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Is There Such a Thing as "White Privilege"?

Is there such a thing as White Privilege?

  • Yes

    Votes: 50 59.5%
  • No

    Votes: 34 40.5%

  • Total voters
    84
I'm not sure how anyone can deny the presence of male white privilege. Saying it does not exist simply does not pass the smell test.
 
I'm not sure how anyone can deny the presence of male white privilege. Saying it does not exist simply does not pass the smell test.

Yes indeed and that is why Romney is president instead of the black guy with no resume whatsoever and no accomplishments in life at all.
 
Yes indeed and that is why Romney is president instead of the black guy with no resume whatsoever and no accomplishments in life at all.

Where would Obama be without those well-off, educated white grandparents who raised him?
 
Yes indeed and that is why Romney is president instead of the black guy with no resume whatsoever and no accomplishments in life at all.

Romney inherited lots of money. Amazing accomplishment! Totally makes him more qualified than the former senator and constitutional law professor. :applaud
 
Yes indeed and that is why Romney is president instead of the black guy with no resume whatsoever and no accomplishments in life at all.

Ah yes, the black president signaled the end of all racism.

What color is the sky in your world?

I love how a US and state senator who ran the Harvard Law Review, is a two-time bestselling author and was an attorney and con law professor has "no accomplishments in life at all." Your hackery is showing.
 
State senator for five minutes that voted Absent ninety percent of the time. Harvard grades are top secret. Best selling book chronicled his drug use and binge drinking and hatred for whites and America. Attorney that never was in a court of law.
 
From what I'm reading 'whites' predominately, run the system, and show favoritism towards their own kind?

I agree with your statement. However, to be fair, I think if any race were in power, they would favor their own kind.
 
Romney inherited lots of money. Amazing accomplishment! Totally makes him more qualified than the former senator and constitutional law professor. :applaud

Actually Romney parlayed Bain Capital into one of the most successful companies of its kind. Big companies like Staples and Sports Authority are what they are today because of his intervention while at Bain. He also was governor of the state of MA. Obama served all of 2 years in the US Senate and came in with zero leadership experience and zero impact on the economy of the US or the state of Illinois. Not saying I agree with the other poster's claim that Obama had zero accomplishments at all, but Romney's accomplishments hardly ended at "inheriting lots of money", and being a law professor isn't a qualification for POTUS.
 
Romney inherited lots of money. Amazing accomplishment! Totally makes him more qualified than the former senator and constitutional law professor. :applaud

And what did he do with that money? He was also a governor which is a very traditional transition to president.
 
I agree with your statement. However, to be fair, I think if any race were in power, they would favor their own kind.

Why? Why not favor like-minded? Why not favor regional natives? Why not favor similar economic backgrounds? Etc. Why is racism inevitable?
 
Why? Why not favor like-minded? Why not favor regional natives? Why not favor similar economic backgrounds? Etc. Why is racism inevitable?

I wish I had a answer to to your question. I guess it is a human flaw in us. We gravitate to what we know and are use to. I don't necessarily think it is racism, but more like favoritism.
 
Hmmm. Well, there are large portions of Los Angeles where "Driving While White" is deadly.

I'm from Los Angeles. Please tell me exactly this place is? I never heard any of my white friends say that they were pulled over because they were white.

Especially by the LAPD !!!!
 
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I agree with your statement. However, to be fair, I think if any race were in power, they would favor their own kind.


You caught my point, that it's not necessarily always done as a conscious decision to be biased or unfair. Part of it is familiarity, some of it based on actual qualifications and some on a continuation of circumstances.
 
I'd say that it does exist to a certain extent. However, I wouldn't say that it is anywhere near so widespread or unfair as many pundits on the Left seem to think.

It some regards, it can actually be a liability.

I don't know about it being a liability.

Like Chris Rock said:

" There ain’t a white man in this room that would change places with me. None of you would change places with me. And l’m rich! "
 
Wanna look at drug crime conventions and race? Wanna look at "stop and frisk" statistics?
First, I don't see how one can make the case via stats. Give an individual case example, then we can determine if that case is uniquely capable of benefiting only white people. Second these arguments seem to be quickly changing from what is "white privilege" to what is potentially discriminatory. Not at all the same thing.
 
I don't know about it being a liability.

