1. One of the hidden benefits of WASP privilege is you never feel collective ethnic shame of the "shande far di goyim" variety.
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2. Many Jews are genuinely mortified by Sterling's remarks, feeling kind of collective shame in his behavior even though they bear no fault
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3. I've had that same experience myself, feeling guilty & nervous whenever a fellow Sikh does something terrible.
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4. Or consider wave of shame/guilt/sorrow that overtook Koreans and Korean-Americans after Seung-Hui Cho's shooting spree at Virginia Tech.
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6. This sort of collective mortification seems universal except, interestingly, among WASPs.
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@mbarber86 That's part of it, yes.
10:18 AM - 27 Apr 2014
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