What do you think about this video showing white privilege or head start

I think it's time for a culture change and for people to stop voting democrat.

The march to shame the responsible producer continues.

This is why I can't vote Democrat again.

Ever.

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grew up with father figure in the home

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The new gentrification

Wish I had some of that black privilege physically so I could have had a better shot of playing in the NFL

Good grief. I grew up poor. My mom was sick a lot and we were a family of five living on my father's income. As soon as my brother and I were old enough we started mowing lawns, splitting firewood, and whatever other odd jobs we could work to help out.

My parents put a roof over our head, fed us, clothed us, helped us with our school work, and loved us.

If that's White Privelage then guilty as charged.

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1. If both your parents still married
2. grew up with father figure in the home
3. Access to private education
4. Access to free tutor
5. Never worried about cell phone shut off
6. Never had to help mom or dad with food or bills
7. Never worried about next meal was going to come from

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This is nothing but a fking joke and a excuse, like white don't deal with these issues, really dumb

They just want one PRIVILEGE after another, they ARE the Privileged Class

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1. If both your parents still married - yes
2. grew up with father figure in the home - yes
3. Access to private education - no
4. Access to free tutor - no
5. Never worried about cell phone shut off - didn't have cell phones but we did worry about other utilities which got shut off from time to time.
6. Never had to help mom or dad with food or bills - Worked for my dad's small business since 13 as only employee.
7. Never worried about next meal was going to come from - yes but we never took food stamps.

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frick these people.

It would be more accurate if everyone who crossed the finish line received $100. Life does not have just one winner. Sure the "disadvantaged" had to go a little farther and work a little harder, but nothing is keeping them from reaching the goal.

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If both your parents still married 2. grew up with father figure in the home

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OK, I had that. I did not have the next 5.

Here's what pisses me off the most about that narrative: I grew up with all of those things (except for the cell phone since I'm old). Was it the result of privilege or a head start? No. It was the result of my dad busting his arse.

My dad grew up poor. His dad left when my dad and his brother were very young. My grandmother never remarried and raised them on her own. If they had shoes on their feet, it was a good day. My dad put no effort into high school and skated by. But what did he do after that? First he joined the Marines right out of high school. Then he became a cop. While he was working for NOPD, he started night school at Loyola and got a degree in criminal justice. When he worked his way up to Captain, he was the youngest in NOPD history to make that rank. Then he started a small business in the garage (which he built in our back yard with his own two hands). So instead of getting off of work and heading to night school, now he was getting home at 6 pm and working in the garage untiil 10-11 pm every night. Then that business grew large enough for him to retire from NOPD and provide a very nice life for us.

So I went to a private school and drove new sports cars throughout high school. Did that "gift" me the job I'm now retired from? No. I busted my arse in school. I spent many a Friday and Saturday night studying while my friends were out partying. My hard work paid off with a full ride to college. I stayed in school until I was 25 years old to earn my doctorate. So now my son has the same things I had growing up. I wasn't given a head start, my dad EARNED my head start. My kid wasn't GIVEN a head start, I EARNED his head start.

One of his friends is black. The kid is likely going to be a Valedictorian at their high school this year. He's headed to Stanford, and he has a sister currently at Yale. I met the kid's dad recently when he was doing some work next door to me. He does manual labor - cuts down trees, builds fences, yard work, etc. He was doing work next door and came knocking on my door looking to see if I needed any work done. When he gave me his name I realized he was my son's friend's father. Busting his arse and doing whatever he can to provide a better life for his kids.

Sure there are some rich kids in the Hamptons who are born into long time family money, but for the other 99.9%, life is what you make of it.