if you have a story to tell that helps makes sense of the world right now, please get in touch (my email’s in bio)https://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelysanders/how-to-pitch-essays-to-buzzfeed-reader …
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by asking people to consider what they say before they send it?
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If you're black, or female or foreign, you presume they have something of value to say. White male Americans? Not so much.pic.twitter.com/DIIJUOYWi2
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Now, any time a person who says they were discriminated against based on being white, male or American, they have Exhibit Apic.twitter.com/8d0S3M5A4W
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And that puts aside the immorality of your racism, sexism & anti-Americanism
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It would've too easy to show how myopic that view is by referring to my life story. I was born w 3 learning disabilities.
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Before the ADA, I dropped out of high school. After the ADA, I got my GED, undergrad degree, and graduated from Yale Law
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I am probably the only person alive who is a GED degree holder and Yale Law graduate. But white male American so you denigrate me
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But truth is demographics has zero to do with whether you have to say anything of importance. Wisdom does & anyone can get it
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There was no mention of sex in her post. But yeah.
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Holy crap, I so expected it, I didn't realize it wasn't there
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not really, ''white'' is only an abstract concept not an actual thing. you wouldn't get it man!
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How white do I have to be to worry? My gggggrandparent was black (probably a slave in NY). Am I approved?
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