We're done

[GoodTaste]

Does "We're done" here mean "We have accomplished because we were born in privilege or power (and so we're white now)"?

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Phil Johnson
@Phil_Johnson_
I love this.

(The video):
Officer 1: A black person born in privilege or power is white?
Protester: Yes sir, a white person.
Officer 1: We're done.My black wife is calling me.I'm going to have a conversation.

Protester: That doesn't mean that you're not racist, sir. Just because you have a black friend or a black wife.
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Source: https://twitter.com/Phil_Johnson_/st...19343252262913

 

[Skrej]

How on earth could you possibly interpret it to mean that??:shock:

"We're done" literally means 'we are finished (talking)'. The officer no longer wishes to engage in conversation with the protester.

 

[emsr2d2]

If you're going to keep posting the same dialogue (this is the third post that includes it), please remember to put a space after each full stop in Officer 1's final line.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Done means finished.

 

[GoodTaste]

Done means finished.

The problem in understanding was that I exactly knew that it meant "finished", and the word "finished" equally raised the same question. Because "finish" can mean "to give something or somebody the final touches, qualities, or skills that are required to create a desired effect", which is why I used "accomplished" in the OP trying to understand it.

Now it seems that "We're done" simply means "So let's stop here/call it a day (and there is no need to continue our discussion or resume our conversation)."

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

The problem in understanding was that I exactly knew that it meant "finished", and the word "finished" equally raised the same question. Because "finish" can mean "to give something or somebody the final touches, qualities, or skills that are required to create a desired effect", which is why I used "accomplished" in the OP trying to understand it.

That doesn't fit the context at all. It wouldn't make sense.

Now it seems that "We're done" simply means "So let's stop here/call it a day (and there is no need to continue our discussion or resume our conversation)."

Yup.

This is a good example of why it's important to provide the context of a question — which you did!

 

[Tdol]

The officer is saying that there is no point carrying on the conversation. He has a black wife, but she is considered to be white by the speaker.