) Post #Ab5CzHXIuYZrw4oyWW by sandy@tooters.org
       2023-10-24T02:42:45Z
       
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       Lots of toots talking over each other about racism. YES white people can obviously be targets of racial prejudice which is BAD!! but racism is not the right word to use. Racism is racial prejudice + power structures created a long time ago that privilege white people over black and brown people. If someone says you are racist it doesn’t have to mean you think we are less human than white people. It can be because you are honestly blind to the privilege of power that existed before you were born.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ab5CzLfFYxJIjsZNSq by sandy@tooters.org
       2023-10-24T03:14:39Z
       
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       Know how I can be so sure racial prejudice against white people is real? Because I used to think that way all the time when I was a teenager and it’s not a light switch either. You have to keep staying aware and correct your mind. Just like we ask white people to be aware of privilege. When you meet a truly racist person who believes they are right to be that way you will know it because they are the stupidest people you will ever talk to in your life.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ab5D2brzldWvru5PNI by Tweetfiction@mastodon.world
       2023-10-24T02:53:52Z
       
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       @sandy 💯 . Definitions matter. Prejudice against anybody because of the color of their skin is vile, but racism has specific meanings rooted in 500 years of institutionalized violence.