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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
None of this undoes the fact that white people exhibit white fragility all the time. But it's bad faith to assert that every criticism of the concept is proof of the concept. That has to be shown on a case by case basis. Otherwise, we're generalizing, and as I noted before, generalizing is a form of bigoted thinking.
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There has to be some middle ground between "anyone who objects in any way to the concept of white fragility is exhibiting white fragility" (something, btw, that no one is saying) and "you can't assume that anyone is exhibiting white fragility without 'showing' it on a case by case basis" (whatever that means -- how would you even do that?).
(Generalizing is hardly a form of bigoted thinking. If I say, European cars handle well, that doesn't make me bigoted about European cars, it just means I'm generalizing instead of talking about Yugos.)
