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“The Myths of Whiteness”

WHY? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life

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The Different Types of Being

Whiteness was a way to categorize the population. If you were white you were human, if you were black you were not human. Because blacks were non-human, none of those rules applied to black people. Violence could be done to black people without justification or any rules of law. That would never happen to your white grandmother. They live in a very different category and that category is defined by who, what rights, how white people are to be regarded,. and how black people are toBe treated.

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