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This reminds me of how sick Dan Savage got of hearing defensive Christians say "we're not all like that!" in response to every story about fundamentalist homophobia, as though Christians were the real victims here. His argument was that as long as they didn't actively speak out against those elements in their…
It has a bearing because no matter what non-White and/or overtly sexual women do editors and commenters on this site will denigrate them. A privileged woman acknowledged her privilege and vowed to do better. Great! Wait...it's KK who did that and she's not "one of us. " So it's not great, it's SHE SHOULD HAVE…
Not necessarily. I agree it's great for people to fight the good fight for the sheer ideology of it, but I think it's often not until you see it affect someone you care about that turns it from being an abstract issue, to something you see that hurts real people every day.
This. And I think giving space for people to own up to past ignorance is important. Remember that Kim Kardashian has her own audience, and it's probably not this one. It may look like "baby steps" from where we sit, but it may not be "baby steps" for an audience that follows Kim's every move and looks up to her as a…
For sure. I feel like a lot of that happens on Jezebel. Sometimes I just want to tell everyone to sit the fuck down. this just shouldn't even be a battle- let her have her moment of clarity.
I think affluenza has protected her from many things and thoughts.
"To be honest, before I had North, I never really gave racism or discrimination a lot of thought. It is obviously a topic that Kanye is passionate about, but I guess it was easier for me to believe that it was someone else's battle."
I think it's difficult for most people to admit their ignorance the way that Kim Kardashian has with regard to racism. I don't understand the instinct to mock someone for this. Thinking that these issues are everyone else's problem is not actually that uncommon, especially for this generation. So good for her for…