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deck_hand t1_j41e7se wrote

I am a "descendent of slavery," although I'd be ridiculed if I tried to describe myself as one. Also, every person in my father's family history, at least as far as I've been able to trace, has been impoverished. I have an uncle who's done okay, and my mother's side of the family was middle class (certainly not wealthy).

But, I am Caucasian, so all I get is blame for things I had nothing to do with. Our society needs to figure out how to move past things that people who have been dead for hundreds of years did to each other.

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Brewing_Tea t1_j41g7g3 wrote

Keep in mind that USC's actions don't affect you in any way. USC is spelled differently than "society" or whoever would ridicule you, so you can tell they're different.

I'm sorry you're poor and hang out with assholes. Seems like you could fix at least one of those things easily, but I'm not sure USC would be involved.

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deck_hand t1_j41i1xs wrote

Oh, I'm not poor. I escaped the poverty of my father's family, by ignoring his wishes and joining the military, then using the GI bill to help me get a college degree. I've worked in a decently paying job for the last 40 years, while he could not keep a job due to alcoholism, prison, being a felon, and being a delusional asshole.

But, we weren't talking about me, per se. We were talking about the idea that a Caucasian isn't allowed to gain any sympathy for being a "Descendent of Slavery" even if we were. It's a system of double standards that spans more than just the USC - it's become pervasive across the US, Canada, Europe, etc. Because "white people" have not been universally poor for the last 500 years, we're the evil ones and must therefore now be punished.

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