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White privilege is knowing that even if the Boston Marathon bomber turns out to be white, his or her identity will not result in white folks generally being singled out for suspicion by law enforcement, or the TSA, or the FBI.White privilege is knowing that even if the bomber turns out to be white, no one will call for whites to be profiled as terrorists as a result, subjected to special screening, or threatened with deportation.
White privilege is knowing that if the bomber turns out to be white, he or she will be viewed as an exception to an otherwise non-white rule, an aberration, an anomaly, and that he or she will be able to join the ranks of Tim McVeigh and Terry Nichols and Ted Kaczynski and Eric Rudolph and Joe Stack and George Metesky and Byron De La Beckwith and Bobby Frank Cherry and Thomas Blanton and Herman Frank Cash and Robert Chambliss and James von Brunn and Robert Mathews and David_Lane and Michael F. Griffin and Paul Hill and John Salvi and James Kopp and Luke Helder and James David Adkisson and Scott Roeder and Shelley Shannon and Wade Michael Page and Byron Williams and Kevin Harpham and William Krar and Judith Bruey and Edward Feltus and Raymond Kirk Dillard and Adam Lynn Cunningham and Bonnell Hughes and Randall Garrett Cole and James Ray McElroy and Michael Gorbey and Daniel Cowart and Paul Schlesselman and Frederick Thomas and Paul Ross Evans and Matt Goldsby and Jimmy Simmons and Kathy Simmons and Kaye Wiggins and Patricia Hughes and Jeremy Dunahoe and David McMenemy and Bobby Joe Rogers and Francis Grady and Demetrius Van Crocker and Floyd Raymond Looker, among the pantheon of white people who engage in politically motivated violence meant to terrorize and kill, but whose actions result in the assumption of absolutely nothing about white people generally, or white Christians in particular.
And white privilege is being able to know nothing about the crimes committed by most of the terrorists listed above — indeed, never to have so much as heard most of their names — let alone to make assumptions about the role that their racial or ethnic identity may have played in their crimes.
White privilege is knowing that if the Boston bomber turns out to be white, we will not be asked to denounce him or her, so as to prove our own loyalties to the common national good. It is knowing that the next time a cop sees one of us standing on the sidewalk cheering on runners in a marathon, that cop will say exactly nothing to us as a result.
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limpyhobbler
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Mopar151
(9,975 posts)Means serial killers and pedophiles mostly look like you. It means that quite a few creatures who share your color, and rather more of the world than you would like, are truly the scum of the earth.
left coaster
(1,093 posts)Being male is the definitive factor.
Mopar151
(9,975 posts)
hfojvt
(37,573 posts)because, after all, all white people look alike.
Skittles
(153,122 posts)
Heather MC
(8,084 posts)I accidentally kissed another white guy, because all white people look alike to me.
He still doesn't believe it was an innocent mistake. He is impossible
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)I liked the way the OP said ... "he or she" even if only in a pro-forma way, because men are and will continue to be singled out. Has any person of interest been scrutinized in surveillance footage or for questioning that wasn't a man? I've seen lots of persons of interest that happen to be young men, suspicious because... I dunno, just because.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)I saw pics today of a woman highlighted as a suspect. But you have to admit, statistically- that would be an anomaly- no?
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)The OP is good. The post to which I was responding... not so much.
White privilege is being free from the racial stereotypes which cause the justice system to look at you first.
Male privilege is being the first people at whom the justice system looks.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)wish I saw more men working toward solving their issues with aggression and violence. we'd all be better off.
Mopar151
(9,975 posts)working toward solving their issues with bullying, verbal abuse and codependency. For example: The original FBI Profiler concluded that serial killers are made by mothers, before their son's 5th birthday.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)ha ha, can't believe you'd go there.
Mopar151
(9,975 posts)Women are fully as "monstrous" as men. The social media that causes young rape victims to suicide does'nt come from boys....
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)because that's the same as being a rapist? Do you believe any of this crap?
