17 Deplorable Examples Of White Privilege

[randys1]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/michaelblackmon/17-harrowing-examples-of-white-privilege-9hu9#.asxgow052

17. Benefiting from white privilege means you can walk the Earth unaware of your color.

[randys1]

1. 15. If you benefit from white privilege, you’ll never be told to “get over slavery.”

[Number23]

6. NAILED. IT.

[randys1]

7. shush, you are not allowed to point this out or talk about it. I am a privileged white person

therefore I can.

[CTyankee]

10. Yes, and I am southern and none of my family ever owned slaves...

so it's all good...

ACK!

[Number23]

15. The wailing has been as hilarious as it has been expected. NOT ONE of the people talking about

race baiting, SJW's and trying to "explain" what's going on have been a surprise. NOT ONE. Because the brothers who wrote that Serena Williams piece really need a white person to "explain" exactly why what they're saying is so terribly bad and wrong and how it's counter productive.

Nothing brings out the psychos and butthurt on DU like a race thread. It just draws them out.

[sufrommich]

17. +1000. nt

[malaise]

100. ^This^

Perfect

[sufrommich]

16. Brutal and true. nt

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

25. I don't believe that I would ever tell anybody to "get over it".

[AuntPatsy]

29. Fact

[mcar]

88. Nothing more need be said

On this one. Illustrates it perfectly.

[yurbud]

115. a lot of Southern whites never got over losing slavery

[randys1]

117. And a lot of non southern whites just cant get over their discomfort with

having to play on an even field, for once.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

133. PREACH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Glassunion]

149. Why the fuck can't we rec posts?

This is a bullshit conspiracy.


Thanks Obama!

[randys1]

172. LOL

[PowerToThePeople]

154. Not 100% true.

I have been told to "get over it, move on, it is long gone, we need to live in the present" in regards to both slavery and the genocide of native Americans. I have been told that since I am Caucasian/non-native that I currently reap the benefits of both historical actions and that I act against my own self interest bringing these issues up at all. Though it is correct that I do benefit by this history, I will not stay quiet or accept those actions. Justice has not been served as of yet.

[Behind the Aegis]

165. But we are told to "get over the Holocaust."

Even here, Jewish posters have been accused of "playing the Holocaust card" and "why should something that happened in another country be any of our concern?"

[Nye Bevan]

2. Ummmmm..... about #1.....

http://wreg.com/2015/04/22/family-of-unarmed-white-man-killed-by-police-to-be-paid-3-million/

[randys1]

3. RIght on que

Oh this is so easy

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

11. Holy shit Batman! The AverageDouche90-signal has been activated:

?w=1003

[randys1]

13. LOLOLOLOLOLOL

[Starry Messenger]

60. Haha!

Omg

[JustAnotherGen]

179. Oh my!

[Bobbie Jo]

218. LOL!

[Nye Bevan]

43. "cue" (nt)

[randys1]

52. No, que, as in you have waited in line to make some of these remarks

You just cant help yourself

[Nye Bevan]

61. No, that would be "queue".

"Que" is not a word (except in Spanish).

[cwydro]

66. Lol!

You and I posted almost identical posts at the same time.

[randys1]

71. OMG the extent you guys will go to deny the fact of my OP....

[cwydro]

76. No, we're just laughing that you tried to be clever, but

were unable to spell a fairly common word.

I paid no attention to your OP.

Hey, did you know the cavers are busy talking about you? Someone here sent me an interesting link.

[heaven05]

94. distraction BS

as usual and expected by the usual suspects. Never a surprise and are always expected and laughed at by many.

[JustAnotherGen]

183. I'm never surprised by this type in America heaven

Michelle Obama could be kidnapped and eviscerated - and some folks would be upset because Obama didn't cry as much over some little girl in Chicago - as he did his own wife. They are just looking for reasons to look down noses and not rub shoulders.


It's what makes them moist!

[Nye Bevan]

78. Well, to be fair, you yourself acknowledged that #1 in the list is wrong.

So even for those uninterested in the spelling lessons, this subthread has not been a complete waste of time.

[randys1]

79. No, I didnt do that at all, I said it needed a slight revision, I am mad at myself, I managed

to not respond to you for months, and I did it almost by accident here, I meant not to respond to you but about you

I have a rule about not responding to certain people

BTW

anyone reading this thread can see why I would not want to waste responses to you or someone who would pick out one misspelling out of tens of thousands of words

When you go after spelling, you admit complete defeat, you do know that, right?

[heaven05]

101. don't even respond

it is a meaningless exercise that they get their jollies on. They like to bait, they just can't help it. To wrapped up in their white privilege to recognize it.

[Aerows]

128. Bless your heart. n/t

[Nye Bevan]

73. It's actually a pity. "Que" would come in very handy in Scrabble.

To add to the list of short words with a "q" such as "qi", "qua", and "suq".

[cwydro]

81. My mother refuses to let anyone use foreign words lol!

Unless agreed upon at the outset. (Or until SHE wants to use one!)

[JustAnotherGen]

186. You live with your mother? Or just visit her?

[cwydro]

189. My mother is 89. I live at our family farm, but I visit her (and stay with her)

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almost daily at her home an hour away from the farm.

We lost my father not that long ago, and that's left a hole in her life.

Besides, I'm a worrywart. I treasure her.

Edited to ask: Is there some reason you need to know my living arrangements?

[heaven05]

96. still distraction BS

geez... sad indeed.

[Nye Bevan]

162. You're absolutely right. This is no time to be discussing Scrabble words that contain "q".

My sincere apologies for drifting off-topic.

