“Opinion: White people must face their white privilege”
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Title couldn’t say it all.
“white privilege is a “reward” that you get simply for being white.”
“It is a product of white supremacy, which was facilitated by centuries of domination attained through occupation and economic exploitation of black, brown, and indigenous people.”
“White countries” US, England, France, Germany etc., today are wealthier, richer, because these riches were acquired at the expense of the people of color they “colonized”.”
“Opinion: White people must face their white privilege”
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“white privilege is a “reward” that you get simply for being white.”
“It is a product of white supremacy, which was facilitated by centuries of domination attained through occupation and economic exploitation of black, brown, and indigenous people.”
“White countries” US, England, France, Germany etc., today are wealthier, richer, because these riches were acquired at the expense of the people of color they “colonized”.”
“Opinion: White people must face their white privilege”
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.colorad…
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But no matter how many fish in the sea
It will be so empty without me"
~ Eminem, "Without Me"
To answer your question:
"White privilege means that essentially you don't have to go through any obstacles if at all, that other races have to experience consistently..."
you really are a stupid man. every fucking time i see your posts with commie titles in quotes i cringe.
where is the white privilege for white people that went off to fight wars on the other side of the earth, and only to be treated like shit once upon their return?
where is the white privilege for the white girls that i know that are strippers and waitresses that have to struggle to pay for a couple of gallons of gas to get their kid(s) to school?
where is the white privilege for that white dude who has to work at real shitty jobs as a kid to pay off college application fees and tuition?
where is the white privilege for kids who are born to real shitty abusive white parents?
To use an animal reference - the OP is a one trick pony - and sadly that trick has gotten very old.
I’d much rather watch a monkey take a rainbow shit, than continue to read his repetitive discussions.
White privilege means we don't suffer these things as a direct result of the color of our skin”
“It is the sufferings of the many which pay for the luxuries of the few.”
“A lot of lazy, useless good for nothing people believe they are so entitled that they should live free off the efforts of others.”
Haters are angry, because the truth contradicts the lie they live...
White priviledge is global, no-one's "fault" so stop acting like every white person has something to atone for.
Anyone who says white privilege does not exist is a fool but people who always harp on it like they want an apology are even dumber.
You're also sexy as hell, NinaBambina, which doesn't hurt. Not to ignore your point, but beauty is a pretty big equalizer.
Driving while black is a thing, just because it doesn't rear its head for you doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
I acknowledge white privilege in things like that, but I don't see it as some rosetta stone that explains American history, or justifies radical change like critical theorists demand.
When I got pulled over, I just smiled and said knock yourselves out but put my stuff back where you found it. I didn't complain or make a scene. They were doing their job protecting me as an American citizen as well. I had nothing to hide.
People can find all kinds of excuses for their lot in life but I am successful and enjoy my life. We live in a country that provides us an opportunity to succeed, not matter your background. I am always grateful I grew up here as opposed to what my parents went through. Even though my mom was born in the US, she grew up with immigrant parents during the depression and had a hard life.
People just need to stop finding excuses for their sorry position in life. We all have the opportunity to succeed.
I'm saying that being white is clearly better.
Who could even argue?”
“Now, if you're white and you don't admit that it's great, you're an asshole.”
~ Louis Székely
~ White Privileged stand up comedian
~ Born Sep 12, 1967 Washington, D.C., U.S.
In order for one group to gain power, they have to "oppress" other groups. Humans have been competing since the beginning of time(for resources, food, women, etc). Now we live in the age of participation trophies. I often wonder, if the situation was reversed, and black people(or women or lgbt people for that matter) were in power would they still believe in "equality" and not oppressing others? If they dont believe that theyre hypocrites. If they do then theyre morons and it wouldnt be long before another group retakes power.
Now moaning about your situation in life doesn't do a lick of good either. You have to go out and try to earn better or else what's the use of doing anything?
This is a good point. What seems to keep this conversation spinning around and around and around across countless threads is whether people believe that one person trying to improve their lot is the same as another under the same circumstances.
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Gee, I check all the privilege boxes for statistical success. I wonder why I had to bust my ass and put in long hours, first in Grad school and then in business for thirty years, to achieve said success. Have I had advantages? Of course. But I am convinced that anyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, or orientation would have had equal success if they had made all the same decisions and put in the same effort I did. I know successful people from most demographics and the thing they all have in common is they put in the work.
I get annoyed when people try to make others with "advantages" feel like they didn't work as hard or they should feel bad about it.
There's no reason to dispute that. But what does that mean for the rest of us? And is "putting in the work" an equivalent amount of work within your circle? It's all relative. The challenge with looking at a societal issue on the scale of a nation is that most people who've ever lived only see a small, non-representative fraction of the data to inform their opinions. That's why these barroom debates almost never go anywhere, because in order to make progress the participants need to accept another point of view even if their own experience does not align with it.
If that's what's being done, then sure call people out on it. But acknowledging obstacles exist for some is not the same thing as diminishing the success of others. The two things are not necessarily linked. People who look alike, have generally the same backgrounds, resources, and talent finds reasons to make claims of inequity against each other. It stands to reason that the issue gets more complex the further apart the comparison points are.
Exactly my point. I was raised in a lower social status, lower income neighborhood. I guess all the kids I grew up with were equally "white privileged", but I was the only one that achieved a level of social and economic "success". More than a few ended up in prison. Many didn't even live to the age of thirty.
I know many wealthy, successful people that are female, black, and/or gay. Their roads to success were not significantly more difficult than my own. Now if career advancement in a corporate environment is inhibited by race, sex, or orientation, that is clearly wrong. We have laws to prevent that and they should be vigorously enforced. The term "white privilege" just seems so dismissive.
What about male privilege? Black men make 87 cents to the white man's dollar, but women only make 82 cents. Black men also got to vote before women. Where is the male privilege outrage? Inequities need to be addressed, but to pretend you can't succeed in America because of your demographic is wrong and only going to further polarize our society.
This is a pivot, and if that had been part of your initial comment it would have landed differently. Your new point seems to be that picking one arbitrary attribute over another doesn't seem that productive.
"Inequities need to be addressed, but to pretend you can't succeed in America because of your demographic is wrong and only going to further polarize our society."
If someone is saying they see obstacles when they have made a genuine attempt to better their life, possibly many attempts, they aren't pretending. It's what they perceive in a personal, lived in experience. Maybe some of it is self-inflicted, but that speaks to their ability to interpret outcomes. Which stems from the community, family, and external perspectives the person has been exposed to during their life. A sufficiently motivated and capable person can overcome a great many things when that potential meets opportunity. It they ever meet.
Expressing a challenge isn't the same as acknowledging defeat. Hard to do and can't do aren't the same. If there are inequities, where they exist they should be addressed like you said. That's easy enough to agree on. But if I had an answer for making that happen at a national level I'd be posting on this titty bar forum from a much nicer place lol.
Not really though.
Second the guy is a moron, prolly never had an original thought in his life as evidenced by the fact that he keeps quoting such way out there crap.
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