Mopar151
(9,975 posts)Or the girls in Stubenville who did NOTHING?? While the boys carried off a girl passed out drunk.
I will restate - READ ODD GIRL OUT. This whole idea that men are monsters and women are innocent bystanders is crap, and has always been crap. If you prefer, try some legal terms on - like complicity, accomplice after the fact, depraved indifference, aiding and abetting, hindering apprehension - you'll get the idea.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Sorry you have to grasp at straws and blame moms and bystanders instead of the actual men who do the crimes, but it's pathetic.
There is no equivalence there at all. Yeah, all sorts of assholes are afraid to report the crimes, and keep their mouths shut- but who commits the crimes is MUCH more significant.
Mopar151
(9,975 posts)AGAIN - READ THE BOOKS. They are written by acknowledged experts in the fields, and can convey much better than I that blaming only the men for violent crimes is just wrong, in any world driven by fact and logic.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)when Dad was largely absent- and just as awful or worse when he was around- then I can't help you.
It's pretty obvious none of those people -men and women equally - should have had kids. The absence of a stable home falls on BOTH parents.
You can make excuses by pointing towards bystanders or enablers but that doesn't somehow make women perpetrators of all this violence. If you were being honest about it you'd fault the Dads and male bystanders as equally. In your version of reality, it's like the Dads and dudes who swapped pics didn't exist. But they are just as important in the big picture.
Mopar151
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bettyellen
(47,209 posts)“October 8, 1960. I gather that Mrs. Dully is perpetually talking, admonishing, correcting, and getting worked up into a spasm, whereas her husband is impatient, explosive, rather brutal, won’t let the boy speak for himself, and calls him numbskull, dimwit, and other uncomplimentary names.”
What was your point?
Mopar151
(9,975 posts)I was struck by the similarity to some of the serial killer's moms in the early part of Mindhunter.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Mopar151
(9,975 posts)Although I know of 1 who was a Christadelphian Sunday School teacher. His uncle was my Dad's boss, and I know the family of one of the victims.
markiv
(1,489 posts)learning to live with lost limbs, along with members of other races injured, no matter who did this
whathehell
(29,037 posts)1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)related to white priviledge?
markiv
(1,489 posts)
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)Or you are deliberately ignoring the point made in the OP.
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)If Muslims or white right wingers are suspected in the attack, but not other races/religions/nationalities, how is that "white privileged"? I understand the references to racial profiling, but it makes no sense in this OPs context.
I think the OP was just trying to stir the pot.
UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)It was a simle question. I wanted to know how the poster connected the two thoughts.
Do you have an answer? Or, are you just being you?
Skittles
(153,122 posts)
bettyellen
(47,209 posts) 1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)the 6, uninterrupted, hours of sleep worked!
I guess I should do more of both.
aandegoons
(473 posts)Thanks for that belittling comment.
Supersedeas
(20,630 posts)that's your reaction to the people of all races injured in the blast...I see passive aggressive irony.
I bet you think that no one in the FBI or DOJ has any interest in investigating and keeping tabs on potential members of White Fascist groups, White biker types, white neo-Nazi types, white separatists groups, none of those right. Not even on their radar, ever, right. Just the white dude free pass. That's your reaction to this bombing in Boston. Wow. Passive aggressiveness is what investigators do to protect all of us, regardless of race or gender. But you probably miss the irony of that part of passive aggressiveness too.
Sad attempt at divisiveness...and at a time like this. Really.
treestar
(82,383 posts)Not about the victims.
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)But the OP is about the reaction of the media/populace to the perpetrator's race, not the victims'.
markiv
(1,489 posts)because we dont know who they are yet!
and I've run in 5ks, have a relative who runs marathons, others who run half-marathons, 10ks, so the FACTS show that we HAVE been a group targeted by this (who happen to be white, along with runners of other races), that's the only thing we really know
and frankly, I find it a little offensive, still just hours after people are in the shock of accepting a life as an amputee, to say 'they dont count, you're interrupting our speculation of who COULD be victimized by this', when that has NOT yet happened
it is not legitimate to discuss an issue derived from this incident, excluding the reality of the victims - that's just too soon, and too callous
markiv
(1,489 posts)and feel that their resentment toward any group (unsubstanciated by any evidence so far in this incident) is more important that the reality of the victims (who include all races), needs to start with their own prejudices, if they really wish to rid this world of prejudice
gollygee
(22,336 posts)Obviously weapons affect all people the same and don't have preferences. But PEOPLE do.
