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comment by blackbootz
blackbootz  ·  3917 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Bourgeoisie try to ruin another life in the name of gentrification

I'm sure with Louis CK being as popular as he is that you and eightbitsamurai have both probably seen this. But I have to share it again, because this bit gets to the core of why I think Louis is as good he is. He elucidated modern day whiteness and racism in two and a half minutes, and this was 2006, which, while not forever ago, was before this whole apogee of racial tension. I can't help but shake my fucking head at any white man (Fox News et al.) on the television saying, in full seriousness, that white privilege doesn't exist, that a cop doesn't think twice about putting his finger on a trigger when he sees a white face, that there aren't reams of data and research on unconscious and implicit bias (link to a PDF), etc. etc.

    "I'm not saying that white people are better. I'm saying that being white is clearly better, who could even argue?!"