Is white privilege real? To what extent?

[Gemini]

Please ensure I never move to any of those deluded states.

Idaho, Montana, N. Dakota, S. Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Arizona, Kansas Oklahoma, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, N. Carolina, S. Carolina, Kentucky Indiana, Ohio, W. Virginia, Virginia, and Pensylvania. I think...

*gulp*

[BrokenQuill92]

Even as a gay guy you still have more privilege over me as a bi woman.

Not really.

Though, I must ask, toward which direction are you swinging right now in relation to sexuality?

Why does it matter, my sexual preference is for people that like Harry Potter and Sailor Moon? And yeah you do, no body will call any monosexual a whore, or think they're more likely to cheat. And no one assumes you're always up for threesomes, foursomes, and tensomes. I've actually been chased out of lesbian bars and told my kind wasn't welcome.

[Silver]

Why does it matter, my sexual preference is for people that like Harry Potter and Sailor Moon? And yeah you do, no body will call any monosexual a whore, or think they're more likely to cheat. And no one assumes you're always up for threesomes, foursomes, and tensomes. I've actually been chased out of lesbian bars and told my kind wasn't welcome.

You think I will judge. I cannot.

I am incapable of doing it.

You are you no matter what.

[Athene]

If you want an argument to work you should really stop using me as an example of the things that won't happen to white people because their in the majority.

I don't know how many times I have to repeat this but I lived in a Pakistani community for 31 years, yes I have had to worry about what I say because sometimes I've made a remark it's been said it's a typical white thing to say and white people always say that.

My family has been told that we might aswell sell our house and leave by some old Pakistani who just came to our door to tell us that, I've been punched, called white trash and every other name relating to that phrase.

And that's not to cast a bad light onto the Pakistanis, the majority of the time they're great  neighbours and there's worse white majority areas near me to live in, but in 31 years I've encountered some idiots.

So white privilege and all other arguments aside, don't say you know what I've had to worry about and what I haven't had to worry about at least without asking me first. And that's if you want any kind of accuracy or truth to what you're saying. 

If I get told anymore about me not having to worry about being in the minority or the prejudice that sometimes entails from that I'll just assume people aren't reading what I'm writing.

Thena323

Well, that fucking sucks.
Coin the the phrase "Pakistani privilege" in your neck-of-the-woods...I won't argue you on it.

In the US, we generally do white privilege, though.

This thread really comes down to you not having a clear handle on the words, "all" and "only" or "here" and "there".
And some other stuff, apparently.

I don't know what misunderstandings you're talking about regarding those words.

Yeah. 
Duly noted.

[RobertE]

I know, you post at least 400 times per day........

A bit of an exaggeration but I do post a lot lmao.

I am highly experienced in the art of being a major blabber mouth. I know fuck all about debating. I've only done so informally and even then it's not often.

Just joining in on your humourous quip.....   !!! Have a nice day.

[Edwardo Piet]

Well, that fucking sucks.
Coin the the phrase "Pakistani privilege" in your neck-of-the-woods...I won't argue you on it.

In the US, we generally do white privilege, though.

This thread really comes down to you not having a clear handle on the words, "all" and "only" or "here" and "there".
And some other stuff, apparently.

The racism against so-called "pakis" (anyone remotely brown gets called a "paki" by racists even when they're not from Pakistan at all) is the worst racism over here in my experience.

The amount of times I have heard shit about "Fucking pakis. Fucking muslims. Fucking paki muslims. Coming over here taking our jobs. Fucking immigrants" from privileged white people who don't even work themselves, directed at people who aren't from Pakistan, aren't muslim and were born in this country!

[Edwardo Piet]

As I have stated before, white privilege clearly has never applied to me.

I am a white guy.

For years now, I have been working toward moving out of this motel in which I live.  I have a full time job.

If white privilege was real, I would be living in a mansion.

Stupidest post you've written in a while. And that's saying something.

[Thumpalumpacus]

Paul -- no, I use the phrase "black-on-black" crime myself. Why should I find it objectionable?

Ok that's good, I was just checking to see if there was a double standard in your outlook on phrases used.

Obviously there isn't.

Just to clarify this isn't sarcastic retaliation.

Phew!

[Cato]

The irony is that I never mentioned being gay in my argument, yet you all bring it up.

Why is that?

A known trait used to provide juxtapositional relevance to the current topic in an effort to bolster understanding; although I suspect you're intentionally being coy in an effort to manufacture some anti- gay angle into this discussion.

I love how you are constantly invoking your sexuality and supposed gay views, but when someone mentions the fact you seem perturbed.

[Edwardo Piet]

In a word: Disingenuousness.