Is white privilege real? To what extent?

[thesummerqueen]

 I just can't imagine these things ever happening to an attractive female, and flirting with security guards and the police never works for me either.

I never said I flirted with them - they flirt at me. Because they don't see me as a threat.

But fuck the female privilege thing - I'm pretty sure if my own ass were darker than khaki, it would be a different story. This IS the south.

[TheRealJoeFish]

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Also if you're going to start adding the word privilege to adjectives there's a long long list of them.

Female, male, tall, short, attractive, clever, rich.

Lol... What? Name one way in which short people are privileged? One.

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I'm not sure if anyone responded to this, but... shorter athletes tend to be better able to play field hockey.  So... there.  One.

[Mister Agenda]

When I first heard of white privilege, I was resistant to the idea. I didn't feel I was privileged in any way, I certainly had black friends who had more advantages than I did starting out. At one point in my childhood, my mother, step-father, and four brothers and sisters were all crammed into a 30-foot trailer with no electricity or running water. I missed opportunities because my family moved so often or needed me to work. I wasn't privileged.

But I realize now that being privileged and having privilege are not the same thing. I went from a dirt-poor background to a middle class job in management. I can see how that could have been more difficult if I were black or Hispanic. I've gotten out of traffic tickets that I suspect I would not have if I were black. I don't need a special channel on the TV so I can see people with my shade of skin actually being actors. I don't get followed by security in a store unless I'm looking particularly scruffy. I'm not afraid of being killed by panicky cops. People aren't surprised by my vocabulary. And so on.

Everyone has privileges, even if they aren't privileged. Even racial minorities have some subtle privileges, but in America, being white is a real leg up compared to being black, Hispanic, or Native American.

[FatAndFaithless]

When I first heard of white privilege, I was resistant to the idea. I didn't feel I was privileged in any way, I certainly had black friends who had more advantages than I did starting out. At one point in my childhood, my mother, step-father, and four brothers and sisters were all crammed into a 30-foot trailer with no electricity or running water. I missed opportunities because my family moved so often or needed me to work. I wasn't privileged.

But I realize now that being privileged and having privilege are not the same thing. I went from a dirt-poor background to a middle class job in management. I can see how that could have been more difficult if I were black or Hispanic. I've gotten out of traffic tickets that I suspect I would not have if I were black. I don't need a special channel on the TV so I can see people with my shade of skin actually being actors. I don't get followed by security in a store unless I'm looking particularly scruffy. I'm not afraid of being killed by panicky cops. People aren't surprised by my vocabulary. And so on.

Everyone has privileges, even if they aren't privileged. Even racial minorities have some subtle privileges, but in America, being white is a real leg up compared to being black, Hispanic, or Native American.

It's even harder to identify when you consider all the issues and events that have gone completely unnoticed by you, because they just don't happen to you (I'm including myself in that statement).

[LadyForCamus]

Off topic, but I would LOVE to know who was arguing the case for sex with a 9 year old...[emoji35]

[account_inactive]

Off topic, but I would LOVE to know who was arguing the case for sex with a 9 year old...[emoji35]

Same.

Sick bastards.

[FatAndFaithless]

Off topic, but I would LOVE to know who was arguing the case for sex with a 9 year old...[emoji35]

Same.

Sick bastards.

Wait, I think I missed something.  What post is this referring to? O.o

[Fidel_Castronaut]

OP (referred to, not posted by).

[account_inactive]

Same.

Sick bastards.

Wait, I think I missed something.  What post is this referring to? O.o

Paul debated with a sick cunt, by the sounds of things.

Yes, white privilege is real. Yes, male privilege is real. Yes, straight privilege is real. Why is this even being questioned??

Because I'm against the idea that any subject is unquestionable.

On this forum I've dealt with clams that having sex with 9 year olds is ok in specific circumstances, that the theory of evolution isn't true for certain reasons.

But I don't think I've ever just said, this is unquestionable! As my argument.
That's like a red flag to a bull for me personally.

[FatAndFaithless]

Ahh, I gotcha. Thanks. Must've missed that line.