How Privileged Are You?

djchameleon · 05-20-2014, 12:51 AM

I don't know why you always fall on that like some kind of crutch. The whole whine about not feeling guilty and thinking you'll be discredited for all your hard work. This isn't about you. This is a bigger issue that you choose to recognize. Also you don't get to decide how worthy something is of people raging over or getting offended by. My current life and where I am at in it has nothing to do with my opinions on this issue. So I don't know why you went off on that tangent but it wasn't necessary. It doesn't apply to this discussion and just comes off as wank bait.

~~butthead aka 216~~ · 05-20-2014, 12:54 AM

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I don't know why you always fall on that like some kind of crutch. The whole whine about not feeling guilty and thinking you'll be discredited for all your hard work. This isn't about you. This is a bigger issue that you choose to recognize. Also you don't get to decide how worthy something is of people raging over or getting offended by. My current life and where I am at in it has nothing to do with my opinions on this issue. So I don't know why you went off on that tangent but it wasn't necessary. It doesn't apply to this discussion and just comes off as wank bait.

it has everything to do with me because ppl like you, realtalk, anyone who brings up priv, is disguising it as one thing but i see through the disguise. i take it as an insult cause its your way of dismissing whites as not earning what theyve earned when 99% of them have. you ppl frame it in this way that is condescending like its some kind of disclaimer to achievements. "oh thats really nice...... but youre white'. thats how it always comes across to me, i dont like it, i dont feel guilty about my race or any priv and i think thats really the goal - to make me feel some type of way and im not going to

djchameleon · 05-20-2014, 01:06 AM

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it has everything to do with me because ppl like you, realtalk, anyone who brings up priv, is disguising it as one thing but i see through the disguise. i take it as an insult cause its your way of dismissing whites as not earning what theyve earned when 99% of them have. you ppl frame it in this way that is condescending like its some kind of disclaimer to achievements. "oh thats really nice...... but youre white'. thats how it always comes across to me, i dont like it, i dont feel guilty about my race or any priv and i think thats really the goal - to make me feel some type of way and im not going to

All of that has to do with your own personal issues that you have to work through if you constantly feel like all your hard work is being discredited when this issue is more than the monetary issue that you feel like it is.

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 05-20-2014, 01:08 AM

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I don't know why I'm going to even bother trying to explain this to you butthead but white privilege isn't just about economic status.

Yes, there are rich black and brown folks, but even they are subject to racial profiling and stereotyping (especially because those who encounter them often don't know they're rich and so view them as decidedly not), as well as bias in mortgage lending, and unequal treatment in schools. So, for instance, even the children of well-off black families are more likely to be suspended or expelled from school than the children of poor whites.

Even though poor whites, are suffering economically, this doesn't mean they lack racial privilege. Whites have the luxury of not having to worry that their race is going to mark against them negatively when looking for work, going to school, shopping, looking for a place to live, or driving for that matter: things that other minorities can't take for granted.

White privilege doesn't mean that you will have everything handed to you in life or win every competition just based off of your skin color. Sure you still have to work for things but there are general advantages and that's fine if you choose to ignore them.

I totally agree with this. You are also more likely to get a job because your white. You also don't automatically get pinned as a criminal for being white.

~~butthead aka 216~~ · 05-20-2014, 01:10 AM

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All of that has to do with your own personal issues that you have to work through if you constantly feel like all your hard work is being discredited when this issue is more than the monetary issue that you feel like it is.

ive asked in this thread, other threads, to you, to others, etc etc. what is the purpose of evne bringing up anything about priv? especially to a group of ppl on the internet who are already aware??

i cant seem to ever get a good answer for that. my conclusion is as i stated. your way to discredit the success of others which i reject and wont ever let happen

~~butthead aka 216~~ · 05-20-2014, 01:11 AM

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I totally agree with this. You are also more likely to get a job because your white. You also don't automatically get pinned as a criminal for being white.

is this serious or semi trollish bait?? im serious.

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 05-20-2014, 01:14 AM

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is this serious or semi trollish bait?? im serious.

I'm being serious. Over here people assume that most criminals have dark skin and are on welfare. It's pretty ****ed up.

~~butthead aka 216~~ · 05-20-2014, 01:19 AM

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I'm being serious. Over here people assume that most criminals have dark skin and are on welfare. It's pretty ****ed up.

most criminals here do have dark skin and are poor lol

i think i know what youre tryin to say, you just phrased it wrong. i dont assume all blacks are criminals and i dont think most ppl do either. has more to do with appearance and demeanor than just skin color

djchameleon · 05-20-2014, 01:20 AM

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ive asked in this thread, other threads, to you, to others, etc etc. what is the purpose of evne bringing up anything about priv? especially to a group of ppl on the internet who are already aware??

i cant seem to ever get a good answer for that. my conclusion is as i stated. your way to discredit the success of others which i reject and wont ever let happen

The issue is that people that have advantages from white priv aren't even aware of it.

Or they are and choose to just ignore it. It has nothing to do with your own little rags to riches success story that you keep posting in threads all over the place.

~~butthead aka 216~~ · 05-20-2014, 01:22 AM

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The issue is that people that have advantages from white priv aren't even aware of it.

Or they are and choose to just ignore it. It has nothing to do with your own little rags to riches success story that you keep posting in threads all over the place.

ohhhh so thats it!! its actually sort of like a public service announcement!