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We had adults to ensure that if we failed to achieve the white privilege standard then the rewards would be something undesirable yet unrelated to drugs or prison.
We had adults to ensure that if we failed to achieve the white privilege standard then the rewards would be something undesirable yet unrelated to drugs or prison.
As a white man I get to work twice as hard as anyone else. I have no excuses to use in my favor (no race card) to fall back on. I get to fight for my Country and risk life or limb. I pay high taxes because I am single and without children. I get to help minorities daily with no thank yous or deserved credit. I do all of these things so I can be labeled "white bread" and a bigot.
The only thing I have real "BIG" are the scars and physical damage done to my body during all of this.
I'm not a bigot.
I've been working full time jobs over 20 years, I'm a Black guy. Can you please tell me exactly, what you have done for/paid for, for me?
I wish there could be an honest discussion on this subject but it seems more and more likely that this would never happen.
My idea of white Privilege based on my own experiences is a 15 y/o white kid getting drunk in public and instead of going to juve, simply has his parents called to come pick him/her up because the cop knows the family and doesnt want to ruin their life. The black kid in the same situation doesnt have that privilege
Its unequal treatment because of a Good ol'boy's network.
but we cant discuss this because people are more worried about one uping each other or degrading those who disagree with them than having an actual discussion.
Thank you for at least attempting an answer.
If I understand this correctly, you believe that while young white kids and young black kids act up in the same ways, the white kid and his or her family are more likely to be known by the police, and for that reason the white kid is more likely to avoid arrest and incarceration.
You also referenced a white good ole boys network that it seems you believe exists and to which white people generally have access.
I believe you are projecting based on your own experience with the black good ole boys network.
This black version of a good ole boys network is something I have seen on many occasions.
It generally takes the form of one black person giving some sort of pass to another black person that they wouldn`t give to a white person.
I recently checked out at a local retailer behind a black woman that wanted to steal lipstick by leaving it in the bottom of her cart as she paid for her other selections.
The black cashier leaned over to scan a case of bottled water and must have seen the lipstick, but she said nothing about it.
The customer paid for her other items and rolled out with her stolen lipstick thanks to the cooperation of the black cashier.
Sure, it`s a petty thing, but it is also common and something all but unique to a black culture that is sealed off against other races.
The assumption that whites are as race fixated as blacks and as willing to engage in something illegal or unethical to benefit another white person defines the distorted perception of American society common to blacks.
The reality is there is no White Miss America Pageant, WET network, United Caucasian College Fund, Congressional White Caucus or anything of the sort because white people don`t have the same sort of racist mentality as blacks.
If America were a place where whites deliberately excluded blacks in the way blacks exclude whites, then yes, in that case there would be white privilege.
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Originally Posted by momonkey
If America were a place where whites deliberately excluded blacks in the way blacks exclude whites, then yes, in that case there would be white privilege.
Lol, did you really type this with a straight face? Uh, slavery? Jim Crow? Racial profiling? Redlining? Police brutality? Whites have deliberately excluded blacks from mainstream society and continue to do so. It's not as bad as it once was, and not all whites are complicit, but let's not act like modern day race relations are a bed of roses...
I would be willing to bet that the reason blacks sentences are longer, is because most are repeat offenders and are convicted of violent crimes which carry longer sentences.
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Lol, did you really type this with a straight face? Uh, slavery? Jim Crow? Racial profiling? Redlining? Police brutality? Whites have deliberately excluded blacks from mainstream society and continue to do so. It's not as bad as it once was, and not all whites are complicit, but let's not act like modern day race relations are a bed of roses...
There is no slavery in the US today.
There are no Jim Crows laws in the US today.
Redlining is based on geography, not race.
Police brutality happens to white people too.
"Whites have deliberately excluded blacks from mainstream society and continue to do so."
Which whites?
When do they do this?
Where do they do this?
How do they do this?
Are rouge police officers standing over black high school students with batons drawn forcing them to perform poorly on standardized tests?
Do white people forcibly inject single black females with the semen of black males?
Do white people frame young black males for the murder of other young black males?
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