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Old 04-06-2015, 02:09 PM
 
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Yes, I'm white, so therefore I live an easier life than you. You are making a broad generalization without knowing the first thing about me. I would never make such an arrogant statement without really knowing you as a person.

Of course women are the largest beneficiaries. They make up 1/2 of the population. This doesn't make it any less discriminatory.
It's not about who's life is easier, it's about how society perceives you vs. me. An employer doesn't know you anymore than me or what you or I have been through, they just see a White face and that alone gives you a leg up. These are facts. Just like you have an advantage over a White Woman. It's odd how opponents of AA never had issues with Women benefiting from it only Black people.
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Old 04-06-2015, 02:13 PM
 
Location: SW King County, WA
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Whenever I get stressed out about my job security as a teacher, I read threads like this and remember why I'll always have a job. LOL
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Old 04-06-2015, 02:16 PM
 
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It's not about who's life is easier, it's about how society perceives you vs. me. An employer doesn't know you anymore than me or what you or I have been through, they just see a White face and that alone gives you a leg up. These are facts. Just like you have an advantage over a White Woman. It's odd how opponents of AA never had issues with Women benefiting from it only Black people.
Society perceives you inferior to me? Who is society? We're all individuals. Such a broad generalization without any concrete data to prove that this is giving me a leg up on you.
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Old 04-06-2015, 02:19 PM
 
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Society perceives you inferior to me? Who is society? We're all individuals. Such a broad generalization without any concrete data to prove that this is giving me a leg up on you.
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Old 04-06-2015, 04:27 PM
 
Location: Studio City, CA 91604
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Don't you know College is taught by *******s and Hussein Obama supporting commies. College is for making whites feel guilty while practicing reverse racism! Whites are the real victims in America!
Funny guy! I'm Fillipino/Latino, gay and hold a Master's degree...but keep pretending and assuming
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Old 04-06-2015, 04:35 PM
 
Location: Studio City, CA 91604
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Middle class values are a form of privilege. Having privilege does not mean things are handed to you, and negates the work you do. But privilege gives you invisible advantages that people with less privilege do not have. The "invisible knapsack."
So, because my dad stuck around after he knocked my mom up and helped raise my siblings and I, we are somehow "privileged"???? Are you fricking kidding? Do you realize how stupid that sounds??? So, being normal and doing what normal people are supposed to do is "privilege"???

No! It's called my father was a real man who knew his responsibilities. He wasn't a child trapped in man's body who wanted to evade his responsibility so he could be a "player".

And, who put you in charge of deciding what "privilege" is? You think that because you're a liberal you have some self-ordained power to decide for the rest of us what "privilege" is?
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Old 04-06-2015, 04:40 PM
 
Location: State of Transition
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Society perceives you inferior to me? Who is society? We're all individuals. Such a broad generalization without any concrete data to prove that this is giving me a leg up on you.
The point is that all to often, the gatekeepers to jobs, college admission, and other benefits don't see everyone as individuals. Studies have been done where it was found that job applicants with African-American-sounding names on their resumes weren't contacted for an interview for jobs for which they were qualified, while those with neutral-sounding names did get called.
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Old 04-06-2015, 04:41 PM
 
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In my experience, there is a lot of racism from Indians to whites as well.

100% agree, it wasn't as bad back in New York as it is here.
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Old 04-06-2015, 04:51 PM
 
Location: SW King County, WA
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So, because my dad stuck around after he knocked my mom up and helped raise my siblings and I, we are somehow "privileged"???? Are you fricking kidding? Do you realize how stupid that sounds??? So, being normal and doing what normal people are supposed to do is "privilege"???

No! It's called my father was a real man who knew his responsibilities. He wasn't a child trapped in man's body who wanted to evade his responsibility so he could be a "player".

And, who put you in charge of deciding what "privilege" is? You think that because you're a liberal you have some self-ordained power to decide for the rest of us what "privilege" is?
Nobody said Filipinos couldn't be racist, but this post is full of it, along with some pretty ridiculous assumptions.
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Old 04-06-2015, 05:06 PM
 
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I believe it had been well documented that studies have been done showing that race does play a role in employment.this study from u of Chicago appears to have very good methodology .
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From July 2001 to May 2002, Bertrand and Mullainathan sent fictitious resumes in response to 1,300 help-wanted ads listed in the Boston Globe and the Chicago Tribune. They used the callback rate for interviews to measure the success of each resume. Approximately 5,000 resumes were sent for positions in sales, administrative support, clerical services, and customer service. Jobs ranged from a cashier at a store to the manager of sales at a large firm.

The catch was that the authors manipulated the perception of race via the name of each applicant, with comparable credentials for each racial group. Each resume was randomly assigned either a very white-sounding name (Emily Walsh, Brendan Baker) or a very African-American-sounding name (Lakisha Washington, Jamal Jones).

The authors find that applicants with white-sounding names are 50 percent more likely to get called for an initial interview than applicants with African-American-sounding names. Applicants with white names need to send about 10 resumes to get one callback, whereas applicants with African-American names need to send about 15 resumes to achieve the same result.
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