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I was in the supermarket this afternoon and I overheard a conversation between a vendor who was stocking the shelves and a store employee. The vendor was black.
The store employee asked how the vendor's day was going and he said that he got accused of stealing by some elderly person who reported him to store security. I guess he saw a black man in a non-store uniform handling lots of merchandise (he was stocking shelves) and assumed he was stealing or something.
I can't explain the "logic" behind that one, it boggles the mind how someone is stocking shelves could look like they were stealing. So the store security brushed the guy off but I guess still told the vendor about it.
So, I was thinking.. I would never be in a situation like that. Where people assume the worst about me based on how I look and I thought of how many other times he likely witnessed casual racism like that in his life.
So, I can see the argument where I have a privilege or an advantage to move about in life without people assuming the worst about me based on how I look.
Although, I don't really see it so much as a privilege since I see privileges as something above and beyond what most people have or should have. I don't see how being treated with simple respect should be a privilege. It's more of a burden when you are not.
I also think many white liberals and black lives matter folks take this notion to some ridiculous extremes but I can see where the basic idea has merit.
I had the cops called on me once because I was standing outside of a watch repair store and someone, do not know who, thought I was going to break in to it. I am white, so I guess I am not a card carrying member of this supposed white privilege club.
A delusional and racist elderly person reporting a vendor as a shoplifter is not a representation of what is or could be 'white privilege' based on an assumption that it would not happen to a white person.
I was in the supermarket this afternoon and I overheard a conversation between a vendor who was stocking the shelves and a store employee. The vendor was black.
The store employee asked how the vendor's day was going and he said that he got accused of stealing by some elderly person who reported him to store security. I guess he saw a black man in a non-store uniform handling lots of merchandise (he was stocking shelves) and assumed he was stealing or something.
I can't explain the "logic" behind that one, it boggles the mind how someone is stocking shelves could look like they were stealing. So the store security brushed the guy off but I guess still told the vendor about it.
So, I was thinking.. I would never be in a situation like that. Where people assume the worst about me based on how I look and I thought of how many other times he likely witnessed casual racism like that in his life.
So, I can see the argument where I have a privilege or an advantage to move about in life without people assuming the worst about me based on how I look.
Although, I don't really see it so much as a privilege since I see privileges as something above and beyond what most people have or should have. I don't see how being treated with simple respect should be a privilege. It's more of a burden when you are not.
I also think many white liberals and black lives matter folks take this notion to some ridiculous extremes but I can see where the basic idea has merit.
Common to have old folks suffering from the strain of dementia accuse pretty much anyone around them of stealing. I have seen this happen before. At some point you can no longer help because they truly believe you are stealing their money, cups and dishes and anyhting else.
White privelege is the latest social justice excuse used to further divide the nation.
Behavior, appearance and comportment are useful for anyone to consider. Beyond that there are plenty of prejudiced people who use far more variables than race to prejudge a situation.
You happen to look like your boss or coworkers ex and she treats you like dirt. you look like someone's drunk uncle Vince and you get treated like a pariaha.
Prejudgement transcends race. To believe in white privelege is to forever hold a grudge and feel oppressed and divert your energy into the ground. there is no solution when you think that white privlege is real except to supress or eliminate that natural born deficit of being white. That is to create eternal enemies not supporters....just like the middle east cultures who kill, because someone's granfather many times removed stole some other guys goat long before Christ walked the earth.
I was in the supermarket this afternoon and I overheard a conversation between a vendor who was stocking the shelves and a store employee. The vendor was black.
The store employee asked how the vendor's day was going and he said that he got accused of stealing by some elderly person who reported him to store security. I guess he saw a black man in a non-store uniform handling lots of merchandise (he was stocking shelves) and assumed he was stealing or something.
I can't explain the "logic" behind that one, it boggles the mind how someone is stocking shelves could look like they were stealing. So the store security brushed the guy off but I guess still told the vendor about it.
So, I was thinking.. I would never be in a situation like that. Where people assume the worst about me based on how I look and I thought of how many other times he likely witnessed casual racism like that in his life.
So, I can see the argument where I have a privilege or an advantage to move about in life without people assuming the worst about me based on how I look.
Although, I don't really see it so much as a privilege since I see privileges as something above and beyond what most people have or should have. I don't see how being treated with simple respect should be a privilege. It's more of a burden when you are not.
I also think many white liberals and black lives matter folks take this notion to some ridiculous extremes but I can see where the basic idea has merit.
That whole post means nothing. My husband repaired business equipment. He is white. I cannot tell you how many times his being in a store has confused store patrons. One lady in a department store got really huffy with him because he would not help her select a new bedspread. He explained to her that he did not work for that store. Her reply was, "If you don't work here, what are you doing behind that cash register?" It has nothing to do with color. It has to do with being at a place and doing what is not usual for someone who is not an employee of said store.
Privilege is getting benefits because of race, gender, etc. The only privileged classes in America are minorities and women. What men are not in a minority class. If they can be sued if they don't hire or work with you, that is a privileged class. I would say white men are the least privileged in America today.
There is no white privelege. There is only black privelege. If you are black, you can put in dramitcally less effort and they will still find a sport for you in universites and places of business. If you are black, anything you say, regardless of how terrible, will be defended or at least immediately forgotten because no one will have the dsire to hold you accountable. Anything you do, including crime, will be defended as a legacy of your faux oppression.
everything in life follows a pattern, if you look long enough, anything can be figured out with minimum effect because it will follow a pattern. So is one is accused of something, nine out of ten times, there a pattern
I am not racially biased. I do not like or trust any strangers. I am suspicious of everyone.
Agent Orange and PTSD. The gifts that keep on giving.
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