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Comment by stcredzero | Hacker News Reader

Throughout history, some risks when doing activism as a privileged member of society:

    - Oppressing one group while championing another
    - Oppressing the group you are championing
    - Acting in anger and alienating potential allies
    - Acting in anger and discrediting potential allies

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I mostly meant personal risk; I'm less likely to be severely harmed, physically or financially.

That's patently not true. You're far more likely to be harmed than, say, women or Asians, though the latter are oppressed.

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