[cwydro]

62. That's not how queue is spelled.

You spelled it "que" which is the Spanish word for "what".

[heaven05]

97. you do know

that many people are laughing at you. Don't you. This distraction BS is so obviously false and asinine as to be ludicrous.To expected though.

[Nye Bevan]

160. "To BE expected", surely? (nt)

[JustAnotherGen]

191. Start asking them silly questions!

[FrodosPet]

120. When I was seven years old, I awoke to a cop pointing a gun at me

Obviously, I'm still here. If I were not white, I probably would not be.

[LanternWaste]

14. Ummm... about intentionally confusing anecdotal evidence with the realities of the world.

Ummm... about intentionally confusing anecdotal evidence with the realities of the world.

[madville]

47. DOJ statistics tell a different story

"1. Because of white privilege, you’ll never have to worry about becoming the victim of law enforcement officers."


According to the DOJ statistics around 260 white people are killed by police every year, compared to around 130 black people.

I just take issue with the word "never". If they wanted to say black people were more likely, per capita, to be victims of the police, sure that's true. To say white people are never victims of the police is a ridiculous statement.

[randys1]

55. Of all 17 that is the one and only place I would change ONE word only, as you say

all of the rest stand as does that one with that one change.


Not never, for sure.

Not anymore.

[Nye Bevan]

70. "Internet troll jailed after mocking deaths of teenagers"

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/sep/13/internet-troll-jailed-mocking-teenagers

White teenagers.

So there goes #2.......

[heaven05]

108. No #1 and 2# stand and

will continue to stand as they have for generations, until some people wake up from their make believe world. Sad thing is, that dream world living means that they will probably stand for more decades. Truly sad, the depths to which people will go to hold on to their white privilege

[Nye Bevan]

161. Well Randy already acknowledged that #1 is incorrect and requires a rewrite. (nt)

[JustAnotherGen]

192. He can't see your life experience heaven05

Seriously. He thinks he knows and as lived your life - but he hasn't. But it's funny watching him try to 'one up' you. Young whipper snapper!

You know what my grand daddy used to say? "Hush your mouth girl! Don't you know children ought 'be seen and not heard!"

That's when I would point out he had a very very dark face!

[heaven05]

211. thank you

for the laughter....I needed that...... I heard that one also.....

[npk]

219. Careful Nye

If you keep doing this you are going to cause them to post another 600 of these ignorant threads.

[AlbertCat]

110. Although it is true....and didn't use any absolutes, like "never"

Number 4 is also up for grabs.... as I have several times had people be amazed at my vocabulary.... because I have a southern drawl.

But we're all inbred hayseeds down here.... and we are all prejudice too.... doncha know.


Still, the list is accurate in that folks of color have to put up with these things in far greater numbers than the average white person. And that's all there is to it.

[randys1]

112. Someone here has spent ALL DAY researching to disprove it...think about what that says

[JustAnotherGen]

193. Something was just made apparent to me on this thread randy

And it ain't purdy that's for sure!

[randys1]

195. You should articulate what that is, maybe do a new thread about it.

I used to think that as a white person my comments about race were largely ignored by most other whites, and if that is true, maybe they need to hear it from the Black member of the community.



Maybe the thread needs to be an exception to all others here at DU, a hands off post or OP by you where agreed upon in advance it will not be alerted on or hidden.

Say whatever you want and anyone who tries to hide it can consider themselves certainly part of the problem, not the solution.

I wish there was a way Sid would agree to such a thing, just once.

[JustAnotherGen]

199. It's mostly about the company we keep

The thread would be locked so damned quickly! :lmao:

[heaven05]

212. true

we need you...not that many of us it seems anymore, here. A few from all walks, but not many. Sad indeed.

[bettyellen]

105. Never have "to worry" about it- not never happens....

As in, it's not a worry common to white people because of their skin color. And it's not.
But you knew that and argued some other point.
Give it a rest.

[madville]

155. So poor white people don't ever have to worry about the police?

BS, tell that to the homeless white people around here that are constantly harassed by the police. Or the homeless white guy shot and killed by the police here several years ago while trying to protect his tent and dog by the interstate. They worry about being victims of the police all day long, everyday.

[Nye Bevan]

163. Nope, scruffy white guys hanging out smoking pot have *nothing* to worry about from the cops.

Nothing.

[bettyellen]

170. OMG you're right. POC have no special issues with racist PDs.

Is that what you want to hear? It would
Seem so.

[madville]

171. My point is that all low income people have problems

The police harass, assault, and kill people of all races, ethnicities, religions, genders, etc everyday. Poor people across all spectrums have to worry about being targeted by local law enforcement, so the word "never" is in #1 is wrong.

[bettyellen]

175. wow, you think everything is economic- even racial issues. What a fresh and startling perspective!

[madville]

229. Do poor white people benefit from white privilege?

I would say yes. If that's the case then to say "white privilege means never worrying about being a victim of law enforcement" is false since poor white people are victims of law enforcement on a regular basis.

[JustAnotherGen]

194. I'm not poor

My brother isn't - owns his own company.
My father wasn't - now dead.
My Uncle Otis isn't.
My nephews aren't.

But they are all or were black.

So a rich law abiding military decorated 70-something black man who has contributed to his country -

Is treated the same way a law breaking pot smoking in the street (Nye bevan's example) white 20 year old lay about is? That ain't right.

[gollygee]

224. Not just poor people of color are targeted by police.

ALL people of color are. In fact, if you are a person of color and driving an expensive car, that's a reason in and of itself for you to be pulled over.

