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The fact that over 600 blacks die per day because of hypertension caused by the stress of living with white racism. He gives you numbers, but he can't give you a proper analysis of why those numbers exist, and so people like you start taking stupid.He threw out some numbers and stats. If you're saying its all Bullshit..at least be specific. Which ones is he lying about?
For example:
“Bryant-Davis and Ocampo (2005) noted similar courses of psychopathology between rape victims and victims of racism. Both events are an assault on the personhood and integrity of the victim. Similar to rape victims, race-related trauma victims may respond with disbelief, shock, or dissociation, which can prevent them from responding to the incident in a healthy manner. The victim may then feel shame and self-blame because they were unable to respond or defend themselves, which may lead to low self-concept and self-destructive behaviors. In the same study, a parallel was drawn between race-related trauma victims and victims of domestic violence. Both survivors are made to feel shame over allowing themselves to be victimized. For instance, someone who may have experienced a racist incident may be told that if they are polite, work hard, and/or dress in a certain way, they will not encounter racism. When these rules are followed yet racism persists, powerlessness, hyper vigilance, and other symptoms associated with PTSD may develop or worsen.”
“On occasion, the emotional weight of racism can lead African Americans to engage in maladaptive coping, such as remaining in denial, engaging in substance use, aggression, self-blame – even in extreme cases suicide (i.e., Black Lives Matter activist Marshawn McCarrel) and terrorism (i.e., Dallas shooter Micah Xavier Johnson). These responses are harmful and lead to negative, long-term consequences.”
Ryan C.T. DeLapp, MA, and Monnica T. Williams, Ph.D., “Proactively Coping With Racism, Getting back to our lives in the aftermath of racial violence in the media.”, July 18, 2016,

Proactively Coping With Racism
For most people of color, it becomes increasingly impossible to escape the stress caused by the barrage of news coverage broadcasting the gruesome details of racial violence.
Findings from large-scale national studies indicate that, while African Americans have a lower risk for many anxiety disorders, they have a 9.1% prevalence rate for PTSD, compared to 6.8% in Whites. That means that almost one in ten Black people becomes traumatized, and I think these rates may actually be higher since diagnosticians are usually not considering the role of racism in causing trauma.
Dennis R. Upkins, Denying Racism And Other Forms Of Gaslighting, Aug 24, 2016, Mental Health Matters, derived from: https://mental-health-matters.com/denying-racism-and-other-forms-of-gaslighting/
McWhorter doesn't contemplate the psychoogical toll racism has on black people. And this is where he is in error. As a man who has written 20 books and is supposed to be so educated, he leaves that out to spew forth some brain damaged internalized racism infused idiocy that has whites like you and the OP citing him in order to try claiming that white privilege doesn't exist.
Tim Wise threw out numbers and stats too, but you don't want to listen to that because it doesn't fit your conmfort zone. And that is what white fragility is all about. McWhorter allows you comfort, Wise doesn't. So you will argue with me about what McWhorter says, and you will never lisen to Wise.