re: Is white privilege a real thing?

Nope, it's an excuse for not getting out there and busting your arse. No one is going to give you success, you have to earn it. White privilege is what lazy people use to justify not doing shite with their lives.

Sort of a thing.

Imagine a party attire was suit + tie and you only owned slacks/oxford

You are under dressed and everyone can see that. A lot of people don't care, some judge you and some wished they could be that casual. The fact some people do judge is the issue


You are still invited to the party, you can do everything there but you feel outside/not as welcome by other attendees. It is over something you have no control over too


To a white person, they have the option of fitting in with their "suit" or not. African Americans feel like they don't even have the option of fully meeting that "dress code"


White privilege is not having to worry about if the person you are dealing with cares or if they are judging you. A ton of people don't give a shite but a lot do


Just look on this board whenever someone shite talks a female for having dated "BBC" and not following that. Why the frick does the race of an ex boyfriend matter?


ETA: I'm no white privilege warrior. I think the issue is way more minor than people make it out and rhetoric leads to hate

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No it just gives those who rather leech off of the system someone to point a finger at instead of themselves. American privilege is a real thing and if you work your arse off you can reap the benefits of it.

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Sigh.

You can agree that being born American is a great advantage but you cannot comprehend that being born a certain race, on average, puts you even at a slight disadvantage?

If it was feasible to just snap your fingers and change races, would you do it? At a bare minimum I hope you can admit stereotypes - even justified stereotypes - can be an issue for someone trying to better themselves.

Yes it is, not anything to necessarily feel guilty about. Just another thing in life.

If you are a white man, you are a lot less likely to be seen as a threat to others, rather then if yourr black. Most people wont walk down the street and assume youre a thug, not the case for black men.

Being born white, in general, youre a lot less likely to be born in poverty unlike so many black people. Being born white, you are a lot more likely to be born with a father in your home. Generallt, white schools are better than black schools, thus you have much better access to education.

No, it's not.

Lol, so there are no systemic injustices that blacks face in this country? Gtfoh! The stats don't lie. This country was built off the backs of slaves and immigrants, and not a single fricking concession or reparation payment has been made. Statistically black offenders get harsher sentences than white offenders for the same crime. I hate when people bring up the civil rights movement as though all wrongs have been righted. The reality is the civil rights movement was blacks fighting for rights that they already inherently have. You act like white people gave up something or made a sacrifice. I don't need a white person to acknowledge me as being their equal or give me basic human rights. These are things every person is born with. Over 200 years of free fricking labor and you try to make it seem like blacks are being unreasonable lol?! Are you fricking kidding me. Tell that to all the native Americans that had ancestors that got massacred, tell that to all the immigrants that got fricked over, tell that to the blacks who had ancestors who endured slavery and discrimination. Slaves who were taken from their home to a foreign land, stripped of their identity and humanity, raped, murdered, and exploited, for your ancestors gain. frick your white narrative. How about you start giving back what was taken. Black Wall street in Tulsa. Over 600 black owned business es burned to the ground and destroyed at the hands of whites. You're not the fricking victim, and you're delusional if you think all is fair. It was my ancestors blood, sweat, and tears that contributed to building this country, and they never saw a fricking dime for that labor. Go frick yourself!

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Rich upperclass African American is my neighbor. I see a Facebook post of the following because police friends were being cold to him

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His friends are cold towards him?

Anyone that uses those and that many hashtags is most likely a weird/passive aggressive/angry fricktard who has no feel for anything.

It's a bullshite term made up by the media. Lets just assume it exists for a sec. I always ask people what exactly should I do? What will it fix? Yes, I'm incredibly privileged because I'm white, now what? They usually stare at me with a shocked look and say, just admit it to it, that's all it's so fricken stupid.

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If you are a white man, you are a lot less likely to be seen as a threat to others, rather then if yourr black. Most people wont walk down the street and assume youre a thug, not the case for black men.

Being born white, in general, youre a lot less likely to be born in poverty unlike so many black people. Being born white, you are a lot more likely to be born with a father in your home. Generallt, white schools are better than black schools, thus you have much better access to education.

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So, generalizing is ok when it works to your favor.

There is no white privilege. There is socioeconomic privilege.

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I think social class is judged more than race.

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Even if that is the case, it doesn't preclude race from being associate with certain stereotypes.

I think it is overblown, and I do think there are people who want to use it as a crutch, but to act like it is non-existent is just fricking ignorant.

A little anecdotal evidence - my best friend is a black guy. He thinks the Alton Sterling thing is justified, the MN thing is probably going to be a real problem, and the Dallas situation is despicable. We were talking yesterday about the last two times I was pulled over for allegedly speeding and that I was able to get off with a warning because I fervently argued my case to the officer as we stood there on the side of the road. I was pacing back and forth and talking animatedly as I plead my case, an action that would be unwise for my friend. I assumed I'd get the benefit of the doubt and the cop would hear me out, something that I reasonably think would have gone down differently for my buddy.

I'm happy that I was born into the majority of America. No reasonable person would argue otherwise.