Jeremy Helligar
1 min readJul 10, 2021

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So I eventually made it through the rest of your tedious first comment, and I'll point out a few things.

First, I don't really care why White people tan. I know it is not because they actually want to be Black or are trying to be Black. The point is that dark skin is considered attractive and acceptable when it's worn by a White person. That is the White privilege. Yes, skin cancer is an issue, but that is preventable. The often-deadly racism Blacks born with dark skin must deal with on the daily cannot be prevented by wearing sunblock.

As for your comments on the musical angle, you've underscored my point - as my detractors in the comments so often do. Elvis and the Stones used their White privilege in different ways, but they still benefitted from White privilege. I'm ignoring your rambling about instruments because it was both boring and irrelevant.

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Jeremy Helligar
Jeremy Helligar

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Brother Son Husband Friend Loner Minimalist World Traveler. Author of “Is It True What They Say About Black Men?” and “Storms in Africa” https://rb.gy/3mthoj

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