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Photo by   Ryoji Iwata   on  Unsplash . First published on Medium . . The meanderings of White denial and the White fragility of responsibility… . Yes, I agree with your between the lines premise. Taking responsibility is a tough thing. I know why you don’t want to take responsibility for White privilege, and see no systemic racism. It makes sense that way. All of us have a weakness. You may have many more, it seems. However, I am hopeful you will come around, before taking this sin of omission to the grave. . If you were soberly driving a car that hit and injured, or killed someone, but you did not “see” anything, and the only sound was a light thump like you hit a bird, you also would be innocent, right? You had no idea it was a person, and you never turned around to see what you hit because… Who would have? No one would expect us to take responsibility for it, either. We are like two peas in a pod… of white privilege denial bullshit. . I am not rich! Therefore White pr...

Photo by   Jonathan Cooper   on  Unsplash First published on Medium . .  Nobody can overcome everyone of their individual faults, so why not vote for someone with every fault there is. Working Title of Trump 2024 Campaign Slogan. . When people get mad at me for what I say… I reflexively get mad at them for getting mad at me for having thoughts they were afraid to have, and luckily for them, they didn't. Avoid my thoughts, I beg you! . Only the truth can save you! A Working Title for Trump, never. . Try to make yourself comfortable. My Titanic just set sail. . Most traffic stops are done by white cops who are   fairness flops . Roseville   Data •   RPD Stops   Data • Also   MPLS PD Stops , updated 24/7/365 . Movies are hardly ever what you want them to be. Did the Titanic really need to sink, again? Disappointment abounds. . White people are not actually that bad. They merely severely lack personal responsibility for their racism. . Grist...

This is a shortened version (with minor editing) of a similar chapter in my book, Our Democracy Requires An Update . T he private and social property paradox contributes to our schizophrenic approach to solving societal problems in the United States. Social property includes all the elements of life you have ultimate control over, or should have , as well as those provided by the government or society that do not have a direct relationship to private financial elements. Public schools, roads, freedom of speech, and bodily autonomy are examples of social property. Health insurance is what I call a crossover property in the United States, since economic elites will not allow the consensus on its social property status to be instituted. Our extremely unequal balance of both property types over time, and up until now in various ways, as to who has it and how much they have, helps explain our paradoxical situation. Race, and gender are the defining and divining factors in our detrimental d...