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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1175205" data-attributes="member: 1246">[h=2]<a href="http://weaselzippers.us/2013/07/22/cnn-anchor-lectures-guest-that-he-has-doesnt-see-racism-because-of-his-white-privilege-and-entitlement/" target="_blank">CNN Anchor Lectures Guest That He Doesn’t See Racism Because Of His White “Privilege” And “Entitlement”…</a>[/h]Yes, we know, white people are evil.Via <a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matt-hadro/2013/07/22/cnn-anchor-lectures-guest-he-has-racial-blind-spot-because-white-privile" target="_blank">Newsbusters</a>:CNN anchor Don Lemon lectured conservative radio host Ben Ferguson for being quick to pan President Obama’s Friday address on race, during Saturday’s 4 p.m. ET hour of Newsroom. [...]
He first told Ferguson, “you still have a certain entitlement as a white person that many people of color don’t have. You don’t see that?” Lemon then substituted “privilege” for “entitlement.”
“I should say a place of privilege, not necessarily a place of entitlement. And you’re filtering it through a place of privilege that you don’t understand, your privilege does not allow you to see certain biases and certain circumstances in this society,” Lemon informed Ferguson of his racial blind spot.
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[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1175205, member: 1246"] [h=2][URL="http://weaselzippers.us/2013/07/22/cnn-anchor-lectures-guest-that-he-has-doesnt-see-racism-because-of-his-white-privilege-and-entitlement/"]CNN Anchor Lectures Guest That He Doesn’t See Racism Because Of His White “Privilege” And “Entitlement”…[/URL][/h] Yes, we know, white people are evil. Via [URL="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matt-hadro/2013/07/22/cnn-anchor-lectures-guest-he-has-racial-blind-spot-because-white-privile"]Newsbusters[/URL]: [INDENT]CNN anchor Don Lemon lectured conservative radio host Ben Ferguson for being quick to pan President Obama’s Friday address on race, during Saturday’s 4 p.m. ET hour of Newsroom. [...] He first told Ferguson, [B]“you still have a certain entitlement as a white person that many people of color don’t have. You don’t see that?” Lemon then substituted “privilege” for “entitlement.”[/B] “I should say a place of privilege, not necessarily a place of entitlement. And you’re filtering it through a place of privilege that you don’t understand, your privilege does not allow you to see certain biases and certain circumstances in this society,” Lemon informed Ferguson of his racial blind spot. [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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