[madville]

227. I'm not disputing that, simply pointing out

That low income white people are also routinely victims of law enforcement.

Does white privilege also apply to poor white people? If it does then to say "white privilege means never worrying about being a victim of law enforcement" is false.

[gollygee]

228. Poor white people are targeted for being poor, not for being white

so it's a lack of wealth privilege that causes that. Being white does not hurt them in the eyes of the police. That's how privilege works. You have it in some places, and not in others. People of color are targeted for being people of color. Poor people of color are targeted both for being poor AND for being people of color.

[madville]

231. I agree with you and it should be more specific

"White privilege means never having to worry about being a victim of law enforcement due to race" would have been way more accurate.

[gollygee]

233. It does sound like that's the intent with the article

They might have thought that was obvious due to the title, but they could have explicitly stated it.

[heaven05]

92. feeling sensitive today, huh?????

[ileus]

109. Try being a Southerner and posting on DU.

[Aerows]

135. <--- Knows the feeling n/t

[Cali_Democrat]

4. I like this one...

[randys1]

5. Yes, or

9. White privilege means not having to worry about your hair, skin color, or cultural accessories as the reason you didn’t get a job.

[Leontius]

8. 18. White privilege means forever being forced to feel guilty for something you don't condone

or control. Fuck that shit.

[randys1]

9. Yes, if your biggest problem is having to accept the role white people play in the

racism that goes on in this country, if that is your biggest problem


oy


Then yes, it is an EXAMPLE of white privilege

[Cali_Democrat]

12. Well...some whites may not own or condone white privilege

but that does't mean whites don't benefit from it.

If the 9/11 hijackers had been white, would white people have been demonized the way brown Muslims have been since 9/11?

All white people weren't held accountable for Timothy McVeigh, yet many whites constantly call on Muslims to denounce terrorism.

White privilege is perhaps not knowing that you'll serve less time in prison than a black person even if you both commit a similar crime.

Fuck that shit?

Indeed.

[randys1]

20. Excellent point about 911. Even I am still amazed at how bad it is here with white

privilege and the denial of same

[Leontius]

77. I don't deny it. If you think most people here aren't aware of it you're fucking clueless

I do what I can which granted isn't much, I have no power in this society except on a personal level, but go ahead keep slapping the faces of those who know and those who try to help push for a more equal society and pretty soon they 'll stop.

[heaven05]

116. my, my

it, the fact that white privilege is continually contributing to racism, both systemic and institutionalized, is not something to get offended by, IF you're trying to not exercise it every time a situation arises that contributes to racial inequality.

[sufrommich]

131. "and pretty soon they 'll stop."

They'll stop doing what? Not being racist assholes?

[CANDO]

215. The reason these threads exist....

So you can do that......call your white liberal/progressive allies "racist assholes" with impunity when they don't play along with the narrative.

[LanternWaste]

18. If people have the ability to "force" you to feel guilt, you should try looking inward...

If people have the ability to "force" you to feel guilt, you should try looking inward to address that personal weakness rather than outward to simply cast blame.

[Leontius]

83. Should have said "try to force".

[Iggo]

24. Nobody wants you to feel guilty about it.

I certainly don't feel guilty about it.

But I do accept that it exists.

Do you?

[Leontius]

86. No that's all this shit of a thread is about trying to push guilt.

it most certainly exists.

[heaven05]

118. feeling guilty huh?

it's obvious...geez

[Leontius]

147. I have nothing to feel guilty about for "white privilege"

Not my cross to bear.

[Iggo]

150. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TELLING YOU!

[Leontius]

157. Who the fuck is we?

This entire thing has been a cry for trying to instill guilt in the blameless, a cry for an apology undeserved. And I repeat fuck that shit.

[Iggo]

164. You see what you want to see, friend. Have a wonderful evening.

[heaven05]

153. I would not want to create guilt

among the whiners who feel powerless in their ability to stop the scrutiny of white privilege. It shall here and believe all over this net be a point of reference as to part of the problem with america. PLEASE!!! Don't feel guilty, but quit putting yourself on front street in showing the fear many here and other places are feeling as that privilege slowly diminishes and fades into the dustbin of history....

[Leontius]

156. I don't fear anything but I do feel sorry for you

What will you blame for your failure when your current excuse disappears?

[heaven05]

158. really?

thank you for your concern. Failure? okay, if you say so...

[gollygee]

225. OK this comes off as a huge right-wing (and I mean WAY right wing - like Tea Party) meme

That people of color are failures who are using racism as an excuse for that failure, and that racism doesn't cause people to have trouble succeeding. I hope that's not what you mean because that has no place here.

[Iggo]

148. Every time.

I swear to gawd the hardest part is getting them past this phantom guilt trip they think everyone's laying on them.

(And yes, at one time I was they.)

[sufrommich]

36. ........

[Admiral Loinpresser]

166. ROFLMAO!

Good one. Whew!

[mountain grammy]

46. It has nothing to do with "forever being forced to feel guilty"

Because you don't condone it doesn't mean it doesn't exist, and acknowledging the existence of white privilege is a step to control it. If you've never seen it, your haven't been looking.

[Starry Messenger]

69. Really?

I think of it as a reason to try to be more aware. I know I don't always succeed, but being engaged in the process enlarges life. YMMV.

[jtuck004]

104. Actually it means that one has privelege granted by their whtie skin that a neighbor of color

will never have.

It's the difference between finding it necessary to tell your family members, young and old, they should watch what they say to white folk - not get uppity, as it were - because they might be shot in the back by any of them, perhaps lynched, even by the police officers who are supposed to be there to protect them. Solely because of the color of their skin.

