No Such Thing As White Privilege
POSTED BY: THGRRI
UPDATED: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 02:30
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I am tired of people going to the White thing. It's one of the problems the democrats have, and why they lost the White House as well as 1000 seats across the country since 2009. The White working class keeps getting poked.
Here's a controversial opinion. There is no such thing as White privilege. Minorities are sold this bill of goods to garner votes. It feeds into what they want to hear. What there is, is culture privilege. After you have explained to the country what culture privilege is, you can explain how being White in America has gained them privilege. How it has helped them get ahead and been a get out of jail free card others don't possess. This is a truth the White working class can understand and accept. I have yet to see the democratic party has figured this out.
We need to stop poking White people to garner favoritism from minorities. It only builds a wall between hard working minorities and hard working White people who need each other.
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A basic principle of the ruling class: Divide & Conquer. :)
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I've given up looking for the meaning of life. Now all I want is a cookie.
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Originally posted by Oonjerah:
A basic principle of the ruling class: Divide & Conquer. :)
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I've given up looking for the meaning of life. Now all I want is a cookie.
Amen to that. And man has it worked. If they ever really address this it will take decades to unravel. At that point though the power will be with the people.
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I can get on board with that.
The problem with the whole "White Privilege" thing is that when a minority that has bought into it looks at somebody like me, all they see is another Trump or somebody else with actual class privilege. Doesn't matter that all my clothes come from good will and my car is 20 years old when all they see is the color of my skin.
What nobody ever talks about is "what is white?". Just a few generations ago, the melting pot that is white was full of different ethnicities that essentially hated each other. My grandma gave up the family money and was shunned to marry my poor Polock grandfather. Well, he might have been poor, but back then he was able to raise 5 kids and have a stay at home wife on a grocery store manager's salary. Those days are long gone...
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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I see nothing in your post that deputes what I said Jack. Even though you say you can't get on board with what I posted. I'm not claiming many White people haven't had a hard time of it. Just that even poor Whites have an advantage. Read it again.
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I can get on board with that.
The problem with the whole "White Privilege" thing is that when a minority that has bought into it looks at somebody like me, all they see is another Trump or somebody else with actual class privilege. Doesn't matter that all my clothes come from good will and my car is 20 years old when all they see is the color of my skin.
What nobody ever talks about is "what is white?". Just a few generations ago, the melting pot that is white was full of different ethnicities that essentially hated each other. My grandma gave up the family money and was shunned to marry my poor Polock grandfather. Well, he might have been poor, but back then he was able to raise 5 kids and have a stay at home wife on a grocery store manager's salary. Those days are long gone...
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Read what you quoted. I said "can" 
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Read what you quoted. I said "can"
Do Right, Be Right. :)
Ahhhh, I stand corrected Jack.
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Originally posted by THGRRI:
I am tired of people going to the White thing. It's one of the problems the democrats have, and why they lost the White House as well as 1000 seats across the country since 2009. The White working class keeps getting poked.
Here's a controversial opinion. There is no such thing as White privilege. Minorities are sold this bill of goods to garner votes. It feeds into what they want to hear. What there is, is culture privilege. After you have explained to the country what culture privilege is, you can explain how being White in America has gained them privilege. How it has helped them get ahead and been a get out of jail free card others don't possess. This is a truth the White working class can understand and accept. I have yet to see the democratic party has figured this out.
We need to stop poking White people to garner favoritism from minorities. It only builds a wall between hard working minorities and hard working White people who need each other.
I agree. It's self-defeating identity politics.
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Democrats were counting on 'demographics' to do their work for them. Well, I hate to mention it to them, but it'll be decades before the 'demographics' are a majority.
In the meantime, there is still white privilege. It doesn't mean whites have it easy. Nobody but the top echelons are guaranteed to never worry about money, no matter what. Everybody else has to scramble. But on the whole whites and especially white males have to scramble less than others.
What makes people fight over these relatively small differences is that we are mostly very, very close to going under. Nobody is all that secure. All it takes is a flood, a job loss, or a serious illness, to fail economically. Your life and the lives of everyone in the family can be blighted for decades afterward.
But we turn on each other, like we do, instead of fixing the real problem.
How did your beloved 'democratic' party fuck up so badly?
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Show me how White Males have it any easier when you take class out of the equation.
A well dressed and well spoken black man has as good of a chance as a well dressed white well spoken man at a job interview. Likely a better chance at a lot of larger corporations who benefit from hiring minorities. Go outside of any suburban area and you'll find plenty of uneducated whites in America who are far from well spoken.
A lot of black parents do damage to their employability with the names they give their children too. I won't say her name here, but I will say that one of the girls I worked with at Kmart used her middle name, and the rare occasion one of the day managers used her given name she got angry about it.
My point is, dress nicely for a job interview and do something about your ridiculous name if you have to, and you've got just as good a shot of getting a job as a white person. If you're female, your chances are even higher.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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