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AverageJoe90

(10,745 posts)
8. I've actually been around. I've seen the outcome.
Sun Feb 23, 2014, 11:35 PM
Feb 2014

And unfortunately, the large majority of the American public who has heard of "white privilege" have not gotten the impression that some would hope for.

As I said, there may have been a small number of success stories(and they are *loudly* trumpeted, I might add!). But outside this tight little circle, reality has, sadly, shown that "white privilege" has largely failed as a teaching tool for the public as a whole. In order to gain the audience we need, some things have to change. And yes, this will have to involve jettisoning "white privilege" terminology at some point.

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