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Topic	Does White privilege exist?
Pogo_Marimo 04/26/17 12:36:29 PM #35:	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. I think you have a substantial and critical misunderstanding of ratios and averages such that nothing I could type in a post could explain why your statement is wrong. Maybe this anecdote can get the gears turning for you, though. 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? --- // BEAUTY IS NOT LOVE - LOVE IS NOT MUSIC - MUSIC IS THE BEST - WISDOM IS THE DOMAIN OF THE WIZ--WHICH IS EXTINCT // http://www.last.fm/user/Pogo92 <cite>Pogo_Marimo posted [p:877939664] in Does White... [t:75281137]...</cite> <quote><cite>gatorsPENSbucs posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Pogo_Marimo posted...</cite> <quote>Yes. Whites are indisputably better off on average. But that's all it is--On average. </quote> Aren't there more white people than black people? So of course it's gonna look like white people are better off, on average.</quote> I think you have a substantial and critical misunderstanding of ratios and averages such that nothing I could type in a post could explain why your statement is wrong. Maybe this anecdote can get the gears turning for you, though. 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? --- // BEAUTY IS NOT LOVE - LOVE IS NOT MUSIC - MUSIC IS THE BEST - WISDOM IS THE DOMAIN OF THE WIZ--WHICH IS EXTINCT // http://www.last.fm/user/Pogo92</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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