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re: How Mjnorities can gain their "privilege"
Posted on 5/29/14 at 7:38 pm to Alahunter
Posted on 5/29/14 at 7:38 pm to Alahunter
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Louis C. K. explained it best in the above link. I will summarize it by saying If you were reincarnated and given a little box to choose your race, I be you are going with white.
Louis C. K. explained it best in the above link. I will summarize it by saying If you were reincarnated and given a little box to choose your race, I be you are going with white.
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Posted on 5/29/14 at 7:39 pm to Alahunter
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Try driving that white privilege in downtown Detroit, or near a police precinct in a drug riddled, predominately black area. You'll see it turn to, that white boy is looking for drugs.
I dont believe so.
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Everyone gets stereotyped, even white folks.
But this isnt about mere stereotypes
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"White privilege" labeling is just another attempt to divide and continue class/race warfare. As long as everyone keeps buying into it, it will continue to help perpetuate prejudices.
Acknowledging a simple fact of society isnt perpetuating anything. Simply saying it exists does nothing.
Now, minorities who play the victim card all the time because of it can have negative consequences but that is another matter.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 7:40 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
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Gotcha. I guess I don't think about that stuff as being privileges.
And thats pretty much the point.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 7:42 pm to CheeseburgerEddie
"I’m not saying that white people are better. I’m saying that being white is clearly better, who could even argue? If it was an option, I would re-up every year."
This post was edited on 5/29/14 at 7:43 pm
Posted on 5/29/14 at 7:43 pm to TbirdSpur2010
quote:And that's a great way to see things in life.
Biggest thing for me is I don't harp on advantages or disadvantages. I can only control my own self and my own work ethic and let the chips fall where they may. Focusing on problems doesn't solve problems. There are always going to be facets of life that are unfair to everyone.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 7:44 pm to CheeseburgerEddie
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Louis C. K. explained it best in the above link. I will summarize it by saying If you were reincarnated and given a little box to choose your race, I be you are going with white
No such thing as reincarnation.
I'd kinda like to be Bora Boranian Fijian if I could come back.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 7:46 pm to Roger Klarvin
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The fact is that I have never once been out at 2 AM and worried about what it might appear to a police officer I was doing.
That's changing, too. Cops tase errybody now.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 7:49 pm to Roger Klarvin
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I dont believe so
I do.
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But this isnt about mere stereotypes
Sure it is. Actions are based on sterotypes. Perpetuating those stereotypes creates the issues that continue. So long as people teach that you can or can't be something because of someone else, they'll continue.
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Acknowledging a simple fact of society isnt perpetuating anything.
You already refuse to acknowledge the above scenario. I can promise you, a solitairy white boy driving in the hood is going to be treated the same as a solitairy black boy in a nice neighborhood, in regards to, they up to something.
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Simply saying it exists does nothing
It exists everywhere. It's not a "white" thing. Put an Indian and a black guy in the same vehicle, is it Indian privilege. Or an Asian and a black guy in that same vehicle. Is it Asian privilege then? How about a Spaniard and a black guy, Spaniard privilege?
Posted on 5/29/14 at 7:51 pm to deltaland
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4. When starting a job, work hard, show motivation, listen to your superiors and keep your mouth shut even if they are wrong.
I was 30 before I figured that part out. It's part of my daily routine these days.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 7:51 pm to Roger Klarvin
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The fact is that I have never once been out at 2 AM and worried about what it might appear to a police officer I was doing
Most have been young and dumb at a certain age and have worried. Grats on not ever drinking underage and being out when police are around.
This post was edited on 5/29/14 at 7:52 pm
Posted on 5/29/14 at 7:52 pm to deeprig9
quote:Except on the GSPB
I was 30 before I figured that part out. It's part of my daily routine these days.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 7:54 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
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Except on the GSPB
I was speaking of my superiors.
On the UGA board, there are few superiors.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 7:55 pm to Alahunter
actually I just want to know which box you are going to check.
This post was edited on 5/29/14 at 7:56 pm
Posted on 5/29/14 at 7:57 pm to Roger Klarvin
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I was in a car with a black friend who was pulled over because the cop thought it strange that a black youth was driving such a nice vehicle.
That's just being bigoted. I've been pulled over by a black cop because I was white and had a nice truck and he simply wanted to find something wrong so he could write me a ticket. He had no reason to pull me over..couldn't even give me one. They do that shite all the time here.
IMO, I see privilege as "help" that you receive due to others having a positive perception of you.
For example, being able to walk into a bank looking for a line of credit and receiving a positive response prior to showing your financial credentials.
Privilege is getting the benefit of the doubt when you go to court for fricking up. There is a reason that a white college frat boy gets out of a drug possession charge while the tatted up gangsta goes to jail for the same offense. It's because there is a perception that the college kid has a future and made a bad decision, and that the thug will never get off the streets.
Remember the only color that matters is green. Money talks, bullshite walks.
I only think privilege as something that can help further you in society, and it's something that is earned through hard work and responsible actions.
Sure there are perks to being a member of the majority, such as Tbird said when you turn on the TV most actors are white, but that really isn't privilege so much as it's just economics. People are going to target the largest demographic because that's the largest consumer base. It would only be a privilege if only white people were allowed to be actors...because then there would be no possible opportunity for minorities in such a career thus hampering their economic capability
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Posted on 5/29/14 at 7:59 pm to deeprig9
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I was speaking of my superiors.
On the UGA board, there are few superiors.
Yeah, I was just busting your chops
Posted on 5/29/14 at 7:59 pm to CheeseburgerEddie
Well.. I like white people stuff like:
hunting
collecting firearms
surplus military stuff
country music (verne gosdin country, not this crap today)
4 wheelers
dirt bikes
Nascar
and Air Supply
so yeah, I'm probably checking white if I come back.
hunting
collecting firearms
surplus military stuff
country music (verne gosdin country, not this crap today)
4 wheelers
dirt bikes
Nascar
and Air Supply
so yeah, I'm probably checking white if I come back.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 8:00 pm to Alahunter
case closed in my eyes.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 8:01 pm to Alahunter
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Well.. I like white people stuff like:
That's not white people stuff. That's redneck stuff.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 8:01 pm to CatFan81
subset of country people who are usually white
This post was edited on 5/29/14 at 8:02 pm
Posted on 5/29/14 at 8:05 pm to CheeseburgerEddie
Had a friend who owned a tackle shop. Some brick masons used to come in that lived in Talladega county. There were known to us as, the brothers who were brothers. (they were real brothers and black) The would come back white too, but only cuz they would have identified with everything I just typed out, Air Supply being the exception probably.
(they were real brothers and black) The would come back white too, but only cuz they would have identified with everything I just typed out, Air Supply being the exception probably. This post was edited on 5/29/14 at 8:06 pm
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