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Does "white privilege" exist? If so, should it be corrected?[W: 356]

Does "white privilege exist"?


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"White privilege (or white skin privilege) refers to what some individuals perceive as advantages that white people enjoy in certain societies beyond those commonly experienced by people of color in the same social, political, or economic spaces (nation, community, workplace, income, etc). The controversial term connotes both obvious and less obvious unspoken advantages that white individuals may not recognize they have. These include cultural affirmations of one's own worth; greater presumed social status; and freedom to move, buy, work, play, and speak freely. The concept of white privilege also implies the right to assume the universality of one's own experiences, marking others as different or exceptional while perceiving oneself as normal. It can be compared and/or combined with the concept of male privilege. Does this still exist? If so, should it be corrected and fought against?
 
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Re: Does "white privilege" exist? If so, should it be corrected?

Are you kidding? If anything, I'm at a DISadvantage today as a white male.

Revoke Affirmative Action and actually judge men by the content of their character and not the color of their skin. And quit giving women everything they want.
 
Re: Does "white privilege" exist? If so, should it be corrected?

Just like how the joker often varies in the way it's illustrated in a standard deck of playing cards, the "white privilege" is just the standard race card presented in another fashion.
 
Re: Does "white privilege" exist? If so, should it be corrected?

Are you kidding? If anything, I'm at a DISadvantage today as a white male.

Revoke Affirmative Action and actually judge men by the content of their character and not the color of their skin. And quit giving women everything they want.

Who's going to be doing that judging ?:peace
 
Re: Does "white privilege" exist? If so, should it be corrected?

Who's going to be doing that judging ?:peace

Someone who doesn't give you "points" for being black or a woman.

I mean, I'm not trying for a civil service job, but it'd be nice if I could beat out a black woman who gets it just by being a black woman.
 
Re: Does "white privilege" exist? If so, should it be corrected?

Someone that happens to be white may come from a wealthier background which helped them out (assuming their parents paid for college or something), but I don't think white privilege exists. If anything being white has only hurt me.
 
Re: Does "white privilege" exist? If so, should it be corrected?

The term "white privilege" is a racist one. Its only motive is to make white people feel guilty about being white. To hate themselves for being white. To expect people to take on the burden of guilt for actions and deeds that most not only had no part in, but quite probably were fellow victims is appalling.
 
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Yes, white privilege exists just as upper class privilege, male privilege and Christian privilege exist in the United States. Relative to race, the white "race" is the dominant one in the United States. It currently and historically dominates nearly every power-holding aspect of society from government to business to media. Because of that dominance, white people (in general) have advantages that non-white people do not. Examples of advantage would be the fact that whites encounter less racism when applying for jobs or housing; the fact that whites have had a historical "head start" in terms of wealth and education aquisition; and so on.

The interesting thing about white privilege (and many other types of privilege as well) is that it includes the luxury of being able to not see that privilege. For example, you're hear a lot of white people say things like, "Are you kidding? If anything, I'm at a DISadvantage today as a white male." They truly believe that because they evaluate "privilege" and things like on a surface level. By "surface level", I mean that they believe privilege has to be labeled things like "Affirmative Action" or "Black History Month." They don't realize that such things are labeled because the default in society is "white." (Therein lies the privilege.)

In sum, yes, white privilege is an undeniable reality. In nearly every society, certain groups within the population are "privileged". In some countries, privilege is determined by race, in others it is determined by religion and in others it's determined by ethnicity or something else entirely or a combination of several. White privilege is, again, undeniable. Any adult who denies that it exists in the United States is ignorant, and likely willfully so.
 
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"White privilege (or white skin privilege) refers to what some individuals perceive as advantages that white people enjoy in certain societies beyond those commonly experienced by people of color in the same social, political, or economic spaces (nation, community, workplace, income, etc). The controversial term connotes both obvious and less obvious unspoken advantages that white individuals may not recognize they have. These include cultural affirmations of one's own worth; greater presumed social status; and freedom to move, buy, work, play, and speak freely. The concept of white privilege also implies the right to assume the universality of one's own experiences, marking others as different or exceptional while perceiving oneself as normal. It can be compared and/or combined with the concept of male privilege. Does this still exist? If so, should it be corrected and fought against?

"White privilege" connotes advantages and special treatment based on one's skin being white. I don't think it's that simple. A person of color with the same education, general appearance, command of language, work ethic, etc., as another person who is white? I think they actually have an advantage in our society.
 
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I think white women privilege exists; not so much white men privilege.
 
Re: Does "white privilege" exist? If so, should it be corrected?

Yes, white privilege exists just as upper class privilege, male privilege and Christian privilege exist in the United States. Relative to race, the white "race" is the dominant one in the United States. It currently and historically dominates nearly every power-holding aspect of society from government to business to media. Because of that dominance, white people (in general) have advantages that non-white people do not. Examples of advantage would be the fact that whites encounter less racism when applying for jobs or housing; the fact that whites have had a historical "head start" in terms of wealth and education aquisition; and so on.

The interesting thing about white privilege (and many other types of privilege as well) is that it includes the luxury of being able to not see that privilege. For example, you're hear a lot of white people say things like, "Are you kidding? If anything, I'm at a DISadvantage today as a white male." They truly believe that because they evaluate "privilege" and things like on a surface level. By "surface level", I mean that they believe privilege has to be labeled things like "Affirmative Action" or "Black History Month." They don't realize that such things are labeled because the default in society is "white." (Therein lies the privilege.)

