Reading it does nothing to help those committed to not understanding.

Care to show me where I said anything about your experience? My comment was in response to your assertion that we "need to take race out of it". I made no mention of your experience or your life.

Race is tied to the easy writer's experience. If she took race out of the discussion, she'd be silent. Telling her to…

How is it homophobic? Unless you assume all shit-dicks hang on gay dudes. In which case, why so homophobic, bruh?

You do realize that black people are not some homogeneous hive-mind? That you have no cause to expect them to behave, feel or think identically with one another? People can encourage white people to ask questions and be exhausted with giving answers. It's called plurality of opinions and experience. It's not just for…

They don't want to carry it, though. They don't even know what it means to be burdened by racism. They just want the people who do have to carry it to stop talking about it.

They don't want to carry it, though. They don't even know what it means to be burdened by racism. They just want the people who do have to carry it to stop talking about it.

I'm convinced that's what it's about. If you claim that racism effects all races equally (I literally cannot prevent myself from rolling my eyes…

So this. I'm a little shocked at how much value people of color are meant to place on the feelings of well-meaning white people when discussing the kinds of experiences they're never going to have.

We need to take race out of it.

Consider a luxury to be able to feel that way. Many, many others aren't granted such luxuries.

Your essay makes me uncomfortable.

I'm surprised at some of the reactions from white people in the comments here. It's not enough for people of color to labor under the effects of racial inequality, but they also have to make sure that white people are crystal clear on how to approach dealing with their role in the issue.

In practice, your opinion matters more than that of a PoC.

Holy shit. I never thought I'd see Future Brown mentioned anywhere but dummymag.com.

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I kinda feel the same way about when people pat themselves on the back for "acknowledging their privilege". At some point, it just starts to sound like bragging.

Oh, you're half-Venezuelan. Wait, what does that have to do with anything. Does it give you special insight to the experience of young black people. Seriously, how does that work? Show me a flow chart.

To be fair, it's a lot more daunting to address the criticisms made by feminists of color than it is to snarkily dismiss an MRA tool-bag. You can't blame a starving blogger for jumping at low hanging fruit.

Um, wow. So basically if you're white and upper-class, behaving like a sociopath is just "quirky and adorkable".

Can I still not like her even though I totally don't think she did anything close to sexual abuse? I just really don't like her.

Something that really bums me out about this whole #gamergate dumpster fire is the response from otherwise reasonable gamers. What's happening to Anita Sarkeesian is clearly harassment that extends far beyond mere trolling. There seems to be this resistance to acknowledge that fact and it seems to be purely based on…