Llewlladdwr
(2,165 posts)More "I hope the White devils did it!" bullshit.
hfojvt
(37,573 posts)I personally am hoping the culprit turns out to be David Sirota.
Or maybe Joan Walsh.
Hey, as long as I am hoping that a white person did it, then why not be specific?
Bucky
(53,947 posts)What a silly thread this is
Supersedeas
(20,630 posts)the wish to be lumped in with the innocent group based solely on skin color and an opportunity to disparage an entire group that shares the same skin color with the perps. all on the pretext of poor journalism...really?
MisterP
(23,730 posts)Bucky
(53,947 posts)Now THEY have a problem with white privilege.
cliffordu
(30,994 posts)Supersedeas
(20,630 posts)UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)is Muslims.
markiv
(1,489 posts)
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hepkat
(143 posts)And they are definitely pushing a muslim terror narrative.
When it turns out to be a right wing gun nut.... they will return to covering the abortion doctor murder story. Cause that just doesn't fit their reality.
And it will turn out to be a right winger.
RainDog
(28,784 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)It doesn't matter if the bomber is found out to be a FOX "News" viewing fierce Obama hating Teabagger who has posted to Free Republic and Glenn Beck's website and is a regular caller on Hannity's and Limbaugh's radio shows.
It will not result in anyone telling anyone to tone it down even a tiny bit.
Right Wingers will claim THEY are the real victims.
And use it to raise money.
Hekate
(90,565 posts)I don't want to invade any more countries ... I suspect this plot was home-grown ... and if it was, we won't have to invade (for instance) North Dakota, even if that is where the plot was hatched ...
Gods, what a world, what a world.
MrScorpio
(73,630 posts)
Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)people might lump you in with those who committed this act
Separation
(1,975 posts)White privilege also means they spend 2 weeks looking for a white male, militia, possible ex-military, driving a van sniping and killing people in DC & Virginia. I mean, "It just had to be"!
I couldn't give a shit what color, religion, sex, or political background that the perps who committed this act of terror, they specifically targeted a soft target.
Unfortunately with all the false reporting that has come out in the past 24 hours, when/if they get the right guys, I'd bet my next paycheck there will be a YouTube video within 3 days proving how those are the wrong people, false flag, gov agents.
Bucky
(53,947 posts)I personally blame James Madison for this silliness being injected into every public tragedy that comes along.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)Interesting how those same people didn't call for whites to be profiled after the OK City bombing.
McDiggy
(150 posts)Actually, whenever something like this happens, everyone assumes its either a crazy, right-winged white guy or an extremist Muslim. Case in point? Remember the "shock" when everyone found out the skin color of the beltway killers? If the bomber is an Asian dude or lady, I'd wager similar level of shock would ensue.
Supersedeas
(20,630 posts)but then, you assuming that shock can be a reasonable reaction.
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)That's one of the very best descriptions I have ever come across
carolinayellowdog
(3,247 posts)Another aspect of privilege is the assumption of a right to derail every meaningful discussion of race with nonsensical snark and diversions. A lot of the responses in this thread are downright shameful IMO.
Number23
(24,544 posts)
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)The Virginia Tech guy was Asian, and I don't see Asians treated any differently after the VT massacre. No one called for Asians to be profiled as terrorists, etc.
