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January 18, 2011 at 6:10pm
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If you dye your hair unnatural colors, you understand and accept that some will interpret your intentions as attention-seeking behavior.

But non-white people are accused of this far more often than white people,

which makes no sense, because:




Gaining visibility is not the same as seeking attention.

Because remember, white privilege includes this: when you speak, people listen. When you scream, you scream for the sake of screaming.

When WE scream, it is a matter of necessity.

Whom should we be criticizing here?