That is a fantastic privilege all white folk have in this country. It wouldn't be a privilege if black folk weren't treated very differently because of the color of their skin in so many ways.

So take this point to heart, get it through your head, whatever - that means white privilege isn't about you.

It has nothing to do with how YOU feel. How you feel is about you. Discussing you in this context would be selfish, really doesn't mean jack shit to anyone except you. That is one of the few things you are in complete control of, that mostly no one else can affect without your assistance.

The other reason you should not feel guilty - everyone has a privilege. Yours is to find many less barriers to life because you are white. If you want to feel guilty, go ahead. But no one else give a rat's ass whether you feel guilty or not, when a murdered victim of color, killed by a police gun, is laying in the street.

That is their privilege.

Because it's not about you.

[artislife]

119. Just a heads up

Feeling guilty about slavery is a lot less painful with living with the consequences of slavery.

YMMV

[Prism]

19. Well, I don't know about that

I'd say straight privilege is the weird appropriation of gay culture by a heterosexual for a message board crusade. It kind of skeeves me out as a gay man, to be honest.

That said, this thread is weird. Compare these two things:

1. Law enforcement often kills young black men for no or suspect cause.

2. I want to use a racially inflammatory phrase on a message board without criticism.

Yes. Exactly alike issues. Not a hair's breadth of distance between the two.

(Again though, I find the gay appropriation really strange).

[randys1]

21. Gay appropriation?

[Prism]

23. Mmhmm (n/t)

[randys1]

27. I wasnt clear what you meant, is all

[clarice]

53. Note to Prism....Randy is easily provoked. nt

[randys1]

56. LOL, hey, you cant defend your comments, dont hide them with this kind of silliness

[clarice]

65. Note to Prism.....see what I mean?.lol.nt

[heaven05]

126. so are you

for that matter. It's obvious. Glass house, you know the saying?

[Maedhros]

89. Not following you on the gay appropriation thing...

To what are you referring?

[clarice]

22. I grew up dirt poor AND white...where's MY privilege DAMMIT !!! I could use some about now. nt

[philosslayer]

26. You obviously don't get it

n/t

[clarice]

28. No, I think you are the obtuse one. nt

[philosslayer]

102. Lets contrast your situation

Growing up poor and white, vs. an African American child growing up poor.

Now, which of you had a better chance of advancing from a socio-economic perspective? You could walk into any store in America and no one would follow you. You could apply for any job, and be immediately viewed more favorable than your African American counterpart.

White privilege doesn't have anything to do with how much money you have. It has to do with everyday circumstances, and the advantages you have without even being aware of them.

[clarice]

107. I hear you, but I believe that we are all masters of our circumstances. nt

[philosslayer]

125. But we are not masters of how we are perceived by others

And perception and actions by others impact our circumstances. That is the whole point.

[sufrommich]

137. This is an almost textbook example of white privilege.

There is no "mastering the circumstances" of being a minority and the racism that comes with it. It's an easy thing to imagine that one can "get over it" when one isn't in the circumstance described.

[alarimer]

169. You may believe it, but it actually isn't true.

There are many, many factors beyond anyone's control that affect who gets hired and fired, for example. In blind studies, applicants with a "black" name (or one that is perceived to be) are less likely to be hired than one with a "white" name. Men are more likely to be hired in similar tests than women. A person's weight affects whether or not they will be hired, etc.

It's called implicit bias. We all have it. I do, you do, everyone here does. It's pretty much unconscious and we are mostly unaware we are doing it, but it is there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implicit_stereotype

And there is such a thing as stereotype threat, in which people who are reminded of their status do worse on tests. So, no, in many ways, we are not "master's of our circumstances." People who are born impoverished tend to remain that way through life, no matter how many Horatio Alger stories we may tell ourselves. Not to say it doesn't happen, but if you are born poor and minority, you have many cards stacked against you from the beginning. Not that it can't be overcome, but it is more than "pulling yourself up." No one "builds it themselves". No one.

And all "white privilege" (which I agree is an inartful term) says is that whites have built in advantages that others do not. It doesn't mean wealth necessarily.

[whathehell]

51. No, he obviously did NOT get it

That's the point.

[clarice]

54. He? who's He? nt

[whathehell]

59. I meant this for philoslayer

not you, be you he or she...My point being that the 'white privilege' meme is being overplayed.

[clarice]

63. My apologies. nt

[whathehell]

68. No problem. n/t

[heaven05]

129. It's not played enough

that is why racism is still a problem in america, or is there no racism in your world? You're color blind, post racial? What?

[whathehell]

143. What about Male Privilege, Hans?

When you address that, I'll address your points.

[heaven05]

146. Hans???? Right. Typical....what about white male privilege?

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white male privilege is a fact of american life. It's been used to commit genocide against the First-true american and African-americans thru forced slavery and terror in the form of old and New Jim Crow laws, night riders of the KKK, . It's been used, recently, politically to try to deny women the right to make medical choices about their own bodies. What are you looking for? That's white privilege in a small way, it gets uglier. You don't know me, don't call me Hans, only my friends are allowed to call me that.

[whathehell]

151. LOL..Check your profile...It says "Real Name - Hans"

Even I was surprised.

By the way, it's not only White males.who have privilege, dear, it's ALL males

and I'm sure many AA women will be glad to.remind you of the fact.

