re: 17 Deplorable Examples of White Privilege

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Maybe. But that is outside of my control and the control of those currently in prison.

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Yes but we are talking societal problems not individual problems.

The discussion was on a level of more than just individual control

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The Third Leg

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White privelage is just another way for incompetent cowards to scapegoat their failures in life. I can say, with 100% certainty, if you are bitching about white privilege, it's because you are ashamed of your own failures, yet you refuse to take accountability for your actions.

Here's a novel idea. (and third leg, take note)

When you stop blaming people for your own mistakes, you can actually begin to grow and succeed.

Tell me, how many owners of successful businesses got to where they are today by blaming "white people" for their own problems. (excluding Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, race pimps).

How many people have excelled in life by not taking responsibility and learning from their mistakes?

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Now this is a more logical, intelligent argument than "don't do no crime, won't be no crime."

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but you can still take what i said and apply it there

if you know crack carries harsher sentencing, then you understand that you're assuming a larger risk if you do deal crack

as for the article, some of these are absurd and simply just not true, like #1

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Because of white privilege, you’ll never have to worry about becoming the victim of law enforcement officers.

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we have almost weekly threads on here about overzealous SWAT teams breaking into people's homes and a white person ends up being shot or killed (sometimes the cop, sometimes the property owner)

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Thankfully, you’ll never have to know what it feels like to see your teenage son’s death being mocked.

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this has no bearing on a larger point and ironically only became a big story b/c of race pimps making it about race

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Because of white privilege, you’ll never have to inform your children of the harsh realities of systemic racism.

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since this whole "white privilege" concept is mainly an argument of upper class white people, this is simply wrong

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Because of white privilege, you’ll never know what it’s like to have the following statistic looming over your head.According to this report , one-third of black men will go to prison at least once in their lifetime.

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that's not any sort of privilege and assumes that there isn't some gap of culture

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You can wear and act however you’d like without being labeled a thug, low life, gangster, etc.

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while this assumes there is a difference in culture (and ignorantly and incorrectly assumes the biebster isn't criticized for his eccentriciies and absurdities)

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White privilege means not having to worry about your hair, skin color, or cultural accessories as the reason you didn’t get a job.

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here we go again. there is not a difference in culture...unless we want t here to be a difference

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White privilege allows you to speak on any particular subject without being the sole representative for your entire race.

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what was the justin bieber example, again?

etc etc

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All too often, new problems arise in the wake of the death of the old problems.

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i'm waiting on this one, especially in light of this

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Go back to stop and frisks, ostensibly to root out gun violence. Is it ok to scrap the Fourth Amendment to preserve the Second Amendment?

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what does the 2nd amendment have to do anything in your example?

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but you can still take what i said and apply it there

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yes but that doesn't mean the poster who oversimplified the entire problem to that sound bite understands how to apply it there.

The poster I'm referring to just parrots talking points like he was on a 24 hour news channel. I have no faith he had some deeper understanding of the issue and was simplifying it just because we are on a message board.

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as for the article, some of these are absurd and simply just not true,

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yeah some of the list is not to be taken seriously, but there is some nuggets of truth in there.

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e that is neither helpful or informative

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Especially in your attempt to create a false narrative.

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Maybe they should have made more money so that they could buy eight-balls and get 1/100 of the jail time.

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Crack is whack though, forreal. I think the harsher sentences on it had as much to do with how easily it permeated our culture. Coke remained a wealthy person drug, while crack could be afforded by middle schoolers with lunch money.

I agree, they are unequal and ridiculous and the late eighties set black people back 20 years, but can't blame ALL of the crack legislation on it being used by mainly black people. It was also trying to prevent it from spreading even more. Easier to get and MUCH easier to afford and more addictive. Not good.

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Especially in your attempt to create a false narrative.

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What have I said that is a false narrative?

If you want to go person to person and decide things that is up to you.

Obviously though, our society is trying to address problems like drug use is on a societal level.

Whether through, punishment, rehab, prevention, etc etc society is addressing the issue at a larger level than you are.

Just because you disagree with it, doesn't make it a false narrative.

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we have the largest incarcerated population of human life in the history of civilization

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yep, its absurd. There are millions of people in jail for drug crimes in which they were a user, not a dealer or manufacturer. That is ridiculous.

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Stop and frisk was sold as a deterrent to concealed weaponry, mainly guns.

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How many guns were taken off the street as a result? Honestly curious.

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Much like sentencing disparities were sold as a deterrent to violent crime.

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Proven this shite doesn't work.

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What have I said that is a false narrative?

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You've implied that harsh drug sentencing is the reason black have a high incarceration rate. That is nonsense.