@SimonTheTam said the Starbuck's #racetogether campaign had good intentions, but failed because of the lack of training.
.@SimonTheTam @ryan_vance you really don't get it. Whites didn't like that it was fairly explicitly anti-white
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@HbdNrx@ryan_vance The campaign wasn't targeted towards whites -
@SimonTheTam@ryan_vance I believe the intent was to get people of all races talking about race. Big problem: whites really don't want to -
@SimonTheTam@ryan_vance because the inevitable result is either whites staying silent while people talk about "white privilege" or... -
@SimonTheTam@ryan_vance whites pull out the hate facts (ie reality) and get branded as racists. -
@SimonTheTam@ryan_vance So whites do their best to avoid such conversations.
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@HbdNrx@ryan_vance And no, conversation isn't berating whites. Whiteness is a social construct anywayThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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