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Historian. Author of UTOPIA FOR REALISTS (2014) and HUMANKIND (2020).

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    Rutger Bregman‏Verified account @rcbregman Feb 19

    The problem with the concept of 'white privilege'. Such an important point by @hmcghee in conversation with @ezraklein.pic.twitter.com/4PelRbMXBL

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      1. Rutger Bregman‏Verified account @rcbregman Feb 19

        Full transcript -->https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/podcasts/ezra-klein-podcast-mcghee-transcript.html …

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      2. VValder_Frey‏ @VvalderF Feb 19
        Replying to @rcbregman @hmcghee @ezraklein

        I often wonder, what have we missed out because of racism. What if the Dr who was going to cure cancer was a black kid in an inner city school and never got the chance. It hurts everyone when we waste potential.

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      3. Ward‏ @EternalMLcrisis Feb 19
        Replying to @VvalderF @rcbregman and

        I wonder more on what our racism has cost the world over history the course of history....natives, the African continent etc. What would the world look like today if humans were built to value just a little more sympathy and less greed.

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      1. Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen‏ @tfnico Feb 19
        Replying to @rcbregman @hmcghee @ezraklein

        I had to think of "vendor lock-in" in the software industry. We've got white lock-in and it's hurting us all.

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      1. martin‏ @crossyourmartin Feb 19
        Replying to @rcbregman @hmcghee @ezraklein

        Outside of an economic lens, I think a lot about our national obsession with individual freedom while completely ignoring collective freedom. We assume they are at odds instead of in a hierarchy where damage to collective freedoms trickle down to damage the freedom of individuals

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      2. Turing Test  🏳️‍🌈‏ @TuringTest Feb 19
        Replying to @rcbregman @hmcghee @ezraklein

        Being white is a *relative privilege*; it provides some social advantage, so it's like being able to walk or hear-that's technically a privilege (an advantage over someone without it), but it changes the original meaning of "being privileged", which was having ALL the advantages.

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      3. jon byrd‏ @Nashvillejbyrd Feb 19
        Replying to @TuringTest @rcbregman and

        How is the original meaning of "being privileged" = to "having ALL the advantages."?

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      1. Alesis Turner‏ @Alesis_Turner Feb 19
        Replying to @rcbregman @mattyglesias and

        That’s less a problem with the concept than a problem with the rhetoric.

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      1. Lolem‏ @YustoMark Feb 19
        Replying to @rcbregman @hmcghee @ezraklein

        Is white privilege a concept or a tangible reality?

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