On Free To Be... Straight White Males
@barnhouse He's a landscaper. He spends ALL his time on other people's lawns.
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On Free To Be... Straight White Males
@David Roth Yeah that's an interesting point that always comes up in these things, "but what do I dooooo"? As if there is a 10-step policy checklist for proving you're not racist or something.
I would say if you're a generally socially responsible person who doesn't make assumptions about people based on their race, gender, or sexuality, then you can safely ignore these discussions unless they interest you.
If you're the sort of person who reflexively responds to a story about, say, someone getting offended about something racist by writing "They should get over it, it's just a joke, people make jokes to me all the time," then you're going to keep getting lectured about privilege until you cut it out.
I think the (stated) purpose of Scalzi's post was to provide a new line of argument for the people doing that lecturing, not to solve all problems of racism/sexism/homophobia.
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On Free To Be... Straight White Males
@Art Yucko Also, the world is racist against me because whenever I say "tapas restaurant" people think I'm saying "topless restaurant" because I'm white.
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On Free To Be... Straight White Males
@deepomega Yes! Get your inflatable disapproving black friend today, only $9.99 on Amazon!
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On Free To Be... Straight White Males
@deepomega How does every racist joke begin? *looks around the room carefully*
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On Free To Be... Straight White Males
@Mr. B It's basically the Unabomber, the founder of CNN, and the 26th president of the United States just sitting around having a chat about life 'n' stuff.
Actually, that would be pretty great!
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On Free To Be... Straight White Males
@Alex Balk Gawker is a strange beast.
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On Free To Be... Straight White Males
@Art Yucko Someday they're going to take away my img tags, and I will be Sad.
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On Free To Be... Straight White Males
@deepomega "Not worth nearly as much as people who have them seem to think they are"?