RE: Is white privilege real? To what extent?
July 17, 2016 at 1:40 pm
(This post was last modified: July 17, 2016 at 1:43 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(July 17, 2016 at 1:38 pm)paulpablo Wrote: That's not what I'm asking.Why not, why -aren;t you asking that? Because that -does- speak to white privilege.
Quote:I'm saying here's a homeless schizophrenic white person who was bullied and beaten to death by police.In his case, I think it's understandable, he didn't have the clarity of mind required to press whatever advantage he might have. Schizos shout about demons, not their lawyers and the cops superior officer.
You said that some would say he squandered his white privilege and that he still had white privilege.
Quote:I'm asking what his white privilege was as a homeless schizophrenic man beaten to death by police. Not, what is his white privilege in a hypothetical situation that he isn't homeless and schizophrenic and beaten to death by police.I don;t know the man..but I can see that the officers are being charged and that this, ofc, escapes your notice...and yet, in the case of the many blacks beaten to death for lesser or no reason.....this is not uniformly the case. He's still enjoying privilege, from beyond the grave. You failed to recognize that obvious comparison in your compulsion to argue that it doesn't exist.
Simply viewing his situation as it was, what can you point at that was his privilege or advantage over other races?
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