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In reply to the discussion: I hate to get into it, but here goes [View all]VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)63. No one said anything about that but YOU!
Why is it supposed to be "easier" for White males than anyone else?
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I see this, the feminist group and the men's group, all as divide and conqure
angstlessk
May 2014
#1
Yes, yes. People different from you talking about their experiences really just boils down to
Squinch
May 2014
#104
I think we need to stay away from broad brush generalizations of everybody. White privilege? Give
applegrove
May 2014
#137
It doesn't mean "do whatever you can not to make the majority uncomfortable." n/t
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#200
The phrase "white privilege" couldn't be better designed to put poor whites on the defensive
Fumesucker
May 2014
#6
No, the stupid strawman erected about poor white people is what's designed to do that.
NuclearDem
May 2014
#8
Yes, talk of privilege is undermined with the Randian "you deserve what you got" mentality
Chathamization
May 2014
#23
I agree with you. There is a lot in life we can't control, starting with the parents we're born to.
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#210
Agree with everything you wrote, especially "those that end up at the bottom" not being at fault
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#215
and every indication says that if you are a White male...in any situation
VanillaRhapsody
May 2014
#71
So are you saying that those who are poor and not White male are even more at fault?
VanillaRhapsody
May 2014
#74
The drug war is somewhere the government could make a *huge* difference in white privilege
Fumesucker
May 2014
#123
If you are poor and White male...it is still easier than being poor and Black and or poor and Female
VanillaRhapsody
May 2014
#64
I am not arguing....nor am I making light of a serious issues people are facing in this country...
VanillaRhapsody
May 2014
#164
I know from visiting my son's college and being on his campus for some two weeks,
truedelphi
May 2014
#115
Selective admissions in general are anathema to equality and public money shouldn't go to
Chathamization
May 2014
#173
So by your theory....since we have a Black President....Racism is over right?
VanillaRhapsody
May 2014
#160
BRAVO Raindog!!! As a poor white person who's been through a lot... it's NOTHING compared to what
DesertDiamond
May 2014
#13
We can admit that there is both a poverty problem and a race-based inequality problem
bhikkhu
May 2014
#150
As a matter of principle, I'll just take a moment to note that perhaps, JUST PERHAPS...
Shandris
May 2014
#29
Well said, and I can't (and wouldn't want to) argue with the overall sentiment one bit.
Shandris
May 2014
#35
You cannot "set aside" economics in probably any political discussion, definitely not in the US.
TheKentuckian
May 2014
#178
With you. High five. Unity need not be conflated with uniformity of outlook and purity of soul.
ancianita
May 2014
#41
When people of color discuss our experiences here on DU regarding race, PLEASE
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2014
#42
"supports the idea that white people do not want to understand the experience of others"
Number23
May 2014
#51
Why? If those views are expressed here and continue to be expressed here with no PPRing or hiding
seaglass
May 2014
#59
You know the poster doesn't want to be lumped in with racists and hell neither do I.
boston bean
May 2014
#66
You are presuming to tell people that a particular topic of discussion is off limits.
totodeinhere
May 2014
#73
AMEN and AMEN!! If we objectify human nature like the OP has done then MAYBE people will stop
uponit7771
May 2014
#102
"African Americans cannot talk about offenses against them without some white taking it personally"
yurbud
May 2014
#132
the phrase, even if "true" is a big boon to the Tea Party and the GOP
The Green Manalishi
May 2014
#133
Of course there is white privilege, but it is a pretty useless and misused concept.
Vattel
May 2014
#143
I had to think about that last sentence for a minute to decide whether I agree or disagree
yurbud
May 2014
#182
Thanks so much for this post. Hopefully it'll make at least a few folks stop and think.
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#202
Plus the anniversary of the decision in Brown v Board of Education of Topeka was this week.
Major Hogwash
May 2014
#203