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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%

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Is There Such a Thing as "White Privilege"?

As Wiki defines it: "White privilege (or white skin privilege) is a term for societal privileges that benefit white people beyond what is commonly experienced by non-white people in the same social, political, or economic circumstances" White privilege - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
Is There Such a Thing as "White Privilege"?

As Wiki defines it: "White privilege (or white skin privilege) is a term for societal privileges that benefit white people beyond what is commonly experienced by non-white people in the same social, political, or economic circumstances" White privilege - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.
 
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Is There Such a Thing as "White Privilege"?

As Wiki defines it: "White privilege (or white skin privilege) is a term for societal privileges that benefit white people beyond what is commonly experienced by non-white people in the same social, political, or economic circumstances" White privilege - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Depends on where you are, but yes. There's a suburb of Buffalo (which I won't name) where "Driving While Black" is almost certainly a crime.
 
Depends on where you are, but yes. There's a suburb of Buffalo (which I won't name) where "Driving While Black" is almost certainly a crime.

Gosh, I did NOT know that driving while white exempted one from being stopped by the cops. You learn something new every day.
 
Gosh, I did NOT know that driving while white exempted one from being stopped by the cops. You learn something new every day.

Yeah, I need to let that cop that stopped me, a couple of weeks ago, know that he wasn't supposed to do that. :lol:
 
Is There Such a Thing as "White Privilege"?

As Wiki defines it: "White privilege (or white skin privilege) is a term for societal privileges that benefit white people beyond what is commonly experienced by non-white people in the same social, political, or economic circumstances" White privilege - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I'm sure there is a white privilege for Senator Harry Reid, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, Senator Claire McCaskill and....well you get the point. But there no doubt is same privileges for Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and numerous other black dignitaries.
 
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.
 
Gosh, I did NOT know that driving while white exempted one from being stopped by the cops. You learn something new every day.

While I don't agree with Rocket's comments, where did he say "being white" exempted someone from being stopped by the cops?
 
Gosh, I did NOT know that driving while white exempted one from being stopped by the cops. You learn something new every day.

Wanna look at drug crime conventions and race? Wanna look at "stop and frisk" statistics?
 
Maybe you can try pose the question at Stormfront and see what they have to say.
 
Sure. In general, the ethnic groups that make up the majority in any given society enjoy advantages over minorities. Most who take issue with the idea have a gross misunderstanding of the concept, and/or are simply in denial.
 
Wanna look at drug crime conventions and race? Wanna look at "stop and frisk" statistics?

I may, if you want to post them...but I have to plead stupidity on what the hell drug crime conventions are.
 
The thing about White Priviledge is that someone benefits from it so unconsciously that they often ignore it.

It can be the difference between being stopped but let off with a warning vs being stopped and given a ticket.

It can be the difference between getting a job and not getting a job.

It can be the difference between someone not calling the police while you open carry and someone calling the police and lying about your actions while you open carry.

The fact that minorities get harsher sentences for drug related charges and get convictions at higher rates despite not using drugs at a higher rate is proof that such a phenomenon exists.
 
Wanna look at drug crime conventions and race? Wanna look at "stop and frisk" statistics?

While you're at it you may want to give us the percentage of black inmates in our prisons to total black population compared to whites %s of the same.
 
While I don't agree with Rocket's comments, where did he say "being white" exempted someone from being stopped by the cops?

Cops can't stop you without a reason. Just ask them.
 
Cops can't stop you without a reason. Just ask them.

As I said before, I don't agree with his statement, but nowhere did he say whites were exempted from being pulled over.
 
Having worked in the poor parts of Washington DC, and receiving deferential treatment far above and beyond what I actually earned, I can tell you without any doubt that white privilege exists. It is ingrained in our society. And it is not merely whites with power using their power to benefit one another and not other peoples. It is the expectation that permeates every interaction between people of different ethnicities in this country. It is the lifetime learning by non-whites that when they don't treat whites with deference, consequences follow, and when one wants favors, one gets them by sucking up to whites, not to others.

Anecdotes, no matter how true, do not make data, however. If one wants to see the reality of white privilege, one need only understand that a child born to black parents is five times as likely to grow up in poverty as a child born to white parents. Instrumental to denying the very real privileges and oppressions of race in this country is to insist that these black families have brought it upon themselves, as if anyone with the means to change those kinds of circumstances would fail to do so.

Of course white privilege exists. And racial oppression exists. In often insidious and invisible ways. Overt forms like slavery and Jim Crow are gone, but the attitudes that inform them are often uncomfortably proximate to us.
 
As I said before, I don't agree with his statement, but nowhere did he say whites were exempted from being pulled over.

But the implication is sure there. Especially to me. He didn't say ALL blacks are candidates to be pulled over by the cops either.
 
But the implication is sure there. Especially to me. He didn't say ALL blacks are candidates to be pulled over by the cops either.

No, you made the implication. At least own up to it. Your assumption doesn't make it fact. While I don't agree with his comments, I don't agree you are correct with yours either. Sorry, but putting words in someone's mouth doesn't further the debate either. He didn't say ANYTHING about whites, only you. At least own up to it.
 
No, you made the implication. At least own up to it. Your assumption doesn't make it fact. While I don't agree with his comments, I don't agree you are correct with yours either. Sorry, but putting words in someone's mouth doesn't further the debate either. He didn't say ANYTHING about whites, only you. At least own up to it.

Depends on where you are, but yes. There's a suburb of Buffalo (which I won't name) where "Driving While Black" is almost certainly a crime.

No...he didn't say it...but by saying the above about blacks, he IMPLIED that driving in the same suburb while white is NOT a crime. And I seriously doubt that they are "almost certainly" CHARGED with a CRIME even if they were pulled over by a cop. Just MORE Po' black folk bull****.

I have NOTHING to 'own up to'. <<< preposition
 
No, you made the implication. At least own up to it. Your assumption doesn't make it fact. While I don't agree with his comments, I don't agree you are correct with yours either. Sorry, but putting words in someone's mouth doesn't further the debate either. He didn't say ANYTHING about whites, only you. At least own up to it.

Here's an idea...stay the **** out of those neighborhoods if that in fact is the case. I don't go into black neighborhoods EVER because I don't want my ****ing throat cut or shot or, or , or.
 
People get really worked up by the term privilege. Having 'privilege' does not mean that you had an easy life by any means, and should not detract from any achievements that someone has made.

If you consider yourself more fortunate than a child born who was born in Somalia because you were born in a first world country, then congratulations, you are saying that you enjoy some level of unearned privilege over somebody else. Does that mean that every first world born person is lazy and undeserving unlike their Somalian counterparts? Or that the achievements by those in first world countries are less valid? Or course not. Privilege is just a generalized observation that there are certain advantages to certain circumstances of birth.

With that said, it is abundantly clear that white privilege exists. It does not exist legally which is why some are quick to dismiss it, but it permeates through everyday social interaction (as others have said). There is a white standard in our world, of appearance, behaviour, beauty, and being able to conform to that standard grants subtle privilege that others simply aren't privy to. Here's an oft quoted example of a woman getting many more job offers for the same profile with a typical 'white name' compared to her own 'black name': Employment experiment: Does race matter? - FOX 26 News | MyFoxHouston
 
Here's an idea...stay the **** out of those neighborhoods if that in fact is the case. I don't go into black neighborhoods EVER because I don't want my ****ing throat cut or shot or, or , or.

Nice racist comment there.
 
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