Is it okay to be White? A lot of Black Americans don't think so

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How is this even a debate? I am confused.
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How is this even a debate? I am confused.
It's a basic, easy-to-understand poll that makes Black people look racially hateful.

Black people being racially hateful isn't a narrative that legacy media, academia, politicians or even a lot of the general public want to see. 

So, people feel a need to attack this poll if it breaks their narrative. Otherwise, their worldview comes crashing down and that feels super bad.
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What does being white mean? Being privileged and engaging in nepotism or what?

They asked it in a strange way.

If Bush family or Trump define being white, I agree with the ones against it. They probably took it as a historical thing about elitism and abuse.
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What does being white mean?
It's obviously a colloquial racial term to denote someone is of European descent.

Being privileged and engaging in nepotism or what?
It's actually wild that you think this is a plausible definition.
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That is what those answering no were answering to.
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That is what those answering no were answering to.
(1) You don't know this and can't prove it

(2) Your definition of White is horrendous and is non-reality
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Someone comes to you and asks, is water okay to drink?

There will be a thought in your head 'no way these morons actually mean such an obvious question, maybe the water is poisoned or has cholera etc.' You will maybe resist that thought and give the obvious answer.
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(1) You don't know this and can't prove it

(2) Your definition of White is horrendous and is non-reality
Someone comes to you and asks, is water okay to drink?

There will be a thought in your head 'no way these morons actually mean such an obvious question, maybe the water is poisoned or has cholera etc.' You will maybe resist that thought and give the obvious answer.
This doesn't address point (1) in any way.

Your analogy doesn't defend your abysmal definition of 'White': "Being privileged and engaging in nepotism". Obviously, privilege and nepotism isn't limited to White people, and also obviously, not all White people are privileged and engaging in nepotism.

Your definition completely ignores the obvious, universally understood meaning of 'White': people of European descent. The fact that your definition fails to account for this shows how alien your line of thinking is.
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It's all a tad futile.

Because darker toned people are darker than lighter toned people.

It's all to do with transferred mis-information relative to perceivable differences and instinctive behaviour.

A mental trap that all tones fall into.

The answer to the problem would be global re-education.

Though I think that evolution will be quicker.


Do you think that A.I. should all be sort of mid-grey?