[heaven05]

152. well "dear" back atcha

only my friends call me hans. Otherwise, yes male privilege without power to exert it on a whole society is a fact of life among AA people. Black males have privilege but in the pecking order that has been quietly kept under the radar. White male privilege is the one, dear, that has guided this country's fortunes for generations. I find many AA women exert quite a bit of power, Condi..ect ect ect. But Bush and Cheny pulled the trigger. THAT'S white male privilege. For definite fact. Women have been treated like second class citizens, you get no argument from me. That's white male privilege telling them they can't make informed choices about their bodies, not black male privilege.

[whathehell]

159. Can't "back atcha me, dear

'Cause you don't know my real name.

As for "white male.privilege".guiding this countries fortunes", yes, but 'this' is the key word.

In other countries/continents it's males of other colors, including yours.

As for AA women exerting "quite a bit of power", right -- White men say the same thing

to white women. -- It's a deflection.

There is NO male privilege 'without power". On a one.to one basis, you have physical power

over all women and social power, certainly, over women of your own race and arguably other races,

so forgive me if I don't feel "appropriately' guilty for my color -- Power accruing to it has been greatly

reduced by my gender.

[heaven05]

168. we're not talking of other countries

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other countries haven't caused up to a million civilian casualties in one war. Only white male privilege caused that. And while I really don't want to know your name "dear", back atcha and I'll be glad when the maturation process starts affecting your critical thinking skills. I'm done with your blindness, white male privilege + nuclear weapons + Hiroshima=white male power and privilege to detonate that horrible device on human beings. Also, please refrain from the idea that you can explain to me the dynamic of AA male power or ability. You can't period. It has been 'splained' to me hundreds of times by people with no clue. bye

[whathehell]

203. Yes we are, because your wildly inaccurate statements compel us to talk about them.

and if you had the slightest grasp of even recent history, you'd know how foolish your claim that only

"white male privilege caused up to a million casualties".

Ever heard of the Rwandan Genocide? Since it occurred only 20 years ago, dear,

there's really excuse for your ignorance, but let's give you a 'heads up', shall we?

Two African populations slaughtered each other's men, women, and children. The

carnage surpassed anything seen on the continent in a century, and they needed no hydrogen

bomb to cause a million civilians casualties. Technology doesn't make people more evil, dear, just more efficient.

Good grief, there was even been a film made about it called "Hotel Rwanda" starring Don Cheadle

Looks like you need to get out more, genius, and, yes, I'm sure, as well as glad, that you're "done with me".

Remedial education is SO tiring.

[heaven05]

209. look at it this way "dear"

you can't deal with reality, I can't help that. Keep up the good work in digging that hole to china, you'll reach sooner or later. Have a good one. I really have had a lot of fun with you. Your snark is amusing to say the least about you. But boring. I have wasted enough time on you. Back to serious business.

[whathehell]

220. I thought you were 'done' with me, dear!

How predictable of you to avoid the substance of a post and choose, instead, to rely on name calling and baseless assertions.

Learn to construct a sound argument, Heaven05.
It's something that can be learned and it's a valuable tool
that will help you in life, not to mention on DU.


Until then, I'm afraid I'll have to invite you onto the Big O List..

Goodbye and good luck.

[JustAnotherGen]

200. He doesn't realize your last name is Solo and

You add the 's' when you set up your profile at DU.

[randys1]

31. RIght here at the OP, 17 examples, didnt you read the link?

DId you actually believe that because you arent rich that you also have no white privilege?

I cant speak to what you DID with that privilege, but I can GOD DAMN guarantee you have it

[clarice]

33. Of course I read the link, and please don't curse. It's unbecoming. nt

[randys1]

34. Nah, I have to curse, it makes me feel better when I am dealing with people who refuse

to accept reality

[clarice]

35. My apologies, I read back over some of....

your responses to me....and I forgot how easy it is to rile you up.
No need to respond. I'm done.

[randys1]

37. Rile me up LOL oh lord...you cant get any funnier

[heaven05]

132. I for one am glad

you're done.

[JustAnotherGen]

198. No - I want her back

She's one of the people making me crack up over here! She's a proper lady heaven - quite refined.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

39. .

?w=368&h=600

[randys1]

41. Which curse word bothered them the most? racism? god damn?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

44. I'm gonna go with the word... link... You filthy animal you!!! nt

[clarice]

49. That's a GOOD one. looks like my husband. Handsome devil. nt

[heaven05]

134. super hero huh

my, my my. Everyone one looking for a super hero savior and he/she is right in front of you, IF you're standing in front of a mirror.

[whathehell]

64. What about Male Privilege?

Want to wring your hands a little about that, or are you too busy enjoying it?

[tazkcmo]

40. Me too.

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And I can still walk home from work at 2 a.m. w/o fear of the police killing me or beating me or even just checking to see why I'm walking through such a nice neighborhood at that hour. I don't have to worry about the folks that live in said neighborhood calling the cops on me. I don't have to worry about the store clerk eyeballing me with suspicion when I stop in for a pack of smokes at that hour.


Upon edit: Apparently I didn't make my position clear. It's because I'm a white male that I don't have to worry about any of those things. There is white privilege. I hope for a country where there is isn't, we're all equal as human beings.

[clarice]

48. I've gotten strange looks in a VARIETY of different neighborhoods. I know what you mean. nt

[Iggo]

82. .

[heaven05]

136. BS

[JustAnotherGen]

206. Hey - maybe she looks like a thief!

[heaven05]

210. maybe or should I say I guess so.....

[whathehell]

84. As a female, I can't walk home at 2:00 am

without fear of some MALE raping and/or killing me.

Must be great having that Male Privilege.

