Forlorn_Ass posted...
No.
Lol @ people voting no
M_Live posted...
Lol @ people voting no
It's currently winning
John_Galt posted...
Forlorn_Ass posted...
No.
White privilege isn't some thing where every white person is born with a silver spoon in their mouth (although because of family history, land ownership there are greater chances of wealth being passed down for some non immigrant families)
I think it's more just, for the most part, not being negatively judged by your skin color when searching for employment, dealing with police. If a fictional character is white, it's just a character, if the character is black/asian/etc, you're making a statement.
It's not that it's easy to be white, it's hard to be human in general, it's just you don't have certain flavors of extra bullshit.
Whether it's looking like you're up to no good because you're black and wearing a hooded sweater, not having to prove your ethnicity if you don't like certain things (you're the whitest black dude I know, you don't even like hip hop), not really thinking racism is still a big deal because it doesn't often enter your personal space etc.
Edit: Additionally, growing up in America means that you also had to grow up mostly watching white men/women/culture in TV/Movies. So much so that I literally had to explain to several white kids that anime characters are usually asian. I guess I had the break dancing black power ranger with a gun, Barret and the burn victim demon Spawn, but there were slim pickings being a black nerd and trying to see yourself/find a costume.
Anyone who says no, so you'd be chill with having been born black? You'd be chill with living as a black man in America? Totally indifferent?
Anyone who's saying "no" I feel is not understanding what white privilege means. It doesn't mean all white people have it easy and all black people have it hard. It doesn't mean that you're not capable of having a tough life because of your whiteness, or that any of your hardships should be dismissed because you are white.
Best simple explanation I read on reddit once:
White privilege isn't some thing where every white person is born with a silver spoon in their mouth (although because of family history, land ownership there are greater chances of wealth being passed down for some non immigrant families)
I think it's more just, for the most part, not being negatively judged by your skin color when searching for employment, dealing with police. If a fictional character is white, it's just a character, if the character is black/asian/etc, you're making a statement.
It's not that it's easy to be white, it's hard to be human in general, it's just you don't have certain flavors of extra bullshit.
Whether it's looking like you're up to no good because you're black and wearing a hooded sweater, not having to prove your ethnicity if you don't like certain things (you're the whitest black dude I know, you don't even like hip hop), not really thinking racism is still a big deal because it doesn't often enter your personal space etc.
Edit: Additionally, growing up in America means that you also had to grow up mostly watching white men/women/culture in TV/Movies. So much so that I literally had to explain to several white kids that anime characters are usually asian. I guess I had the break dancing black power ranger with a gun, Barret and the burn victim demon Spawn, but there were slim pickings being a black nerd and trying to see yourself/find a costume.
MJ_Max posted...
Anyone who says no, so you'd be chill with having been born black? You'd be chill with living as a black man in America? Totally indifferent?
WTF?
Why would you hate yourself or be angry if you were born black?
What kind of racist are you?
Anyone who says no, so you'd be chill with having been born black? You'd be chill with living as a black man in America? Totally indifferent?
That sounds more like "majority privilege" to me. Because the same is true of the majority populations in Zimbabwe, Japan, China, Saudi Arabia, etc.
Yes. Whites are indisputably better off on average. But that's all it is--On average.
That sounds more like "majority privilege" to me. Because the same is true of the majority populations in Zimbabwe, Japan, China, Saudi Arabia, etc.
UnfairRepresent posted...
MJ_Max posted...
Anyone who says no, so you'd be chill with having been born black? You'd be chill with living as a black man in America? Totally indifferent?
WTF?
Why would you hate yourself or be angry if you were born black?
What kind of racist are you?
If you are going to troll try not to make it so obvious.
pinky0926 posted...
Anyone who's saying "no" I feel is not understanding what white privilege means. It doesn't mean all white people have it easy and all black people have it hard. It doesn't mean that you're not capable of having a tough life because of your whiteness, or that any of your hardships should be dismissed because you are white.
