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White privilege exists, but so does an innumerable amount of other demographic privilege

Posted on 6/5/20 at 1:50 pm
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
Mission Viejo, CA
Member since Mar 2012
69306 posts
Posted on 6/5/20 at 1:50 pm
Not quite sure why it’s a relevant or decisive point

Other types of privileges

1) two parent household privilege

2) First world privilege

3) having good parents privilege

4) being born in a non-remote area privilege

5) IQ privilege

6) being born in southern England vs northern England privilege

Among thousands of others

Some people start life in a better spot than others. That isn’t an excuse to not work hard and better yourself, and it isn’t a justification to go after the ones in a luckier situation.

Justice=treating people equally under the law

“There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal”

Thomas Sowell talks about it here.
Posted by Bulldogblitz
In my house
Member since Dec 2018
26783 posts
Posted on 6/5/20 at 1:51 pm to
still waiting on my privilege to kick in.
Posted by BeeFense5
Kenner
Member since Jul 2010
41292 posts
Posted on 6/5/20 at 1:51 pm to
Every one of those only applies if you are a cis white male, duh
Posted by PEPE
Member since Jun 2018
8198 posts
Posted on 6/5/20 at 1:52 pm to
The more accurate name for "white privilege" is actually "white accomplishment"
Posted by Pianoman
New Iberia
Member since Dec 2003
2874 posts
Posted on 6/5/20 at 1:54 pm to
How about affirmative action for the past umpteen years....isn't that a privilege that's awarded to minorities to the detriment of whites?
Posted by mightyMick
Member since Aug 2018
3067 posts
Posted on 6/5/20 at 2:02 pm to
Where is all this white privilege in the NBA, NFL, and other sports?
Posted by Dawgfanman
Member since Jun 2015
22422 posts
Posted on 6/5/20 at 2:06 pm to
I’m not sure why it bothers other white conservatives to acknowledge privilege. . I work with lots of Black guys in my job (as well as Asians and others). There have been countless times over the last twenty years where I’ve observed subtle “racism” against them. My being white has gotten our little crew out of parking tickets, into buildings where the security was wrongfully denying access, kept some of them from being hassled by cops, etc.
Often the job involves late nights and we get questioned by cops or security. The ongoing joke is to “let me do the talking” and while it’s a joke, it comes from years of us all observing that when I as a white guy talk to cops/security things go easier. Doesn’t matter the race of the cop.

Why things like this or “privilege” as it were bothers people here when it’s acknowledge is strange.
Posted by HempHead
Big Sky Country
Member since Mar 2011
55493 posts
Posted on 6/5/20 at 2:07 pm to
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The more accurate name for "white privilege" is actually "white social capital"

Posted by OceanMan
Member since Mar 2010
20024 posts
Posted on 6/5/20 at 2:07 pm to
You forgot being good looking privilege.
Posted by xxTIMMYxx
Member since Aug 2019
17562 posts
Posted on 6/5/20 at 2:10 pm to
You forgot good looking privilege.
Posted by FooManChoo
Member since Dec 2012
41686 posts
Posted on 6/5/20 at 2:10 pm to
Privilege is contextual and isn't inherently bad. The problem here is that privilege is viewed as bad but only in the case where it benefits white people. Other privileges exist but no one seems to care about those right now.
Posted by Dawgfanman
Member since Jun 2015
22422 posts
Posted on 6/5/20 at 2:11 pm to
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The more accurate name for "white privilege" is actually "white social capital"


This, kinda the opposite of “street cred”.
Posted by roguetiger15
Member since Jan 2013
16169 posts
Posted on 6/5/20 at 2:12 pm to
If I were a lazy piece of shite I would be out living on the streets just like every other color human.
Posted by Bulldogblitz
In my house
Member since Dec 2018
26783 posts
Posted on 6/5/20 at 2:13 pm to
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Doesn’t matter the race of the cop


Sounds like something else at work wrongfully assumed to be privilege
Posted by AGreySlate
South Carolina
Member since Jun 2018
846 posts
Posted on 6/5/20 at 2:14 pm to
It’s not privilege it’s a pursuit. Every American is created with the liberty to pursue it.
Posted by FredBear
Georgia
Member since Aug 2017
15010 posts
Posted on 6/5/20 at 2:15 pm to
No group of people are more pampered and have more advantages given to them that aren't available to the rest of us than black people.
Posted by RidiculousHype
St. George, LA
Member since Sep 2007
10206 posts
Posted on 6/5/20 at 2:18 pm to
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“Black privilege is real: Besides affirm. action, special scholarships and other set asides, being shielded from legitimate criticism is a privilege,” Negy tweeted.


LINK
Posted by burke985
UGANDA
Member since Aug 2011
24624 posts
Posted on 6/5/20 at 2:22 pm to
"White Privilege" is just a systemic racist term it's no better than saying cracker or honkey or the N-word.
Posted by LSU Tiger Bob
South
Member since Sep 2011
3002 posts
Posted on 6/5/20 at 2:26 pm to
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How about affirmative action for the past umpteen years....isn't that a privilege that's awarded to minorities to the detriment of whites?



The way I figure, some groups have had 50+ years to improve their lot. I want feel guilty if they chose to squander those opportunities.
Posted by ScoopAndScore
baton rouge
Member since Oct 2008
11960 posts
Posted on 6/5/20 at 2:30 pm to
Generational responsibility is the greatest “privilege” of all. Not really a privilege though because it takes hard work.

And no one should feel guilty about their parents and grandparents and great grandparents making more right choices than wrong choices generation after generation after generation.
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