Official White Privilege Thread

because what you dont understand is that people, and racists, are not going to just up and stop being racist because you showed them a powerpoint

in my original analogy, i said the order was to kill a child

i set it up that way so that there could be no semantics about the immorality/lawlessness of the act

yes people should study racism, but expecting racists to?

hit this guy with those facts and logic, convince him that he's just being "illogical" 
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because what you don't understand is that people, and racists, are not going to just up and stop being racist because you showed them a PowerPoint

in my original analogy, i said the order was to kill a child

i set it up that way so that there could be no semantics about the immorality/lawlessness of the act

yes people should study racism, but expecting racists to?

hit this guy with those facts and logic, convince him that he's just being "illogical" 
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1. Racism is bigger than that one guy in the picture

2. morality and law are not direct parallels.... otherwise LAWS WOULD ALWAYS BE MORAL...they are not...

3. Studying and identifying the causes of racism are useful for these white people

Knowledge and understanding can decrease the propagation of racism..

which is why the generation of white people living today are less racist than the generations living 100 years ago... 

There have been white supremacists/aryan nation/stormfront members who have renounced their racism. 

This comes from understanding that they are wrong.
 
yada yada now its about the children

we must inform the children that hating other because of their race is wrong

of course laws arent always moral, that wasnt the point of the analogy

it was simply to set up the framework around racism being wrong

as far as being less racist then 100 years ago, you can drink that kool aid, ill just say its different from 100 years ago

and im glad for the people that renounced their views, congratulations

im sure there are a lot more that heard that same info and just dont care.

and when its me and that guy out on the street, racism is exactly that big.
 
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and when its me and that guy out on the street, racism is exactly that big.
lol....

I think this is the crux of your problem... you are not debating the context of racism and white privilege.

You are actually just displaying your personal emotions with specific situations in mind.

Did you take speech/debate in school?
 as far as being less racist then 100 years ago, you can drink that kool aid, ill just say its different from 100 years ago
lol.... you just earned yourself no further responses for this.

Saying there is less racism in 2014 than there was in 1914 = drinking the kool aid? 
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I'm glad you showed your cards, it will be easy to pick apart your thought process whenever you comment on issues again.
 
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and thank you for showing your thought process

thinking that racism is something that can just be logically deduced away 
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the context is what youre trying to frame it as, some issue of logic vs what it actually is, outright hate

out here trying to "pick apart my thought process" as if we are competing or something 
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Do you recognize your american privilege?
It's true american's are very privileged compared to many of the countries in the world. Sure sucks that some of the americans are more priviledge than others based upon their skin color
 
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let's just ignore that. As well as other things.

Just now seeing this but what does that have to do with white folk having white privilege? America is not inherent within me. I can up n move to canada n I'm now Canadian so your point is moot plus I don't agree with how america operates. Being "white" is inherent and that privilege is international [emoji]128527[/emoji]


Stop reachin...
 
The definitely is American privilege though... Being born in America pretty much asures basic human rights, food, water, and shelter... That's a lot more that can be said for entire continents... Being born in America at least gives everyone a chance to "succeed" at life... Maybe not a fair chance for a lot of the people, but still opportunities are there for everyone...

I'm not saying America isn't racist and that it needs large overhauls in many areas... I'm just saying America privlege does exist...
 
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let's just ignore that. As well as other things.

Just now seeing this but what does that have to do with white folk having white privilege? America is not inherent within me. I can up n move to canada n I'm now Canadian so your point is moot plus I don't agree with how america operates. Being "white" is inherent and that privilege is international [emoji]128527[/emoji]


Stop reachin...

It's actually a pretty good analogy.

Any American with a passport and a plane ticket can pretty much walk in many countries for a short period of time without ever having to go to a consulate to explain themselves. Many other nationalities do not enjoy that: they have to get visas and in order to obtain one, they have to present things such as invitation letters, hotel reservations, bank statements for the last 6 months. Kinda similar to how Black Americans had to prove they could read and write before they could vote while their White counterparts didn't, or how Blacks still have to prove they "belong" in a particular setting (store/nice neighborhood/nice car) in order to not raise suspicion while White folks generally don't.

The fact that you, as an American, can't see the favors your nationality gives you on the world stage is proof that you can be conscientiously ignorant of your privilege while exercising it.
 
so what have we shifted to now? 
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"be happy ur an american"

in b4 well if you dont like it, go back to africa

we know america will never treat the world equally,

so the same way whites sit on the top w white privilege

americans sit on top w american privilege

i guess neither one will naturally up and change, so they have to be forced
 
i like how this thread has shapeshifted away from white privilege to american privilege.

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yes... there are some inherent privileges with being born within the boundaries of the global superpower.

you get to travel to other places...




Couple problems

1. media perpetuation xenophobic ideologies
2. getting there.
 
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The focus of the thread hasn't shifted; the American privilege example was merely used to show how the beneficiaries of privilege can be unaware of its existence. That's all.
 
Do you understand the meaning of privilege? It's not being white/ American. It's what being white/american can do for you that wouldn't be possible if you didn't have that characteristic
 
so which is happening in this country?

you are able to do less being white or more?

are those privileges expanding once again to include outright legal murder?

do you see these privileges ever being equal across the board?

in the case that POC are given "privilege", up to the point of what white people have now

do you think that white people wouldnt still hold themselves in the highest esteem and privilege?
 
i like how this thread has shapeshifted away from white privilege to american privilege.

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please explain the origins of white privilege
how, why did it come about?

was there never black privilege when populations were different? who has privilege when white's are the minority within a ruling dark skinned class?
 
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