[tazkcmo]

85. ???

I agree. And I recognize that. I don't understand why you assume I'm unaware that I'm very lucky to be a white male in America.

[whathehell]

87. Because

one "privilege' is played to death here, while the other
is virtually ignored.

[tazkcmo]

93. So I'm responsible for that?

I responded to another poster about the subject matter and then you assume I'm not aware nor care about women's safety? That I'm unaware that men rape women every day? Or that there are shelters over flowing with abused women try to get away from their abusers?
I have two sisters that are women. In fact, my mom was too and before you make another assumption about me referring to my mom in the past tense, is because she's passed on so she's nothing but a hole in my heart that will never be filled. I care very much about the opposite sex members of this country and the world. I'm extremely p/o'ed that you assume the worst of somebody and insult me like this especially in a response of mine where I acknowledge white privilege and how lucky I am. Wouldn't that give you a clue that I might actually be a decent human being?

You're upset that there aren't enough threads addressing women's issues as it relates white male or just male privilege. Start some. But please, in the future, don't assume I'm an ignorant, head up my butt, misogynistic, classless bore.

[whathehell]

124. Wow..

I doubt I seemed nearly as upset as your

long post tells me you are, but your reaction -

- some might say overreaction -- Is instructive,

as I believe it's like that of many white DUers

when repeatedly lectured on 'white privilege'

[heaven05]

139. +1000

couldn't have said it better myself, as an american black male.

[whathehell]

144. about as responsible as I.am

for slavery and discrimination against African Americans.

[JustAnotherGen]

201. This plus 1000

You're upset that there aren't enough threads addressing women's issues as it relates white male or just male privilege. Start some. But please, in the future, don't assume I'm an ignorant, head up my butt, misogynistic, classless bore

HOF is always rocking and we are more than happy to have these discussions with her if she wants to start them!

[heaven05]

127. you have had it all your life

and you know it. goodbye...

[JustAnotherGen]

196. I'm sorry

But I won't be made to feel guilty because I didn't grow up dirt poor.

[lumberjack_jeff]

208. You confuse me. In another thread you were wringing your hands...

... at the horrifying prospect of government aggressively taxing million dollar incomes. Are you rich? Poor? or a temporarily embarassed millionaire?

[Solly Mack]

30. K&R

[Comrade Grumpy]

32. I'm more interested in ending institutional racism. Y'all have at it, though.

[randys1]

38. We will get back to you when we are at that point where you can feel very

comfortable and un-threatened, we will do the actual work in the meantime.

[randys1]

57. You are now stalking me because you cant defend your comments and you

have a rather silly idea that doing this is clever.

It isnt.

Either defend your comments or dont

[bravenak]

138. I think it's time for you to stop now. We get it. You don't like Randy.

[clarice]

67. Note to Comrade....am I right or what?. nt

[yuiyoshida]

45. GAH! Number #13

-cringeworthy-

[HFRN]

58. it does kind of remind me of 'original sin', from my Catholic school days

'so what if you didn't do anything wrong, Adam and Eve did. Doesn't matter that you've never met them, they sinned and that sin is now yours. And that means you'd better please me'

a lot of really horrible things went on in that school.....

doesn't mean that this is the same thing, but it admittedly, it does hit the same nerve, rightly or wrongly

[Bonx]

75. It's exactly like that.

Next step is admitting you are a 'sinner'. There is no other choice.

[NaturalHigh]

167. I will frankly admit that I'm a sinner...

I just won't admit to sins that I didn't commit.

[951-Riverside]

72. Boy, isn't it great to be such brutal and and bloodthirsty oppressors?

These oppressors murdered or displaced millions of indigenous peoples in the Americas and Australia, captured and enslaved millions more, segregated and consistently feed an inferiority complex to those enslaved people, murdered millions during WWI and WWII then overthrew progressive governments and installed oppressive fundamentalist dictators.

[randys1]

74. But but just saying that makes me uncomfy, and whiny. dont you see

and if I type que instead of cue, I can then make fun of me for multiple posts while ignoring the reason why I have to do that, see

[Nye Bevan]

80. And we revere those racist slaveholding monsters Washington and Jefferson.

What the hell is wrong with us?

[heaven05]

140. you revere them

not everyone can.

[aikoaiko]

90. I'd really like to discuss the contents of the OP, but if I don't agree whole-heartedly...

...I'll just open myself up to accusations (either implied or explicit) of being ignorant due to my privilege or latent racism.

So I don't usually respond.

When you post things like this, what responses are you hoping to get in return?

[randys1]

91. AFter thread after thread on DU of white people arguing about why they dont have

white privilege or the Black tennis player isnt really all that, etc.

I figured I would point these facts about white privilege out.

What about these can you not agree with?

[aikoaiko]

142. So here is my issue with something like that Buzzfeed piece.

Many of the statements begin with the basic form, "Because of white privilege, you’ll never [enter example of white privilege]."

The problem with these statements is that if there exists one instance to the contrary, it proves the claim false. It doesn't matter if there are a millions counter instances or just one.

[AZ Progressive]

95. It's even more white privilege to be even secretly judgmental about other races in America

White people enjoy the best benefits of America, they have no right to judge the financial performance (or well being) of people of other races in America, who didn't enjoy multi-generational, class and majority privilege.

If certain blacks and hispanics do really well financially in America, that's good. However, they are more likely the exception rather than the rule. How many white people would do just as well without the privileges they have being a white American? A lot of white Americans are relatively well off because they had the privilege of riding the coattails of the postwar boom (which was largely closed to minorities.)


