re: When did you first become aware of your privilege?

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noun
a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group.

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So long as children are born to poor 1 parent households, born with birth defects, born in war torn countries, etc, being fortunate enough to be born healthy to a stable 2 parent household will always be a privilege.

I really don’t understand how this is even debatable or controversial.

I’m not saying it’s white or black or even remotely saying this is the only variable that matters. Kids from rich families fail and kids from poor families succeed, but more often than not a kid from a stable 2 parent household will have the best chance to succeed.

80 years ago black people had a higher percentage of two parent homes than white people.

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At the root of most of the problems black people face is the breakdown of the family structure. Slightly over 70% of black children are raised in female-headed households. According to statistics about fatherless homes, 90% of homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes; 71% of pregnant teenagers lack a father figure; 63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes; 71% of high school dropouts come from fatherless homes; and 70% of juveniles in state-operated institutions have no father. Furthermore, fatherless boys and girls are twice as likely to drop out of high school and twice as likely to end up in jail.

One might say, “Williams, one cannot ignore the legacy of slavery and the gross racism and denial of civil rights in yesteryear!” Let’s look at whether black fatherless homes are a result of a “legacy of slavery” and racial discrimination. In the late 1800s, depending on the city, 70% to 80% of black households were two-parent. Dr. Thomas Sowell has argued, “The black family, which had survived centuries of slavery and discrimination, began rapidly disintegrating in the liberal welfare state that subsidized unwed pregnancy and changed welfare from an emergency rescue to a way of life.”

As late as 1950, only 18% of black households were single parent. From 1890 to 1940, a slightly higher percentage of black adults had married than white adults. In 1938, black illegitimacy was about 11% instead of today’s 75%. In 1925, 85% of black households in New York City were two-parent. Today, the black family is a mere shadow of its past.

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No, because success isn’t a static evaluation.

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It is to the Left.

Ever notice how most of their arguments about "equality" almost always end up being about money?

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Except that you are viewing it completely backwards based on a false premise.

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How so? What false premise?

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You certainly would not start and stop at declaring having two legs as an advantage.

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Of course not.

Here is my view on all of this:

I want to be able to identify as many advantage/disadvantages as I can, so that I can apply that to my household and help my children be as successful as they can possibly be.

I can use examples of advantage and disadvantages to aid me in this.

I'm fascinated about what drivers equal what outcomes.

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would you assert that a single, two-legged competitor was advantaged? No, of course not.

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If I compared the single 2 legged competitor to the 1 legged guy? Yea, I would.

The 999 2 legged guys would all be on equal footing with each other, no pun intended, and would all have the advantage over the 1 legged guy.

This isn’t complicated.

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It’s controversial because it’s oversimplified and is used to shield against discussion of the actual societal problems

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Salmon and I have stated multiple times that this is one piece of it all and in no way the end all be all, yet you keep conflating our words with whatever it is you want to argue against. Are you missing this or willfully ignoring it to do whatever it is you’re doing?

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Except that you are viewing it completely backwards based on a false premise.

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Bingo.

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Privilege is not mere advantage.

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Really? Because it’s the literal definition.

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noun
a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group.

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Some would argue the opposite and have data in support.

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Ok. I'll concede that.

Although since you are big on "societal" views, society pretty much universally agrees that Tom Brady is more successful than Peyton Manning.

So...lets try to be consistent.