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Submitted by TimmyCatChores in Whiteness

didn’t know where she fit in. She didn’t know how to identify herself. “Identity is understanding who we are in the world,” says Kerry Ann Rockquemore, co-author of Beyond Black: Biracial Identity ... America. “Part of that is how others understand us, and the other part is how we understand ourselves.” For many biracial people, that understanding can be both elusive and arbitrary. From checking boxes on forms ... presented its own set of challenges. “Because I look white, people think that I can’t understand what it’s like to be black, so I get embarrassed,” she says. “I read comments about being

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Submitted by lettuceLeafer in lobby (edited )

fucking confused wtf idk I feel like my brain is trying to compute 1/0 to understand the plight of people in poor countries. I don't think I can physically comprehend what even a silly ... know how to respond or what to say I'm like in shock and just cant understand the information I'm taking in. I give up. Someone please take over and complete the thought experiment ... that. Its just to fucked up. Hopefully this mess of a post helps people understand the drastic difference in peoples standard of living

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Submitted by The_Dense_Journalist in Vent (edited )

because they very purposefully did not teach me any independence skills in a way that I could understand. They trained me to do chores around the house, but they made sure that I could ... understand finances in a way that did not involve them. To add, my parents and Dr. Meyers (the man who purposefully triggered an autistic meltdown two weeks after 10/4, when I was psychiatrized without ... would ever want to be, especially as an aspiring anarchist.) That's what no one wants to understand, and that's especially why Mom's facade of atheism not matching her actual beliefs

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Submitted by itsalways1312somewhere in embeds (edited )

Anime character with crossed arms: "Aah, so it's like that, huh? I understand everything now." *arrow pointing at her* "Doesn't get it at all"](/submission_images/1588b55664aa232eb2857208d85a25f373880e66e9a54cd1721c0e1e45cc54c8.png)` Smoll `![Anime character with crossed arms ... like that, huh? I understand everything now." *arrow pointing at her* "Doesn't get it at all"](/media/cache/submission_thumbnail_2x/1588b55664aa232eb2857208d85a25f373880e66e9a54cd1721c0e1e45cc54c8.png

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Submitted by existential1 in AskRaddle

come to the realization that my discomfort with using things I don't understand is a strong driver of my behavior. I try to learn as much as I can about things I have ... after I see how they won't apply to whatever I'm doing. However, the urge to understand is still compelling even with the mountain of experience knowing how unlikely the pursuit of knowledge itself

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Submitted by lettuceLeafer in AskRaddle

could if said Twitter user knew any good links of a blog or something so I could understand what it is. I even said it was totally fine if they didn't feel like answering ... reaction is that's it's nonsense but I figured I should at least try to understand. I'm not asking the person bc I feel like me asking them questions about why they said

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Submitted by lettuceLeafer in indigenous (edited )

have the answers for indigenous groups as tactics have to be individualized but I just don't understand how land back and government reparations has become so valued on raddle. I got to be missing ... most of my life I was fine with reparations and land back but after reading more about understanding the indigenous struggle against the US government it seems to be a poor plan that

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Submitted by xxk in AskRaddle (edited )

more of a poll on perspectives than a discussion regarding the terminology itself. So: 1. Would you understand 'bisexuality' as referring to attraction to a _spectrum_ of gender identities despite the name '**bi**sexuality ... binary/gender fluid.) 2. Do you think that people in general would subscribe to such an understanding? 3. If you answer 'no' to both/either of the above: What word would you use to describe attraction

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Submitted by You_are_fool in Vent

depression, and she knows it's harder for me to do stuff. I just wish she could understand why I'm so "lazy" to her and why I'm such an "asshole ... just makes me feel more guilty. It's just too much for me. I wish she could understand that. Why I spend so much time reading? Why I spend so much time playing Video Games

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