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Re: the New Truth
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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I think because the concept of white fragility can be so easily abused in this manner, a lot of white people refuse to engage it. It's an incredibly effective debate cudgel.
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Dude. Please think about what you just said. If the reason that *white people* refuse to engage were an intellectually fear that the "concept" is "easily abused," people of any background would not want to engage. The reason why white people refuse to engage is that they are implicated. Many (most?) white people are OK accepting that someone else is racist so long as they can believe in their own innocence and are not affected. White people refuse to engage with white fragility because of their white fragility.
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