Best simple explanation I read on reddit once:
White privilege isn't some thing where every white person is born with a silver spoon in their mouth (although because of family history, land ownership there are greater chances of wealth being passed down for some non immigrant families)
I think it's more just, for the most part, not being negatively judged by your skin color when searching for employment, dealing with police. If a fictional character is white, it's just a character, if the character is black/asian/etc, you're making a statement.
It's not that it's easy to be white, it's hard to be human in general, it's just you don't have certain flavors of extra bullshit.
Whether it's looking like you're up to no good because you're black and wearing a hooded sweater, not having to prove your ethnicity if you don't like certain things (you're the whitest black dude I know, you don't even like hip hop), not really thinking racism is still a big deal because it doesn't often enter your personal space etc.
Edit: Additionally, growing up in America means that you also had to grow up mostly watching white men/women/culture in TV/Movies. So much so that I literally had to explain to several white kids that anime characters are usually asian. I guess I had the break dancing black power ranger with a gun, Barret and the burn victim demon Spawn, but there were slim pickings being a black nerd and trying to see yourself/find a costume.
That sounds more like "majority privilege" to me. Because the same is true of the majority populations in Zimbabwe, Japan, China, Saudi Arabia, etc.
Pogo_Marimo posted...
Yes. Whites are indisputably better off on average. But that's all it is--On average.
Aren't there more white people than black people? So of course it's gonna look like white people are better off, on average.
In those cultures there is definitely a priviledge to being Muslim or Japanese ect. If we were living in and discussing those cultures, we would then probably call it "Muslim Priviledge" or "Japanese Priviledge". No one who has immigrated to Japan would not try to convince you there is no priviledge for being Japanese in Japan (Although Japan is an odd situation--In some ways it is legitimately better to be an immigrant).
I'm not trolling.
I have no issues with being black or Asian or white or Jewish. I don't even think race is that clearly defined.
I find the question of "How could you be chill with being black!?" and it's implication of wanting to be white absurd. And your dismissals further that point.
known2FAIL posted...
UnfairRepresent posted...
MJ_Max posted...
Anyone who says no, so you'd be chill with having been born black? You'd be chill with living as a black man in America? Totally indifferent?
WTF?
Why would you hate yourself or be angry if you were born black?
What kind of racist are you?
If you are going to troll try not to make it so obvious.
I'm not trolling.
I have no issues with being black or Asian or white or Jewish. I don't even think race is that clearly defined.
I find the question of "How could you be chill with being black!?" and it's implication of wanting to be white absurd. And your dismissals further that point.
gatorsPENSbucs posted...
Pogo_Marimo posted...
Yes. Whites are indisputably better off on average. But that's all it is--On average.
Aren't there more white people than black people? So of course it's gonna look like white people are better off, on average.
That's interesting. When people what to bring up negative stats about black people they use percentages to make it more dramatic since there are less of us. When you want to defend stuff like this with white people you use population size instead of percentages. That's cute.
Pogo_Marimo posted...
Yes. Whites are indisputably better off on average. But that's all it is--On average.
Aren't there more white people than black people? So of course it's gonna look like white people are better off, on average.
Aren't there more white people than black people? So of course it's gonna look like white people are better off, on average.
Lol. You can't sit there and say you don't have a problem being any race when it is impossible for you to experience it.
Plus, he never said he hatef being black.
known2FAIL posted...
Lol. You can't sit there and say you don't have a problem being any race when it is impossible for you to experience it.
Yes I can.
known2FAIL posted...
Plus, he never said he hatef being black.
It was heavily implied and you know it.
Aren't there more white people than black people? So of course it's gonna look like white people are better off, on average.
One of the biggest white privileges is being blind to the fact that you have white privilege.
In Apartheid South Africa, whites composed a distinct minority of the population but held a vast majority of wealthy and influential positions in the country. How can you reconcile that with your statement?
FroMan posted...
One of the biggest white privileges is being blind to the fact that you have white privilege.
How convenient.
First off. No you can't.
Second, it was not heavily implied.
Many black people would prefer to be black even though we know the disadvantage we have.
Not really. It makes it a really hard problem to solve when no wants to admit it exists.