I Grew Up Poor/I’m Part of a Marginalized Group Too
white people can absolutely have hardships that have worked against them in their lives. Disability, class level, access to healthcare, education, and employment opportunities, etc, can all affect us, just like anybody else. The difference that must be acknowledged is that, our whiteness played no role in it. In fact, those things happened in spite of our whiteness, or randomly. Our white supremacy places us in a position to better recover from our issues.
Non-white people are marginalized specifically because they are not white, and our systems are made to continue damaging them because of this.
Comparing ourselves to victims of racism will always be crass and insulting. Definitely get out of this habit.
This is the last of the "manners" section. Starting tomorrow, we move into a section on political issues. Make sure to tune in!
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