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 …
and NB this is deliberately vague but basically, if you’re a white american citizen, think extra hard before you hit send
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an addendum for anyone confused by this: i mean it purely & only literally, as in, think about what you have to say before you say it
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@rachelysanders Yet, you included the "white people" caveat.pic.twitter.com/ojoIQ7hO3x -
hahahaha!! Sign off, Rachel, just for today....You can't recover from this..
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You really should've thought harder before you sent this, Joe.
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Oy, did you clear that with your compliance attorney? bc you just opened your company to lawsuitspic.twitter.com/bc881aZHFp
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by asking people to consider what they say before they send it?
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By showing actual prejudice based on race, sex & country of origin.pic.twitter.com/NlbAozLWhr
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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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@rachelysanders just shot you an email, let me know. Thanks!pic.twitter.com/KJ6BgMRHdc
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So... I take it I'm not getting the job?
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You should have followed your own advice.
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I'm so startled. We voted literal Hitler into office. Me being a straight white male, I've felt myself changing.
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Lately I've been catching myself drawing swastikas and yelling "Mein Fuhrer" in my sleep.
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I've accidentally had moments when I turned my oven on.... If you want the full story it's gonna be $100.
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I appreciate people telling me exactly where they stand. Sometimes it's a good cue to go stand somewhere else. Thank you.
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Precisely. I want to know what/who I'm dealing with.
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so let them say what they want. I want to know who they are.
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