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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 4 Aug 2018
      Replying to @iamcuriousblue

      So because Skip Gates taught at Harvard, he had no right to complain when a cop busted him for trying to enter his own house. Cool, cool.

      3 replies 0 retweets 24 likes
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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 5 Aug 2018
      Replying to @iamcuriousblue

      Maybe consider this: as a white guy you're never going to have a cartoon like this made about you.pic.twitter.com/SIM1kt7zLq

      11 replies 3 retweets 44 likes
    4. Jolson‏ @thejolson 5 Aug 2018
      Replying to @HeerJeet @iamcuriousblue

      If that’s what that means I’ll trade my white privilege for her economic privilege any day

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    5. Craig‏ @CravenRave 5 Aug 2018
      Replying to @thejolson @HeerJeet @iamcuriousblue

      Oh shut up, you wouldn’t trade ish.

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    6. Jolson‏ @thejolson 5 Aug 2018
      Replying to @CravenRave @HeerJeet @iamcuriousblue

      The ultimate privilege in America is economic. Jeong may have to face certain mean words or actions I won’t but her life overall is much more privileged due to her status.

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    7. Craig‏ @CravenRave 5 Aug 2018
      Replying to @thejolson @HeerJeet @iamcuriousblue

      So a class argument.... your initial error is thinking your life would be exactly the same but with more money. I hope you can get more perspective and figure out why there more to life than money.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    8. Jolson‏ @thejolson 5 Aug 2018
      Replying to @CravenRave @HeerJeet @iamcuriousblue

      I didn’t say my life would be the same- I said her life is more privileged because of her status. There is more to life than money. But life is way easier if you have money. That’s just fact.

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    9. Craig‏ @CravenRave 5 Aug 2018
      Replying to @thejolson @HeerJeet @iamcuriousblue

      Ummm you said you would trade it without thinking about the drawbacks. I don’t have the time for this right now.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 5 Aug 2018
      Replying to @iamcuriousblue @CravenRave @thejolson

      Do you think an Asian woman of high social status is the same as a white man of high social status? That being of high social status means you are invulnerable to racism? Or that racism against an Asian woman of high social status doesn't count? What's the argument here?

      12:34 AM - 5 Aug 2018
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        2. Jolson‏ @thejolson 5 Aug 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @iamcuriousblue @CravenRave

          I never argued they’re impervious to racism, my argument is that economic privilege is more powerful than racial. A rich asian woman is more privileged than a poor white man for instance.

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        3. Jolson‏ @thejolson 5 Aug 2018
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          That’s all I was getting at. She may face mean words and actions I won’t due to her race and gender, but overall her life is more privileged due to social and economic standing

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        2. Craig‏ @CravenRave 5 Aug 2018
          Replying to @iamcuriousblue @HeerJeet @thejolson

          San Francisco person complaining about being a peasant.....

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        1. Craig‏ @CravenRave 5 Aug 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @iamcuriousblue @thejolson

          His argument seems to be crazy rich Asian ladies can pay to keep white people away? He doesn’t want to admit there is a inequality of either opportunity or circumstance. Instead he says well poor white men don’t have the power...

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