Also, some minorities, like Asians, do well financially. However that's because they often come to America with some sort of financial advantages in the first place: they tend to have enough money to start a business in this country, and they put their children through college and push them to become professionals, or they come here either wealthy or already have some prominent university education (which is a middle class privilege.)

[heaven05]

98. great post

and you did bring out the "usual suspects".....very laughable

[randys1]

99. It got so bad they had to focus on me misspelling something

misspelling or mispeling or fuck you

[heaven05]

103. they have NOTHING but that

as you pointed out. Nothing to see there with the "usual suspects". They love to get their kicks in, cheaply.

[randys1]

106. It wouldnt matter to me if I didnt actually care about the horrible damage done to POC

by us white folks, but I do

[heaven05]

111. they don't matter

probably will always live in the dark, never to come out into the light of the real world as your post aptly depicts. Don't sweat them, they are not worth it. The TRUTH ALWAYS SPEAKS FOR ITSELF and BS like theirs ends up in the toilet of history. Ohhhh, that was a good one if I say so myself... I just have fun with them, it's something to do as a distraction.....

[randys1]

113. I usually do have fun with them but I also NEVER respond to a certain group, and I blew it

today and hit the wrong button.

I usually use posts I agree with to respond to , well you know, to illustrate my point.

We are fortunate here at DU, while there are many white people here who deny their white privilege, the rhetoric isnt as violent as you will see elsewhere.

[heaven05]

122. Ohhh, trust me, I know

truly a mean spirited and viciously hateful groups of racist in america. I totally agree. hey keep up the good work and glad to see the OP here and responses. They keep things in perspective for a lot of critical thinkers who know how to reasonably arrive at the truth about american culture.

[seveneyes]

114. Mother forgive me for I may have sinned in your eyes

[passiveporcupine]

121. Just watched "The Long Walk Home" last night on Netflix

Even those of us who didn't live in that time, or weren't in an area where it was happening, can learn about this through film and books.

It should be required in high school, if not earlier, but in the South they are trying to remove it from schools altogether.

[randys1]

123. thanks for the tip, making note now

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

130. A-FUCKING-MEN!! Don't stop speaking truth to power! Love it! n/t

[Spitfire of ATJ]

141. 18. White Privilege means you expect a cookie for looking at all 17 of these.

[whathehell]

145. No cookie

no lookie

[OnlinePoker]

173. I've walked from the BART station in Oakland to the Oaks Card room about 10-15 blocks away

I was definitely aware of my colour.

[Nye Bevan]

174. Scottish Girl Told She is "Too Pale" To Board Plane

Attention world: If you’re looking too pasty nowadays, you may not be able to catch your flight to the Bahamas. Scottish teenager Grace Wain was stopped by flight staff members and told she was too pale to fly. Wain, a 14-year-old redhead, was on her way to vacation in the Maldives with her family when Etihad Airways gate agents expressed concerns about her boarding the flight. Based on her paleness and the fact that she appeared tired and worn down, they insisted that she was possibly too sick to fly, and demanded that she see the airport paramedic for consultation.

Apparently that wasn’t enough, though, because even after the paramedic said she was okay to fly, the staff further insisted that she provide a written note from her family doctor giving her the okay. After contacting her doctor and providing a short one sentence letter vouching for her health (“I know of no reason why this patient should not fly,” the letter stated according to The Daily Record), the airlines finally gave in and allowed Wain to board along with her father, mother, and brother.

Her father, Paul Wain, was astounded at the airline’s behavior.

“I told them, ‘We live in Scotland. She is a redhead and she has a pale complexion. That’s just the way she is,” Wain told The Daily Record.

http://www.bustle.com/articles/96805-scottish-girl-told-she-is-too-pale-to-board-plane-because-apparently-you-need-to-be

[JustAnotherGen]

205. She's from Scotland

Can't you find a white person in America who #UnitedSucks wouldn't let fly to Costa Rica? That would be a better example.

[WDIM]

176. This post is racist nt.

[randys1]

177. //

[heaven05]

214. no it isn't

it's the horrible truth. Scary, that fear of losing something one counts on everyday to stay ahead, isn't it? Wow. I don't feel for you.

[Jester Messiah]

178. Mmm, that's some good racism.

It's good that we have an ethnic group we can beat on pretty much whenever we want.

[WDIM]

180. Yeah dividing people based on the color of their skin.

And making broad untrue stereotypes is completely fine as long as its done to white people. Its never been so fun to be a racist. Lets all hate on whitey.

[JustAnotherGen]

197. Leave Guy Whitey Corngood out of this!

Trust me - you do NOT want him showing up on this thread!

ETA - my bad. He IS on this thread. Let me go see if he wants to respond to being picked on!

[randys1]

181. 17 examples of white privilege is racist against whites?

[WDIM]

182. It is propaganda using stereo types to cause division and hate.

Yes its racism.

[Jester Messiah]

184. It's one of the great ironies of the current age

How the SJW set embodies unrepentant racism, sexism, bigotry of all stripes while railing against same.

[heaven05]

216. this OP is one of

the greatest truths about american culture and reveals why institutionalized and systemic RACISM is so hard to defeat. With the whining, crying, diminishing, distracting attempted here in last couple of days concerning the truth of this OP, I have finally seen real fear from some people who cannot deal with the fact that others know about your privilege and have finally shed light upon it. And with what I've had to read here, that light is hurting a lot of people who thought they could keep their 'secret' hidden. Nope. Everyone knows, who knows the truth and are critical thinkers enough to admit the truth. Quit whining and crying and give it up.....

