10. WASP privilege (and more broadly white privilege) is privilege of being seen as an individual & not as a representative of a group.
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@HeerJeet Actually when I first saw the name I assumed he was a WASP and at no point did that make me think it'd have anything to do with meThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Of course not. WASPs have always been world-class bigots. Gets shrugged off as a subcultural/regional thing.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet (Never sure whether I"m part of the royal WASP we, since technically I'm not one as a Scottish/Italian/French Catholic)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet I think an essential facet of white privilege is you don't identify as an ethnic group. Ethnic identity is othernessThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet And for example WASPs feel no collective shame for the actions of a Donald Trump or Strom Thurmond. -
@theturner@HeerJeet I think maybe our impulse is to ostracize, to distance, to disavow. Like Flanagan wrt conservative circles.
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@HeerJeet No one self-identifies as a WASP. - End of conversation
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