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African immigrants to the US are among the most educated groups in the United States. Some 48.9 percent of all African immigrants hold a college diploma. This is more than double the rate of native-born white Americans, and nearly four times the rate of native-born African Americans.[26] According to the 2000 Census, the rate of college diploma acquisition is highest among Egyptian Americans at 59.7 percent, followed closely by Nigerian Americans at 58.6 percent.
Clearly you don't understand the detrimental effect of telling poor blacks they don't have enough privilege to make it in this country.
May I recommend a book for your liberal white guilt:
"We all have privilege, we just need to access it."
That is NOT what I’m saying. As I’ve seen, that’s not what anyone here is saying.
Also, I’m a black woman. I don’t have liberal white guilt. Your entire post is ridiculous. Maybe you should not talk about something when you lack a true understanding.
That is NOT what I’m saying. As I’ve seen, that’s not what anyone here is saying.
Also, I’m a black woman. I don’t have liberal white guilt. Your entire post is ridiculous.
As a black woman, you should know telling poor blacks they don't have the privilege to make it in this country is psychologically damning and I don't condone your insinuations of white genetic predispositions to success and superiority.
Everyone has privilege, we just need to access it.
As a black woman, you should know telling poor blacks they don't have the privilege to make it in this country is psychologically damning and I don't condone your insinuations of white genetic predispositions to success.
Everyone has privilege, you just need to access it.
You’re being disingenuous. I did not say what you’re implying.
I think it exists, but I would expand a bit on the original quote, to clarify things.
A big part of privilege has to do with assumptions, and benefit of the doubt.
If you can get the job or the spot at a top-tier university or the scholarship without anyone wondering if you got it because of affirmative action or some kind of quota system, that's privilege. You are being given the benefit of the doubt.
If you can go to a store and not be followed around because the employees think you are there to shoplift, that's privilege. You are being given the benefit of the doubt.
If you can walk or drive anywhere you want without arousing anyone's suspicion, that's privilege. You are being given the benefit of the doubt.
The first example, particularly regarding jobs, is usually white privilege, sometimes male privilege, particularly if it's a technical field: "How did she get that job, everyone knows men are better at STEM?"
The second two, mostly white privilege, and sometimes age privilege. Nobody suspects Grandma of shoplifting, but people watch teens like hawks.
Hell, I can even think of an example of female privilege. A woman can choose to be a stay-at-home parent and no one blinks an eye, but if a man does it, someone, at some point, will say that he's a bad provider - a deadbeat who isn't taking proper care of his family.
So...yeah, privilege is real. If the terminology offends you, think for a moment about the examples above, and call it by a different name if you like. That doesn't make it any less real.
As for those saying people are blaming privilege for all their misfortunes, I didn't see anything in the original post that even hinted at such a thing.
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