[Jester Messiah]

239. Fear, or weary dismissal?

The latter seems to be what the SJW movement mostly inspires. It's hard to say bigots are "feared" in the current climate, I think disdain or simply "being done" with them is a more apt description. At some point, one just stops listening.

[heaven05]

240. stop listening? dismissal?

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who cares. It's what the privileged have always done. Disdain, sure. Fear not of them. They fear losing, that's what I am saying. And I am laughing out loud at the palpable fear they are showing. Don't care, don't listen. Won't make a difference one way or the other. Only precise, concise revelation of unjust systems and institutions and a continuing hammering away at the inequality of those societal systems and institutions that discriminate based on color, gender, sexual orientation will change things. You don't think that in 50 years of fighting against an unjust system I haven't wanted to just go into a cave and pull the rock in behind me. Just never have been left alone long enough with constant reminders that I'm not good enough to be called equal. Never been accepted as 100 percent human...3/4 of a man....actually what a lot still think. Don't care? I could care less. It's why hate based on race is so hard to defeat. You have the option to not care, people getting shot down in the streets and churches because of the color of their skin doesn't give me that privileged option. Have a good one not caring....

[Jester Messiah]

244. You could care less?

So then you do care at least a bit. I'm touched, really.

[randys1]

185. xxx

[WDIM]

187. Uncover your eyes and maybe you will see...

But Im not going to waste my time explaining it to you.

[Jester Messiah]

188. There's no arguing with a bigot. [nt]

[WDIM]

190. None are so blind as those who will not see. nt

[NuclearDem]

222. I'm going to let you try to understand the amazing irony of that statement.

[Jester Messiah]

238. And likewise to you.

How is fighting bigotry with more bigotry working out for you? Do you think it's a viable long-term strategy for establishing equality and peaceful co-existence?

[NuclearDem]

242. Sorry, having your delicate fee-fees hurt isn't bigotry.

Your serious use of the term SJW tells me all I need to know about you.

[Jester Messiah]

243. Hahaha, it would take a lot more than that.

It's always funny to see that "bathing in <hated group's> tears" meme whenever people get tired of SJW's and tell them to go away. But I suppose there has to be some salve for not being taken seriously by anybody. May it soothe your hurts.

[NuclearDem]

246. I bathe in the tears of impotent little neckbeards.

Please, do tell us how atheism is the new civil rights movement, oh fedora'd one!

[Jester Messiah]

247. *snrk* You need to update your taunt-list.

Those are at least a year out of date.

[heaven05]

213. every time I open my eyes

another black person, unarmed, men, women and children are shot down in the streets and churches of this country. And the ones doing the shooting believe the propaganda to be able to shoot down innocent and untried victims with summary executions. Dylaan roof believed the propaganda, did he not? So that's as far as I'll go in explaining the lack of understanding you have about this OP. You're not alone. It is obvious to critical thinkers, otherwise it's lost in a morass of whining and crying with obvious fear of losing the very thing the OP is pointing out. Truly sad.

[NuclearDem]

223. It's racist against whites because wwwaaaaaaaaahhhhhhbb

[WilliamPitt]

202. Same assholes. Every thread.

Clockwork.

[Nye Bevan]

204. Indeed. (nt)

[NuclearDem]

221. Been explained to them a thousand times.

At this point, they're doing it deliberately.

[TheKentuckian]

207. This is why I dislike the term, it is more person of color disadvantage

Nothing on the list is a "privilege" but rather how EVERYONE should be treated.

I believe the term conveys the idea all would be well if whites were treated as such and of course that isn't true. The idea is for all to be treated equally well not equally abused.

It is no privilege not to be beaten on, thrown in jail, abused, generally treated like a criminal but rights some of us don't have protected.

[heaven05]

217. per your last line

wrong.

[TheKentuckian]

236. What is wrong? You think people should be beaten on, thrown in jail, and killed?

Is it your opinion this should be the base state and any better is a privilege?

[heaven05]

241. huh???

Certain people have the privilege of knowing they will not, short of posing a real lethal threat to the authorities, be beaten, jailed unjustly or executed summarily in the streets based on their color. Get off of it. Doesn't make sense what you say. It has never been the "base" in this country that the privileged sub group faces the threat that the unprivileged sub group does. Don't worry, won't happen to you, I can guarantee that, based on your privileged status in american society.

[TheKentuckian]

245. Which privileged status is that? I'm thinking you don't know who you are even talking to.

[HassleCat]

226. Number 17

It is insulting to pretend there is nothing different about being white. It's also insulting to pretend not to notice skin color. "Oh! Gerald is black, isn't he? Funny, I never noticed."

[oberliner]

230. Most of these are not true

For example, the first two:

1. Because of white privilege, you’ll never have to worry about becoming the victim of law enforcement officers.

Definitely and demonstrably not true. Perhaps changing the wording from "never have to worry..." to something else would help.

2. Thankfully, you’ll never have to know what it feels like to see your teenage son’s death being mocked.

Also not true. Teens post mocking pictures of pretty much anything, including white people getting killed.

[gollygee]

232. Maybe "never have to worry . . . due to your skin color"

I think that's what's intended by the article but it doesn't state that explicitly.

[oberliner]

234. There are thoughtful, intelligent articles about White Privilege and then there is silly click bait

This OP falls in the latter category, in my opinion.

Trivializes a real issue by reducing it sloppily into an over-simplified and sporadically inaccurate list.

[romanic]

235. OH look

another privilege thread where everyone is bickering and picking at each other. This is is why race relations will never improve in this country. *sighs* Fools.