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re: White Privilege Is a Thing. Here’s How It Works.
Posted on 8/16/18 at 10:23 am to RogerTheShrubber
Posted on 8/16/18 at 10:23 am to RogerTheShrubber
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White privilege should really be called majority privilege.
The only born privilege in this country is economic.
Sure.
If you're a 30 year old black person, you were 3x more likely to have been born into poverty than a 25 year old white person. The parents of that black person were born at a time when 55% of black people were in poverty.
It's getting much better, no doubt about it, but it takes time. We love to talk on this board about how important SES and the nuclear family is, but we ignore the fact that different races were on much different ground over the past 60 years.
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Posted on 8/16/18 at 10:30 am to slackster
it has very little to do with race and much more to do with:
adults needing to wrap their minds around the selfless model of generational economic improvement i previously mentioned on this very page.
when successful, each new generation will be able to live a better life than the previous. but it also involves: working hard, staying out of trouble, providing for your family, and living within your means. concepts some ethnic groups can't seem to consistently have success at, thus their children and grandchildren are at an economic disadvantage compared to others.
adults needing to wrap their minds around the selfless model of generational economic improvement i previously mentioned on this very page.
quote:
i work hard. stay out of trouble. provide for my family. and live within my means
my father worked hard. stayed out of trouble. provided for his family. and lived within his means.
his father worked hard. stayed out of trouble. provided for his family. and lived within his means.
i will teach my children to work hard, stay out of trouble, provide for their families, and most importantly: nothing in life is given and you must work hard to earn it.
when successful, each new generation will be able to live a better life than the previous. but it also involves: working hard, staying out of trouble, providing for your family, and living within your means. concepts some ethnic groups can't seem to consistently have success at, thus their children and grandchildren are at an economic disadvantage compared to others.
This post was edited on 8/16/18 at 10:35 am
Posted on 8/16/18 at 10:30 am to slackster
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If you're a 30 year old black person, you were 3x more likely to have been born into poverty than a 25 year old white person.
That's still not white privilege. If there were real white privilege, it would apply to all people. It doesn't.
Now if you want to say you have a better chance of being born into a good family if you're white, that makes sense. However, to say every white person has an inherent advantage over a black person by birth (white privilege) is wrong.
Posted on 8/16/18 at 10:32 am to slackster
Slackster.
Your statistics are correct but you are missing the most important point.
It’s not “white” privilege.
It’s “having a father” privilege.
Having a father that lives in your home and allows your mother the freedom to choose working full vs part time vs staying at home full time is what gives a child the largest statistical advantage over others.
Saying it has to do with race is just not factually accurate. Try those statistical models with any race that values the nuclear family model.
It’s just better.
Your statistics are correct but you are missing the most important point.
It’s not “white” privilege.
It’s “having a father” privilege.
Having a father that lives in your home and allows your mother the freedom to choose working full vs part time vs staying at home full time is what gives a child the largest statistical advantage over others.
Saying it has to do with race is just not factually accurate. Try those statistical models with any race that values the nuclear family model.
It’s just better.
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