Like Chris Rock said:

" There ain’t a white man in this room that would change places with me. None of you would change places with me. And l’m rich! "

The only way I'd say it's a "liability" is that you are not eligible for a lot of the same benefits that minorities might be.

Other whites also tend to, largely subconsciously, hold your behavior to a higher standard of conduct than they would a person of minority descent, and be quite a bit more punitive in judging what they determine to be a failure to meet those standards.

I work retail, for instance. We've got black employees here who routinely show up 10 to 15 minutes late for work, suck at customer service, and randomly disappear for thirty minutes at a time or more during their shifts to fiddle around with their cell phones. Yet... No one ever says anything, nor do they lose their jobs.

Me, on the other hand? I can't even take a dump on the job without having some grouchy manager give me a hard time over it.

Hell! I got caught glancing at my cell phone to check my messages one time, and it was brought up in every performance review I had for the next 6 months! :lol:
 
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The only way I'd say it's a "liability" is that you are not eligible for a lot of the same benefits that minorities might be.

Other whites also tend to, largely subconsciously, hold your behavior to a higher standard of conduct than they would a person of minority descent, and be quite a bit more punitive in judging what they determine to be a failure to meet those standards.

I work retail, for instance. We've got black employees here who routinely show up 10 to 15 minutes late for work, suck at customer service, and randomly disappear for thirty minutes at a time or more during their shifts to fiddle around with their cell phones. Yet... No one ever says anything, nor do they lose their jobs.

Me, on the other hand? I can't even take a dump on the job without having some grouchy manager give me a hard time over it.

Hell! I got caught glancing at my cell phone to check my messages one time, and it was brought up in every performance review I had for the next 6 months! :lol:

Be an independent contractor. You'll never have to deal with any of that nonsense when you work for yourself.
 
Only for a few white people. The rest of us work all our damn lives to support those (taxes) who don't or won't.

You can work damn hard and still experience the privilege.

And yes, it exists.
 
Stating that asian women are the worst drivers in the history of the world and you think they should have their own driving test is bigotry.

It may not be racist/bigoted on a massive level, mutter it to yourself in the car, whatever, but especially in a place like this all your statement does is reinforce stereotypes and normalize racism. There is only one step between 'Asian women are worse drivers' to 'Asian women are worse attorneys'. If it was a joke, then don't quit your day job.

EDIT: The more we call out 'casual racism', the quicker we can stamp out harmful racism.

You really don't understand bigotry.
 
A man can dream, can't he? :lol:

Actually (and I'm genuinely not pulling your leg here), aren't there jobs for ex-soldiers, like mercenaries and stuff? I've heard the pay is pretty good.

Although that probably doesn't address the "commuting" issue very well.
 
Actually (and I'm genuinely not pulling your leg here), aren't there jobs for ex-soldiers, like mercenaries and stuff? I've heard the pay is pretty good.

Although that probably doesn't address the "commuting" issue very well.

There are, and that is my ultimate goal. Unfortunately, however, I am lacking the work experience necessary to be particularly marketable at moment, especially in light of how the current administration is cutting back on funding, and forcing many older and more experienced service members to look for alternative means of employment outside of the military.

To be fair, after a year of looking, I actually did almost get one last summer. I did the interviews, signed on the dotted line, and was perfectly willing and able to ship out to Afghanistan for an analyst position to the tune of 90,000 dollars a year, with the possibility of a 30,000 dollar bonus if I did the job well.

The government rejected the contract at the last minute, so I started working retail at $9.00 an hour instead. :bs

At the moment, I'm trying to fix that whole "work experience" problem by applying to become an officer. Hopefully, that process will come to fruition by the end of the year.
 
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Yes there is. How it interacts with a given person is complicated, however. It does not necessarily undermine the idea that a given individual had worked hard to get where they were, but that the other individual in question may have to work harder to get to an equal position.

No two people are alike and so the we can say that inevitably some people are going to have to work harder to get to the same position, even people of the same color and breeding. QED ugly vs pretty, fat vs skinny, ect. Therefore being a particular color is simply part of a very complicated equation of being human and how easy it is for that particular human can do specific things. "Privilege" is an excuse, nothing more, exactly akin to the dog ate my homework.
 
Quote Originally Posted by HogWash View Post

Blacks have the right to make blacks only organizations like the Black Student Union and the Congressional Black Caucus. Whites don't.

Whites do have a congressional Caucus. Its called the Tea Party :)
 
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