So, no, I don't agree. Unless you're suggesting there's an Asian privilege.
cascadiance
(19,537 posts)... was also Asian. A place where I went to many classes when I was a student there before. They even made a movie based on this starting Meryl Streep that tried to depict how an Asian had difficulty assimilating at the school even though it was fictionalized.
treestar
(82,383 posts)They consider them to be a successful group of people and hide behind that to prove they are not racists. Some Asians are racists against blacks and other minorities, and the white racists find that sympathetic.
markiv
(1,489 posts)it's proof of white racism
but lets get back to the OP, and our discussion of groups that have to live with unfair suspicions
Supersedeas
(20,630 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)I was simply making an observation about white racists that I have observed. I did not say acceptance of Asians makes you one of them. I simply observed that right wingers sometimes do that.
Supersedeas
(20,630 posts)That example and John Lee Malvo--I'm not sure anyone felt lumped into the group with the Beltway Snipers.
If anything, the authorities were profiling white males during the Beltway Sniper investigation.
cascadiance
(19,537 posts)... and use the earlier rumors that were reported as news from Fox and CNN as being the *real* story even if they weren't to help build more hate towards Muslims everywhere. Just watch.
Another reason why some who say they "hope" its white might be right in terms of what the net effect will be, not because someone emotionally wants it one way or the other.
whistler162
(11,155 posts)cause this article smells worse than a day old dead skunk!
Supersedeas
(20,630 posts)
redqueen
(115,103 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)And we won't have to hear about how immigrants should be more restricted, even if it is a foreign white person.
Carolina
(6,960 posts)Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)with so many freeperish comments trying to deny the obvious. White people will not be held accountable as a group for a terrorist act or crimes committed by white people,brown people will,it's that simple.
NoPasaran
(17,291 posts)Elvis Impersonator privilege is knowing that even if the guy who mails ricin to the President turns out to be an Elvis Impersonator, his or her identity will not result in Elvis Impersonators generally being singled out for suspicion by law enforcement, or the TSA, or the FBI.
Elvis Impersonator privilege is knowing that even if the ricin mailer turns out to be an Elvis Impersonator, no one will call for Elvis Impersonators to be profiled as terrorists as a result, subjected to special screening, or threatened with deportation.
B2G
(9,766 posts)Will that hold true?
I think not.
B2G
(9,766 posts)We would never think to generalize about Christians or gun owner and apply negative connotations to those entire groups.
Face it. Every single human being is prejudiced in some form or fashion. It's wrong, but it's the truth.
Supersedeas
(20,630 posts)markiv
(1,489 posts)that the person(s) who are truly guilty are caught
Beacool
(30,247 posts)To the Right it's about the white race, all others are to be treated with suspicion. To the Left it's about bashing the white race and deifying every other race.
Equally disturbing on both counts. There are very good and very bad people of all races.
Remember the Trayvon Martin incident? Putting aside the fact that Zimmerman murdered a young man whose only fault was being AA, the rest of it was a circus. A politician thrown off the House floor for wearing a hoodie, people coming out of the woodwork to speak about the incident (Sharpton, Jackson, etc.) and even the president stating that Trayvon could have been his son.
All well and done. But where are these same people when it comes to the continual shootings in Chicago? When has the president said that those could be his children too? Parts of Chicago have become battlefields. Where are all these same people who were running to get in front of a TV over the Martin case?
The hypocrisy is what I can't stand from all sides of the race issue.
carolinayellowdog
(3,247 posts)Beacool
(30,247 posts)I was raised in various countries (my dad was a diplomat), so I don't have the hang ups we have here in the US about race. I noticed that the Left tends to bash Caucasians frequently, while making excuses for people of other races. I'm neutral on the subject of race. If someone is guilty of something, I don't give a flying fig what's his race or religion. How about seeing beyond race and judging the individual? Blanket statements are false, no race is better than another and no race is worse either.
carolinayellowdog
(3,247 posts)now I'm not sure at all. I'm a white man with a family that is more than half black (long story) and biracial relatives some of whom "look black" and some of whom "look white." I live in a block that is 50/50 white/black, ditto my neighborhood, ditto my city. Anyone trying to deny white privilege to someone with my knowledge of the truth goes in the same category as climate change deniers. IT'S OBVIOUS EVERYWHERE TO THOSE WITH EYES TO SEE IT.
