glassjester
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That's what happens when your society values education, but you don't. Too bad.
Is White Privilege Real?
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That's what happens when your society values education, but you don't. Too bad.
ok doser
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or cry that those who are healthy (because they followed good advice) are unfairly advantaged
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glassjester
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It must be. That's the only explanation for any disparity in this country.
ok doser
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how about initials?
glassjester
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How is there not a *rimshot* smiley?
To feminists: When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression
To black people: White people are not privileged, white men have simply managed to keep feminists from destroying their family unit
To white men:
The mere salute to white men in this country has become 'racist' and 'sexist'- it's time we acknowledge the absurdity that it is somehow wrong for white men to pride themselves the same as everyone else.
That white men are evil unless they dismiss their own interests for everyone else
To black people: White people are not privileged, white men have simply managed to keep feminists from destroying their family unit
To white men:
The mere salute to white men in this country has become 'racist' and 'sexist'- it's time we acknowledge the absurdity that it is somehow wrong for white men to pride themselves the same as everyone else.
That white men are evil unless they dismiss their own interests for everyone else
Did you intentionally miss the point or do I need to find another way to say that one example of white privilege is greater access to both on average just by virtue of being born white?
glassjester
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They are mere accidents of birth. I am no more proud of being white or male, than I am of my hair or eye color.
Should I be?
glassjester
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I often miss points. Never intentionally.
Though I appreciate you offering me the benefit of the doubt.
Please elaborate.
ok doser
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and here's the critical point:
but i believe gj already covered this:
it appears that "white privilege" doesn't apply equally to all whites
there can only be one explanation for this disparity
racism!
but i believe gj already covered this:
it appears that "white privilege" doesn't apply equally to all whites
there can only be one explanation for this disparity
racism!
ok doser
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no more so than a black person should be ashamed of having been born black
glassjester
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Excellent. Sometimes droll, coy, and "Wait, what?" are hard to tell apart without body language or a rich history of usage.
I like you. What's it cost to wonder?
:think:
In what particular? What I mean is, what in that needs elaboration? Or, do you know why separate and equal, by way of example, was held to be anything but the latter?
glassjester
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That's the kind of stuff MLK talked about.
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ok doser
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because they were demonstrably not equal
i always thought the feds should have forced those in the south that claimed they were equal to switch
glassjester
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What do I have greater access to, simply by being white? And how does whiteness itself provide this greater access?
glassjester
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and that's mighty white of you to say so
...is it?