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Related: About this forumIs it okay for me to be racist? I'm bi and female so I think it might be okay, right?
I mean, it's obviously okay to be homophobic and/or transphobic if you're black, isn't it?
And I think you're allowed to be bigoted against the mentally ill if you have some physical disability, right?
Also, if you're Jewish, you get a "get out of xenophobia free" card and can trash migrants all you want, yes?
I think if you're a poor young single parent you get a few free spins on the ageism wheel, too, don't you?
All that is totally okay, right?
That's how it works?
ingenuously,
Bright
P.S. because it's obviously necessary
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Is it okay for me to be racist? I'm bi and female so I think it might be okay, right? (Original Post)
TygrBright
Oct 2021
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Skittles
(161,731 posts)1. I hear you
I am very disturbed when one group who has to KNOW what oppression feels like feels nothing about subjecting others to it - disgusting
hlthe2b
(107,780 posts)2. Some apparently think so.
sigh...
we can do it
(12,820 posts)3. Thank you! Bigots suck- Period