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tblue37

(67,271 posts) Mon Oct 6, 2025, 09:26 PM 7 hrs ago

If you're white, your accomplishments are your own; Black & successful, you must thank white people: [View all]

If youâ€™re white, your accomplishments are your own and you can resent and criticize the country all you like, but if youâ€™re black and successful you should be grateful to white people for allowing you in their presence. bsky.app/profile/jess...
— Adam Serwer (@adamserwer.bsky.social) 2025-10-04T16:47:33.757Z

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If you're white, your accomplishments are your own; Black & successful, you must thank white people: [View all] tblue37 7 hrs ago OP

also, if you fuck up and you're white, you represent yourself Skittles 7 hrs ago #1

This. tblue37 7 hrs ago #2

Yeah. This X 2 Collimator 6 hrs ago #5

yes Skittles 5 hrs ago #10

I don't think that way. OAITW r.2.0 7 hrs ago #3

Does anyone in this admin actually WORK? leftstreet 6 hrs ago #4

Didn't he JustAnotherGen 6 hrs ago #6

Surprised he didn't throw "go back to your country "in there. I feel sorry for his children tulipsandroses 6 hrs ago #7

So he admits he is a Troll usually IbogaProject 6 hrs ago #8

",gratitude" is implied that America "gave" Black people something rather than Blacks helping to build America BlueWaveNeverEnd 5 hrs ago #9

And yet, they don't want to feel any guilt or responsibility Buddyzbuddy 4 hrs ago #11