Saying whites are privileged in this society isn't attacking all whites, just stating a fact. Those who acknowledge and appreciate that fact (whites with black and biracial family members know damn well it's true) do not feel in an way smeared or attacked when it is stated. Saying rich people are privileged over poor people isn't attacking all rich people. But those who play pitiful victim of the poor when the privileges of wealth are pointed out---
AARGH.
Beacool
(30,247 posts)and that overall whites had it better than minorities, but a blanket statement that all whites are privileged is erroneous. Poor whites have suffered plenty too. Is the suffering the same as what AAs went through in this country? Of course not, no one is arguing the contrary. What happened in Boston is horrible, does it matter the race of the perpetrators? BTW, according to the FBI press conference they had this afternoon, they are looking for two white guys in their 20s.
carolinayellowdog
(3,247 posts)I have two nieces who have 3 white grandparents, 1 black-- living their entire lives in middle class DC suburbia. One a fair freckled redhead, one dark haired and more visibly mixed. My sister told me a heartrending story about when they got to a certain age where one daughter wailed "She's white, and I'm black!" making it very clear which was preferable in her 7 year old world. And while she ached to comfort her daughter, there was no way she could deny the truth so obvious to a small child, that one race gets a better deal throughout life, even in middle class suburbia. She could only hope that things will change.
Are you familiar with research studies showing that children of color are no more immune to race prejudice than white children? Prejudice against themselves? So bombarded with subliminal propaganda that they like the white doll baby rather than the black one? That is still a sad fact of American life that no white person ever has to suffer, being infected with color-based self-loathing by a toxic culture. Black parents have a lot of work cut out for them.
Surely there are poor whites whose status as "hillbillies" or "rednecks" puts them in a quasi-racialized underclass, especially in all white areas. There are many forms of discrimination. But I don't think the OP argues anything beyond the fact that stereotyping/scapegoating based purely on race is something whites never have to fear, while nonwhites live constantly in the shadow.
Peace.
John2
(2,730 posts)all because of the History of this country and the History of the African Slave Trade. Your claim is the Left in this country bash whites even though many of them are white themselves. Many of the people that were abolitionists were white. I assure you they did not hesitate in bashing white supremacists in the South, even down right inciting rebellions. Yep, there were evil black men too that took advantage of their own kind predicament too. I don't think the Left hesitated at all bashing them too. A good example would be in the U.S. Supreme Court.
Racism is a reality in the World and this country. If I was religious, I would count it as one of the biggest sins of man kind. To deny it does not exist would be turning the blind eye to it and defending the oppressor. Usually the person in the position to oppress are the culprits. That has been the majority group mostly. That is not to deny there are some hypocrits on the Left but those are usually a small minority. When ever a U.S. Diplomat go around the World preaching about human Rights, look no further, than their own country. African americans did not get full equal rights even after the deaths of 600,000 Americans. They still had to fight for their rights after lynchings, that have not even been prosecuted. Do you still want to defend your position about the inequality of blame?
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)white people". Nothing surprises me anymore. Especially not on DU.
RZM
(8,556 posts)AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)...and marked for deportation? If the bomber turns out to be Hispanic, or Asian, all Hispanics or Asians will be marked for profiling as terrorists and deported? Is that what happened with the DC sniper? The Virginia Tech rampage?
Your assertion is dead wrong.
TheKentuckian
(25,021 posts)hammered with profiling and take the brunt of a lot abuse.
I wouldn't be surprised of a ramp up of the "border security" fake concern as a back door to grouping hispanics but black folks have a solid niche in the blame game. Gotta populate the prisons, take the blame for taxes and spending, take the rap on crime, and all kinds of fun shit.
We've seen the hyper nasty shit thrown at middle eastern folks. Shit, some were lumping Indian folks right in too. Let's not pretend there isn't some muck and that some get a comparative pass from some of it.