In sum, yes, white privilege is an undeniable reality. In nearly every society, certain groups within the population are "privileged". In some countries, privilege is determined by race, in others it is determined by religion and in others it's determined by ethnicity or something else entirely or a combination of several. White privilege is, again, undeniable. Any adult who denies that it exists in the United States is ignorant, and likely willfully so.

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So which minority do YOU belong to, because your post is laughably incorrect.

Empirical employment statistics back me up. Go back and show me the last time women had a higher unemployment rate than men.
 
Re: Does "white privilege" exist? If so, should it be corrected?

I'm a white male and never felt privileged because of my gender or skin color - I've worked hard for everything I've ever achieved. Another person's gender or skin color has never been important to me.

That doesn't mean, however, that it doesn't exist in some parts of the world or in some people's minds.
 
Re: Does "white privilege" exist? If so, should it be corrected?

Why are you always fighting these race and gender battles from the 1960s?


It's over and done. Equality won.
 
Re: Does "white privilege" exist? If so, should it be corrected?

I came up from poverty and earned my title and current position in management through hard work. I don't have a college degree through my own choices and trouble finding a scholarship because "white girl majoring in marketing" isn't very unique. I've been discriminated against, I've had racist epithets directed at me, I've been harassed in minority-dominant communities on the basis of being white. Did having an "anglo" name score me an interview that an "ethnic" name might not have scored? Maybe. Then again, I was targeted from day 1 by a minority-race district manager who called me an "uppity cracka" when I worked for a minority-dominant company.

So does white privilege exist? Sure. In some respects. But merely being white does not automatically equate to any specific opportunities in and of itself. When you start 10m ahead in the race, all else being equal you'll stay 10m ahead. But everybody at the starting line's gonna run in pace. For the most part, anyway. Some white people do get a head start, but then again, some whites get stuck 10m BEHIND the starting line.
 
Re: Does "white privilege" exist? If so, should it be corrected?

Why are you always fighting these race and gender battles from the 1960s?


It's over and done. Equality won.

Not quite yet. In some settings I think the pendulum of discrimination has swung to the other side and needs to be brought to the middle.
 
Re: Does "white privilege" exist? If so, should it be corrected?

Not quite yet. In some settings I think the pendulum of discrimination has swung to the other side and needs to be brought to the middle.


When Jessie and Al finally die off I think things will settle down a lot. :mrgreen:
 
Re: Does "white privilege" exist? If so, should it be corrected?

When Jessie and Al finally die off I think things will settle down a lot. :mrgreen:

I just hope there aren't other racist, race-baiting idiots to fill their void. They may be gone but that doesn't necessarily mean that they won't be succeeded.
 
Re: Does "white privilege" exist? If so, should it be corrected?

I'm a white male and never felt privileged because of my gender or skin color - I've worked hard for everything I've ever achieved. Another person's gender or skin color has never been important to me.

That doesn't mean, however, that it doesn't exist in some parts of the world or in some people's minds.

Good evening, CJ. Working hard is too often equated with so-called white privilege. I grew up in a small town with (much) lower than average income per capita. I love it when people ascribe my modest success in life to advantages of birth. My grandfathers, a tenant farmer and a coal miner, respectively, would be proud.:cool:
 
Re: Does "white privilege" exist? If so, should it be corrected?

Yes, but it is complicated, and no, I don't see being white as a disadvantage.
 
Re: Does "white privilege" exist? If so, should it be corrected?

Good evening, CJ. Working hard is too often equated with so-called white privilege. I grew up in a small town with (much) lower than average income per capita. I love it when people ascribe my modest success in life to advantages of birth. My grandfathers, a tenant farmer and a coal miner, respectively, would be proud.:cool:

Good evening 2M - hope all is well - I see much of the Politico gang has migrated here and still active so I'm glad I didn't lose those friends.

As for the issue, some people naturally blame others or circumstances for their personal failures - when you have a President who lives by it, you can understand it in others.
 
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Good evening, CJ. Working hard is too often equated with so-called white privilege. I grew up in a small town with (much) lower than average income per capita. I love it when people ascribe my modest success in life to advantages of birth. My grandfathers, a tenant farmer and a coal miner, respectively, would be proud.:cool:

I have often wondered why I worked so hard! It's nice to know that it was because I was "privileged." :)

Good afternoon, Jack, and CJ.
 
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Good evening 2M - hope all is well - I see much of the Politico gang has migrated here and still active so I'm glad I didn't lose those friends.

As for the issue, some people naturally blame others or circumstances for their personal failures - when you have a President who lives by it, you can understand it in others.

I like to think of the POLITICO emigres as settlers arriving in the New World. On a more Sci-Fi theme, we could be the survivors from a doomed planet. Regardless, this is a good place and I'm glad to have you and the others here.:2wave:
 
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I just hope there aren't other racist, race-baiting idiots to fill their void. They may be gone but that doesn't necessarily mean that they won't be succeeded.

You might find the current President will need a hobby/vocation when he leaves the White House.
 
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I have often wondered why I worked so hard! It's nice to know that it was because I was "privileged." :)

Good afternoon, Jack, and CJ.

Yup. You and Lady Mary of Downton Abbey. Good evening, Polgara.:2wave:
 
Re: Does "white privilege" exist? If so, should it be corrected?

I have often wondered why I worked so hard! It's nice to know that it was because I was "privileged." :)

Good afternoon, Jack, and CJ.

Good afternoon to you as well Lady P - hope you're having fun too.
 
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