I acknowledge my White Privlege. How do we deal with it?

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  1. stratego

    stratego Well-Known Member

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    I acknowledge my white privlege. People of my skin color can protest injustice without resorting to looting. People of my skin color are generally more respectful to cops. People of my skin color are less likely to commit crimes. And because of that cops use their natural instinct for statistics and calculated that I'm more likely going to be an outstanding citizen. This has nothing to do with me individually, but has to do with people of my skin color in general. So how do we address that inequality? Do we tell the looters to stop or should we tell white people to loot more so that we are more equal?
     
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    Yulee Well-Known Member

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    I am happy being white. If it bothers folks, they can F* off! I apologize for NOTHING
     
  3. Antiduopolist

    Antiduopolist Well-Known Member

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    Economic justice, including reparations, might be an avenue to explore.
     
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  4. Moriah

    Moriah Well-Known Member

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    Would you be willing to live for a year as an African-American?
     
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    If, as a white person, you acknowledge your privelege, I assume you recognize the injustice experienced by those who are not white. So are you unappy with that? Want to see a change? Become part of a peaceful group who are working to help.
     
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    You mean have everything given to him via affirmative action . . . including new television sets during ginned up riots?
     
  7. SiNNiK

    SiNNiK Well-Known Member

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    Free housing, free food, free college education? Hell yes!
     
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    I,m invoking white "privilege" this month when my bills come due. After I'm evicted and they turn my internet off, I'll crawl out of my tent and go to McDonalds and hop on their wi fi and let you know how it worked out.
     
  9. Moriah

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    No. I mean live as an African-American with all the stresses, insecurities and problems that entails. Any honest White person in the USA knows their white skin gives them built-in advantages. And they don't want to give up those advantages.
     
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  10. Moriah

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    Why didn't I get all this free stuff? I've had to work hard for all I have.
    Somebody must have tricked me!
     
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    Yep all those White homeless living on the streets sure are living sweet. All White poor people are really living like rich people . . . they just falsely look and act miserable.
     
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    No, they aren't unhappy about their privilege. It's a big advantage to them.
     
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    D.L. Hughley, the comedian, has a great line about homeless White people. He says, "Whenever I see a homeless White person I think: you threw away a 400 year head start".
    I don't agree with that; my heart goes out to homeless folks. But it is something to think about.
     
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    Your fault for hanging around white folks. All you gotta do is go apply for these freebies. Get some, B.
     
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    LOL, looks like we're in the same boat, wondering why we haven't all those free stuff and privileges. We both missed out somehow.
     
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    You should be happy being White. You have lots of built-in advantages that people of color don't enjoy.
     
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    Yeah being white is so awesome, so privileged. I remember my grandparents didn't even have running water....in the 1980's!! I've used an outhouse multiple times and used the Houston telephone yellow pages to wipe my butt. Such privilege!! My parents had me and my brother convinced up until around age 13 that bologna was actually steak.....round steak. We ate steak all the time....sometimes even fried.

    Just think if we would have had EBT cards so we could get free ribeyes and crab legs. You know, real steaks, not fake steaks. And free phones, free electricity, free housing......
     
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    THAT'S BULLSHIT.
     
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    So you saying you’re not going to acknowledge your white privilege but prefer to live in ignorance with your stereotypes? Okay. I suppose that’s funny to some.
     
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  20. Moriah

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    Look on the bright side: if you'd been African-American you may have not even had bologna to eat. You may have had to go to bed hungry like I used to do.
     
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    I was just repeating what the poster, Yulee said.
     
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    There is NO built in advantage. As a matter of fact, single white men are discriminated against in several aspects.....most importantly college admission. You want to know what's racist? Affirmative action and quotas.
     
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    Moriah, I think it might be interesting if rather than replying on this disingenuous thread, you started one on economic reparations.

    How that could be undertaken without massive blowback from whites (and of course some blacks).
     
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    So your logic is that there are black people protesting, and therefore they can't protest without looting.

    Hmmm... I guess that's how the mind of Trump supporters is wired.

    It's no wonder why David Duke and Trump understand each other so well....
     
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    In the end it is the American Indian who has been screwed over the most. So go cry your crocodile tears elsewhere.
     

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