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Originally Posted by The Batlord
That has nothing to do with anything so I'll just ask you again if you've ever honestly looked into the idea of white privilege without actively trying to disprove it or just watching Youtube videos of people who are trying to disprove it.
If you think that nobody has ever given you a good explanation of white privilege and why it exists then it might be because it's an abstract concept that's very hard to point to with a smoking gun. So maybe you should seek the information and opinions out yourself instead of declaring victory over a concept that is very easy to denigrate by people who have a vested interest in nitpicking it (i.e. white people who don't want to feel guilty about anything).
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You really, really,
really want to be black, don't you? I bet you think of yourself as a black man trapped inside a white man's skin.
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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls
It's a stupid term.. it implies that white people as a whole have a distinct advantage and all the arguments use specific examples. There is nothing inherently advantageous about being white skinned. It is entirely dependent on where you live. So why not be clear and discuss how white americans have privileges over other minority americans instead of using some lame race baiting generalization? That's really what you mean when you use the term.
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All I can say is that when people become homeless here because the bank repossesses their house when they can't keep up the mortgage payments, being white doesn't turn out to be any sort of an advantage. Just as many white people as other races are homeless tonight in Dublin, probably more so.
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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls
Because they dominated the battlefields historically? Where does white privilege exist where whites are the minority?
There is a difference between someone with money being able to have privilege over the poor and a societal structure where if your white you have a better chance of succeeding within it.
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I'd have to point out South Africa during Apartheid as an example? At least, a past one.