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To: Steve_Seattle
"One of the hallmarks of white privilege is the presumption of individuality given to each white person, so that their acts are never taken as indicative of a group."

>>"White privilege" theory treats whites as a group with common traits that transcend and outweigh personal characteristics and traits, so that the acts of white people are ALWAYS treated as symptomatic and typical of the group.


Amazing isn't it, that the professor is so oblivious to the irony of her statement.

22 posted on 12/24/2014 4:58:45 PM PST by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: Genoa
"Amazing isn't it, that the professor is so oblivious to the irony of her statement."

Yes, and that's a bad sign for a professor, since professors are supposed to be more aware than most people of the subtleties, meanings, and nuances of language and rhetoric.
23 posted on 12/24/2014 5:01:20 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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