Current Events > Can someone explain white fragility to me?

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Like, I understand it's definition on a surface level, but it seems too easy to use as an excuse to shut down conversations that don't proceed in the way that someone using the term wanted.
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What? Never heard of it
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the first time that I saw the phrase was here on CE, so I googled it, and it got a lot of hits
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It's popped up a lot very recently.
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Someone explained it to me as basically being unable to take criticism from your race as a whole because you view yourself as an individual rather than as an active part of current racial tensions.

He also explained this after saying that you cannot possibly present true racism against a white person because they are the beneficial majority.
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Deadpool_18 posted...

Someone explained it to me as basically being unable to take criticism from your race as a whole because you view yourself as an individual rather than as an active part of current racial tensions.

I wasn't getting the whole "individualism" part from what I just read up on the term.

But then again I'm an individualist to the core so iunno. Maybe that's my white fragility showing through.
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People need to stop putting a name on everything.
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Liberal troll tactic
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It's a phrase that SJWs like to employ as a cover for racist remarks.
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People that become overly defensive when racial issues are brought up is how I interpret it

It seems to be used primarily when, during racial discussions, someone attempts to provide a differing perspective which may steer the conversation at least partially away from an otherwise exclusively racial focus.

It also seems to be used when a white person tries to say "but not all white people are the same."

Inevitably, it's the same thing as when people say that white people must be racist by default. The reasoning behind the concept necessarily implicates all races within the society, whether the person using the argument realizes it or not.
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White fragility is typified by a lack of great card draw, which is nowadays usually tied to tribes, themes and the occasional creature, such as Mentor of the Meek and Bygone Bishop. This is part of the philosophy of giving white many answers, but not letting them have immediate access to them, by drawing or tutoring.
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Shotgunnova posted...

White fragility is typified by a lack of great card draw, which is nowadays usually tied to tribes, themes and the occasional creature, such as Mentor of the Meek and Bygone Bishop. This is part of the philosophy of giving white many answers, but not letting them have immediate access to them, by drawing or tutoring.

The fuck
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