Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

... when I got to the men's room, it turned out you needed a room key to open it. I didn't have one because I'm not a guest there. But a passing staff member glanced at the situation, thought I looked like someone he should help out, and swiped me in. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 23, 2022 Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I think the obvious race-based privileges that white guys enjoy have to do with how you are "read" by total strangers in random situations. For example, I was recently in Manhattan and needed to pee so I went into a hotel lobby and started heading to a restroom... — PolitiTweet.org

What are some race-based advantages, today, that a white guy making $26,000 per year would have?

Posted Aug. 23, 2022 Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Now I can't prove that happened because of how I look, but I think someone with different pigmentation would be viewed much more skeptically in this kind of situation. Recommend @ElijaAnderson's book "Black in White Space" for great discussion of this. https://t.co/YHTOf65i56 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 23, 2022 Hibernated