Driving while white is not an impactive issue in this society, you won't be described/accused of being a terrorist no matter how many white folks commit acts of terror, you won't be in any shake down for any fucking papers, that kind of shit. Nothing goes systemic, sure you might get a blast on a message board or somebody on TV might get a little rough but other than that pretty much jack.
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)It speaks specifically to terrorism and racial profiling. One outcome does not apply to all scenarios.
My first thoughts when I heard of the attacks was it was either a Republican attack carried out by a white male, or a middle eastern Muslim.
carolinayellowdog
(3,247 posts)whenever anyone speaks truth to their power
Exen Trik
(103 posts)Then that group will finally be seen as the threat it is. If not, that day will still surely come.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)or a lot?
malaise
(268,724 posts)and these two young men sure look white
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,766 posts)There are other "white" people who don't enjoy such privilege.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)If you watch those true crime shows, you'll see that. There are experts who profile perpetrators of certain kinds of crimes. For instance, I saw an expert (or two) explain the profiling for serial killers...part of the profile is that they are usually WHITE.
Profiling is not a reason police can stop a person, without any cause. But it's useful for law enforcement to have a profile for certain kinds of crimes, so that they can focus their investigation and know what they are likely looking for.
You do profiling, too, probably. For example, when the bombings happened and you thought about who could've done that...I'm gonna guess you probably did NOT think it was a woman. That's because terrorists are almost always (but not always)...male. And usu. young males.
Supersedeas
(20,630 posts)oh hell, now it's on...
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)done that type of crime historically. Stats. That's all.
Stats show that most serial killers in America are white. Think about it. You'd be hard pressed to think of a black or Indian or Asian serial killer. They exist...but usually they are white. There are also psychological and lifestyles that go along with the serial killer profile.
There are other profiles that probably don't have a race in the profile. Just the psych and lifestyle and behavior aspects.
There is a profile for the type of person who mutilates his victims, is a peeping tom, etc. It's just stats. If you have a bunch of rapes w/in a certain radius, stats tell law enforcement that who they will probably find did it lives in the area and is fits in with the neighborhood...if it's a black neighborhood, he'll probably be black, if it's a white neighborhood, he'll probably be white. Things like that.
I read an interesting "profile" of the famous Russian serial killer. It was done before the killer was caught, but released in a book about the search for the killer....which took decades. The profile fit the killer very closely.
Sometimes the profiler uses his psychological expertise, by discerning the psychopathic condition that would drive a person to do certain things.
Pretty interesting. I like the true crime shows and books.
drynberg
(1,648 posts)Genocidal history towards Native Americans and our wicked "heritage" of stealing Africans and dividing them from what they love and know and make them slaves for hundreds of years, replacing the yoke of slavery with the brand of blatant anti-democratic rights stealing from our blacks. Our whole Nation is built on this tawdry and deeply shameful practices...so, yeah, "white privilege" is still dominating our sorry asses.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts).
beyurslf
(6,755 posts)Zax2me
(2,515 posts)As is the case here?
wonder if author thinks it still applies...
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)
Ganja Ninja
(15,953 posts) Zax2me
(2,515 posts)No one can bitch, whine, complain of white privilege if you are white until you:
1. Resign from your job, surrender it to a qualified minority.
2. Sell your house, move into an apartment.
3. If you have cars - sell them. Take the bus.
All money from sales go to local charities.
I can't continue - everyone is mumbling, shuffling feet - oh!
You want to have a whipping post but won't actually give UP your white privilege.
I see how it works now!
pipi_k
(21,020 posts)I was trying to make yesterday when I was jumped on for being a "racist" by people who didn't understand what I meant and never bothered to ask.
Before those photos were released, I sat and imagined myself being a person of color. I know that I would be scared for myself and absolutely terrified for any male relatives I might have who may have become innocent targets of misplaced rage and hatred.
Because some people need only the smallest thing to justify them going out and committing brutalities on people who don't look like them. Something like what happened in Boston might have unleashed a whole lot of very frightening things.
