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Tue Aug 23 15:50:58 +0000 2022

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I dress up when appropriate, but also walk around the neighborhood looking like a slob sometimes. My friends with different skin coloring worry a lot about how they'll be perceived if they are dressing too casually — and about the consequences of that misperception. — PolitiTweet.org

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

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

As I threaded yesterday, I do think the "white privilege" discourse sometimes embeds toxic and unproductive class politics. But if you're just a bit reflective about it, it's definitely real and significant. https://t.co/Q4pHrRH9I0 — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

To be serious about this, it is a lot easier to see and acknowledge your privilege as a straight white man when you… https://t.co/HSFyKvMgsS

Posted Aug. 23, 2022 Hibernated

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