RE: Peterson's 12 Rules for Life v2.0-- actual book discussion
September 28, 2018 at 10:39 am
(This post was last modified: September 28, 2018 at 10:47 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(September 28, 2018 at 8:47 am)paulpablo Wrote:(September 28, 2018 at 6:56 am)Khemikal Wrote: Pointless objections..since both "majority" and "wealth" directly map to white in societies with white privilege.
That's the point. It's a privilege reliant on majority, wealth and dependant on which society you live in yet is named a white privilage to see people of your race in the media and to be able to live where you want.
It's called white privilege because it directly maps to ethnicity...even in countries and neighborhoods where that ethnicity is not the majority. Calling it majority privilege won't change anything about it, doesn't adequately describe it, and by any name you choose to call it..it will remain problematic.
Seeing predominantly white faces on tv (and even seeing white faces play ethnic characters in media crossovers,lol)..as well as being able to determine where you live are not white privilege...they are consequences of white privilege. A way we notice it. White privilege isn't even based on some biological category of whiteness...it's based on an identification. Honorary whiteness is a thing, as is the social demotion of "whites" to non-white status, lol.
A very simple definition...is that it is the polar opposite of racial discrimination.
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