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How Mjnorities can gain their "privilege"
Posted on 5/29/14 at 4:10 pm
Posted on 5/29/14 at 4:10 pm
A hot topic as of recent has been about white privilege. First off there is no privilege for simply being white. A fedora wearing neckbeard living in the basement has no privilege. A tatted up white trash thug has no privilege.
Privilege stems from carrying yourself properly and making responsible decisions. It has nothing to do with race but rather perceptions. When cold hard facts and statistics show that the race you belong to commit a majority of crimes, have the highest poverty rates, etc then the perception is negative. If a black make walks into a bank wearing sagging jeans and covered in tats asking for a loan then right then you will not be taken seriously. If you walk in wearing a button down and khakis then the lender will think "ok this guy means business I'm going to do all I can to help".
So here are some easy steps that those who claim the world is against them can take to change perception and earn their privilege and respect.
1. Get an education. It opens doors to better paying jobs and college scholarships.
2. Open a bank account. Build credit. Make smart financial decisions...don't cash your checks at the Indian store. Good credit leads to a plethora of privilege
3. Dress appropriate. Perception is reality. You can make yourself look more important than you really are and gain unearned respect simply by dressing and carrying yourself right.
4. When starting a job, work hard, show motivation, listen to your superiors and keep your mouth shut even if they are wrong.
5. Stay away from drugs and crime. If you want people to stop acting weird around minorities or stopping to ask what you're doing in this neighborhood, etc then don't portray the stereotype. This is a overall culture change that must occur.., don't say it's false because statistics show otherwise.
6. Don't have kids before you're ready. This will force you to end any aspirations you may have and take any job just to get by. It closes a lot of doors to opportunity. Wait until you achieve relative success and have a stable income
Privilege comes from appearances and success. Not skin color.
Privilege stems from carrying yourself properly and making responsible decisions. It has nothing to do with race but rather perceptions. When cold hard facts and statistics show that the race you belong to commit a majority of crimes, have the highest poverty rates, etc then the perception is negative. If a black make walks into a bank wearing sagging jeans and covered in tats asking for a loan then right then you will not be taken seriously. If you walk in wearing a button down and khakis then the lender will think "ok this guy means business I'm going to do all I can to help".
So here are some easy steps that those who claim the world is against them can take to change perception and earn their privilege and respect.
1. Get an education. It opens doors to better paying jobs and college scholarships.
2. Open a bank account. Build credit. Make smart financial decisions...don't cash your checks at the Indian store. Good credit leads to a plethora of privilege
3. Dress appropriate. Perception is reality. You can make yourself look more important than you really are and gain unearned respect simply by dressing and carrying yourself right.
4. When starting a job, work hard, show motivation, listen to your superiors and keep your mouth shut even if they are wrong.
5. Stay away from drugs and crime. If you want people to stop acting weird around minorities or stopping to ask what you're doing in this neighborhood, etc then don't portray the stereotype. This is a overall culture change that must occur.., don't say it's false because statistics show otherwise.
6. Don't have kids before you're ready. This will force you to end any aspirations you may have and take any job just to get by. It closes a lot of doors to opportunity. Wait until you achieve relative success and have a stable income
Privilege comes from appearances and success. Not skin color.
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Posted on 5/29/14 at 4:16 pm to deltaland
All of those are great. Building stronger family units and neighborhoods that work together instead of rely on the government would be another.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 4:17 pm to deltaland
if i could double up vote this i would
Posted on 5/29/14 at 4:17 pm to deltaland
False. I think that's growing truer every day, but that's not the world we live in.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 4:18 pm to deltaland
All the upvotes
Posted on 5/29/14 at 4:21 pm to deltaland
Three easy steps to avoid poverty.
1). Graduate high school
2). Get a full-time j-o-b
3). Get married before you have a kid.
You have now reduced your chance of being in poverty to 2%.
1). Graduate high school
2). Get a full-time j-o-b
3). Get married before you have a kid.
You have now reduced your chance of being in poverty to 2%.
This post was edited on 5/29/14 at 4:22 pm
Posted on 5/29/14 at 4:25 pm to TeLeFaWx
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False. I think that's growing truer every day, but that's not the world we live in.
Care to, you know, actually elaborate?
Posted on 5/29/14 at 4:29 pm to the808bass
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1). Graduate high school
2). Get a full-time j-o-b
Yep.
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3). Get married before you have a kid.
Negative. Plenty of middle to upper class families exist where the parents aren't married.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 4:30 pm to deltaland
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fedora wearing neckbeard
Great way to start your discussion off by alienating half of this board.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 4:31 pm to deltaland
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1. Get an education. It opens doors to better paying jobs and college scholarships.
Asians are over-educated. Elite universities openly discriminate against Asian applicants.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 4:31 pm to CatFan81
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Negative. Plenty of middle to upper class families exist where the parents aren't married.
Rectangles aren't all squares. All squares are rectangles. I'm just giving you the facts.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 4:34 pm to the808bass
Your opinion isn't fact. 
Posted on 5/29/14 at 4:34 pm to CatFan81
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Negative. Plenty of middle to upper class families exist where the parents aren't married.
You're missing his point.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 4:35 pm to CatFan81
That maybe so, but having a child out of wedlock never improves one's financial situation. It only serves to strain your finances much more than they would be otherwise.
In reference to the OP, all of those are good advice. People like to bitch that banks make predatory loans against minorities, but your credit score has no *attached that says what color you are. If anything, credit scores are the most unbiased part of our society.
In reference to the OP, all of those are good advice. People like to bitch that banks make predatory loans against minorities, but your credit score has no *attached that says what color you are. If anything, credit scores are the most unbiased part of our society.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 4:35 pm to the808bass
you sound like a square
Posted on 5/29/14 at 4:35 pm to CatFan81
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Negative. Plenty of middle to upper class families exist where the parents aren't married.
That's why in my OP I said "before you're ready" rather than before marriage.
Marriage has nothing to do with success really...but having a kid before you can afford one will hamper your ability to succeed. You could actually throw in "don't get married before you can afford it" to that list.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 4:37 pm to CatFan81
Those facts were based upon statistics compiled by the Brookings institution.
Having a kid before you're married doesn't mean you're going to live in poverty. It does mean your chances increase. Not sure what is hard to understand about that.
Having a kid before you're married doesn't mean you're going to live in poverty. It does mean your chances increase. Not sure what is hard to understand about that.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 4:37 pm to deltaland
I downvoted due to pretension.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 4:38 pm to Phat Phil
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Asians are over-educated. Elite universities openly discriminate against Asian applicants.
Asians also have the highest average income in the US.
I think the majority of "discrimination" is against Asian applicants that come over here from Asian countries and get an education then go back home.
I haven't seen where Asian American citizens are discriminated against by universities.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 4:38 pm to CheeseburgerEddie
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you sound like a square
Super square.
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