Blexit Campaign - Black Exit from the US Democratic Party

[HappySkeptic]

I agree that the idea of black victimhood is not going to help black people.  I absolutely hate the concept of "white privilege", as if being white is the reason I got ahead in the world, and not the fact that I got an education and worked hard.  That teaches black people that the reason they haven't succeeded yet is only because of their skin color, which will never inspire them to do what I did.

That's not what any reasonable person is saying, though. You've misunderstood the whole thing about privilege.

Privilege doesn't mean that any success you've achieved cannot partly be attributed to the fact that you've worked hard to get where you're at. It means that there are certain hurdles (like skin color or sex) that won't ever get in your way to success. If you're black, you have to deal with those hurdles and work harder to achieve success (statistically speaking). If you're white, lucky!

It also doesn't mean that if you lack some type of privilege, then if you haven't succeeded, it must only be because you lacked that privilege.

The word "privilege" implies an undeserved advantage.  Its not like someone gives me stuff because I'm white.  My parents didn't give me a trust fund, buy my entrance to college, or introduce me to their rich friends who game a leg up.  I lived in a small bungalow in a small town, with only one parent working.  I worked every summer to pay tuition.

I prefer to focus on individual justice.  Make schooling affordable for all.  Make healthcare available to all.  Allow each person the ability, regardless of background, to have the opportunity to achieve things through good choices and hard work.

I accept that some people are disadvantaged, and have not experienced the justice I mention in the above paragraph.  But, that isn't just about race.  I just won't accept that I am "privileged" because of my skin color, either as a political attempt to create guilt, or an excuse as to why someone else hasn't made it.

Now, I am privileged to live in an industrially advanced country, where democracy, the rule of law, and relative freedom exist.  I definitely benefit by that through no act of my own.  If some others don't, then shame on the system, but don't make it all about race (BTW I don't live in the U.S., and I don't care what race anyone is. What generation of immigrant has a far larger effect than race, at least here)