{"id":135545,"date":"2017-12-05T13:51:55","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T20:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=135545"},"modified":"2017-12-05T21:05:06","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T04:05:06","slug":"apparently-referring-white-privilege-can-get-suspended-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/12\/05\/apparently-referring-white-privilege-can-get-suspended-job.html","title":{"rendered":"Apparently, referring to “white privilege” can get you suspended from your job"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because suggesting that white people have intrinsic advantages in our society, and so also have blinders to problems that non-white (non-male, non-cis, non-straight) people have, is apparently, a racist and sexist thing to say in the eyes of certain, as they say, “snowflakes.”<\/p>\n


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\nHeroic Cop Suspended When Officers Complain After She Violently Attacks Their White Privilege<\/a><\/span>
\nA Plainfield, Ind., policewoman was placed on administrative leave after she committed an act of blatant terrorism, injuring hundreds of white police officers by calling them out for their \u201cwhite male privilege.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Because suggesting that white people have intrinsic advantages in our society, and so also have blinders to problems that non-white (non-male, non-cis, non-straight) people have, is apparently, a racist and sexist thing to say in the eyes of certain, as they say, “snowflakes.” Heroic Cop Suspended When Officers Complain After She Violently Attacks Their White … Continue reading “Apparently, referring to “white privilege” can get you suspended from your 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