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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
Yes.
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
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5. I can go shopping alone most of the time, pretty well assured that I will not be followed or harassed.
20. I can do well in a challenging situation without being called a credit to my race.
21. I am never asked to speak for all the people of my racial group.
34. I can worry about racism without being seen as self-interested or self-seeking.
44. I can easily find academic courses and institutions which give attention only to people of my race.
Laws are not needed to enforce overwhelming social practices; after racially discriminatory laws were banned, sundown towns maintained themselves through unwritten agreements and social pressure. |
Geez, I wonder how poor Mr Obama has made it against such long odds. Can't believe someone actually bothered to write down all this whining. Was that just one man, or a collective bitching session? How about I start my own list just for fun, eh? I'll call it "Black privilege"
1. Laws of my country do not discriminate against me because of my race.
2. I'm not being made to feel guilty because of my race.
3. I don't have to worry that anything I say on subjects even remotely related to race will be twisted to portray me as a racist, and spell the end of my career.
Enough for today - it already outweighs all 50 entires on the "white privilege" list, I think. And the time spent on collecting those 50 entries would have been far better spent teaching everyine, black or white, to take personal responsibility for their lives, and make the best of it, instead of blaming personal failings on the system.