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NC_Tigah 
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| re: Public school teaches about "white privilege" (Posted on 1/17/13 at 4:45 pm to CarrolltonTiger)
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perhaps start up money is a euphemism, for things like . . . a relatively stable family environment, respect for literacy, some support in academic achievement and general socialization?
Easier to just say "start up money".
Sad truth
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vodkacop
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| re: Public school teaches about "white privilege" (Posted on 1/17/13 at 4:46 pm to onmymedicalgrind)
Lolol really? 5000BC?
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onmymedicalgrind
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| re: Public school teaches about "white privilege" (Posted on 1/17/13 at 4:53 pm to Zach)
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OK, you ride the short bus. Let me try again:
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Everyone's been oppressed since 5,000 BC
Now read that 3 times until it sinks in.
How about since, I don't know, 1900s?
And let's narrow down the region to, I don't know, the United States?
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Zach
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| re: Public school teaches about "white privilege" (Posted on 1/17/13 at 5:25 pm to onmymedicalgrind)
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How about since, I don't know, 1900s? And let's narrow down the region to, I don't know, the United States?
Well, in the last 100 years whites have been oppressed. Aff Action. Tax redistribution of wealth by the Trillions. Food Stamps. Crime. Don't need to get it down to region. It's national.
Or, perhaps you can tell me a region controlled by black politicians in the last 100 years that is now prospering. Detroit? Chicago? Compton?
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onmymedicalgrind
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| re: Public school teaches about "white privilege" (Posted on 1/17/13 at 5:55 pm to Zach)
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Well, in the last 100 years whites have been oppressed. Aff Action. Tax redistribution of wealth by the Trillions. Food Stamps. Crime. Don't need to get it down to region. It's national.
Wealthy black people are tax exempt? Poor white people are not eligible for food stamps? Crime is only perpetrated by blacks?
Nice try though.
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Ace Midnight
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| re: Public school teaches about "white privilege" (Posted on 1/18/13 at 9:12 am to buddhavista)
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This is the only that a discussion around privilege should contain. It is very relevant and many people can't fathom, especially in a small rural community, how the hit the fricking jackpot by being white, and born in america. Understanding how lucky you are is a good thing, and gives good perspective.
And, you know that black people in the US, especially in an urban setting, can't fathom (as opposed to being born in sub-Saharan Africa, for example), how they hit the fricking jackpot by being born in the United States, instead of a third world shithole in Eastern Europe, SE Asia (although S. Korea wouldn't be terrible right now), or the aforementioned African countries.
(See how that works, Bud? Perceived relative deprivation is a tool the powers-that-be use, rather than a legitimate gripe.)
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Zach
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| re: Public school teaches about "white privilege" (Posted on 1/18/13 at 9:53 am to onmymedicalgrind)
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Wealthy black people are tax exempt? Poor white people are not eligible for food stamps? Crime is only perpetrated by blacks?
Pathetic. You don't know what percentage or ratio mean. Very very sad.
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Tigah in the ATL
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| re: Public school teaches about "white privilege" (Posted on 1/18/13 at 11:38 am to I B Freeman)
Why does the idea that it is a huge advantage to be born white make white people so angry?
One would think that being accused of white privilege is a terrible burden to white people.
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HempHead 
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| re: Public school teaches about "white privilege" (Posted on 1/18/13 at 11:39 am to Tigah in the ATL)
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Why does the idea that it is a huge advantage to be born white make white people so angry?
Doesn't bother me. I'm rather glad that I am white (and a WASP at that). Louis C.K. puts it pretty succinctly.
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| re: Public school teaches about "white privilege" (Posted on 1/18/13 at 11:41 am to Tigah in the ATL)
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Why does the idea that it is a huge advantage to be born white make white people so angry?
for a few reasons
1. excluding genetic and societal outliers, we are all born with similar economic peaks. it's mostly what we do with it
2. telling a group of people that they have racial disadvantages that prevent them from advancing economically is fricked up
3. that line of thinking creates white guilt for white people who have never discriminated against a minority. that's wrong
there are all sorts of fricked up digressions from this insane point, and none of them are good
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One would think that being accused of white privilege is a terrible burden to white people.
when it creates so much white guilt for innocent people that they create a bull shite myth about their race, the burden is shown
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CarrolltonTiger
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| re: Public school teaches about "white privilege" (Posted on 1/18/13 at 12:31 pm to Tigah in the ATL)
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Why does the idea that it is a huge advantage to be born white make white people so angry?
I think the "anger" is being generated because it is being taught in a public schools. Why is that part of the curriculum?
There is also an advantage to being born tall, handsome, rich, intelligent, in a civil society, to functional parents, not when there is a world war in 17 to 30 years in your future, etc.
Some things are common sense, not political issues.
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onmymedicalgrind
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| re: Public school teaches about "white privilege" (Posted on 1/18/13 at 12:42 pm to Zach)
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Pathetic. You don't know what percentage or ratio mean. Very very sad.
I' m well aware what they mean, but thats irrelevant. If you are arguing those things you listed are forms of white oppression, then why are there plenty of blacks who are similarly "oppressed" by said measure, and at the same time many whites "benefitting?"
And who is doing the oppresion in the examples you listed?
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beaverfever 
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| re: Public school teaches about "white privilege" (Posted on 1/18/13 at 12:58 pm to SlowFlowPro)
I suppose white people are born with an advantage. They're born into a culture that generally values education, family, and responsibility. The answer to that lies within the black community though, not outside of it.
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| re: Public school teaches about "white privilege" (Posted on 1/18/13 at 1:28 pm to beaverfever)
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he answer to that lies within the black community though, not outside of it.
i agree with this
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CaptainBrannigan 
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| re: Public school teaches about "white privilege" (Posted on 1/18/13 at 1:44 pm to SlowFlowPro)
I must say I love threads like this. They show the ignorance, stuipidy and racism of the average poster on this board.
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CaptainBrannigan
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| re: Public school teaches about "white privilege" (Posted on 1/18/13 at 1:44 pm to SlowFlowPro)
I must say I love threads like this. They show the ignorance, stuipidy and racism of the average poster on this board.
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SlowFlowPro
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| re: Public school teaches about "white privilege" (Posted on 1/18/13 at 1:47 pm to CaptainBrannigan)
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I must say I love threads like this. They show the ignorance, stuipidy and racism of the average poster on this board.
in what way?
*ETA: i just skimmed the thread and the only person who said anything that would raise an eye is CT, and he's consistent in his beliefs. and it's pretty much just him
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NC_Tigah
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| re: Public school teaches about "white privilege" (Posted on 1/18/13 at 1:57 pm to CaptainBrannigan)
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I must say I love threads like this. They show the ignorance, stuipidy and racism of the average poster on this board.
Presumably you consider yourself an average poster.
The problem with teaching "white privilege" is it's a defeatist curriculum for blacks.
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Antonio Moss
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| re: Public school teaches about "white privilege" (Posted on 1/18/13 at 2:04 pm to buddhavista)
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Probably all of them. I don't think you can separate them.
Meh.
I think you're confusing correlation and causation.
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| re: Public school teaches about "white privilege" (Posted on 1/18/13 at 2:05 pm to CaptainBrannigan)
Please explain what has been said that is racist?
Are you okay with public schools teaching about "white privilege"?
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