Eric answers “Why is the term 'White Fragility' is not...”

A Goodreads user asked this question about White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism:

Why is the term 'White Fragility' is not equally as offensive and unjust as a coloured person being accused of 'playing the race card' or 'victim card?' The defensive moves include: 'anger, fear, guilt, argumentation and silence (The whimsical contradiction of the last two is staggering) What is your average, non-racist white person to do when they are accused of being racist? I'm not white nor am I black.

Eric Given that everything, including common sense and reason, are being turned upside down and inside out, given that the Marxist totalitarianism of the l…moreGiven that everything, including common sense and reason, are being turned upside down and inside out, given that the Marxist totalitarianism of the left has to use and create new words to avoid the obvious vileness of its real message and meaning (it's a dogma that murdered ~150 million people in the 20th century), the term "white fragility" is, essentially, a modern day version of the word "uppity."(less)

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