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Topic	It shouldn't be called "white privilege"
averagejoel 09/08/17 12:53:35 PM #44:	ZeroX91 posted... That_Happened posted... ZeroX91 posted... That's a better argument for communism or socialism money knows money and likes to hangout with money. Jimbo from the trailerpark is about as likely as Leeroy from the pjs or Jesus from the Barrio to be invited to join. I'm just using the country club as an example. Most businesses, clubs and organizations whether they be fortune 500 companies or startup businesses in the boonies, are full of white guys and "knowing the right people" is the best way to get into those. And most of the people we know tend to be the same race as us. But knowing the right people isn't tied to race it's tied to the local economy and social scene. If a straight white dude tried to open a barbershop in Harlem he would face the same issues as a gay black man trying to open a sports bar in the bible belt. the key difference is that the vast majority of the US is, in the context of this analogy, more similar to the bible belt than to harlem --- peanut butter and dick <cite>averagejoel posted [p:886248889] in It shouldn... [t:75754072]...</cite> <quote><cite>ZeroX91 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>That_Happened posted...</cite> <quote><cite>ZeroX91 posted...</cite> <quote>That's a better argument for communism or socialism money knows money and likes to hangout with money. Jimbo from the trailerpark is about as likely as Leeroy from the pjs or Jesus from the Barrio to be invited to join.</quote> I'm just using the country club as an example. Most businesses, clubs and organizations whether they be fortune 500 companies or startup businesses in the boonies, are full of white guys and "knowing the right people" is the best way to get into those. And most of the people we know tend to be the same race as us.</quote> But knowing the right people isn't tied to race it's tied to the local economy and social scene. If a straight white dude tried to open a barbershop in Harlem he would face the same issues as a gay black man trying to open a sports bar in the bible belt.</quote> the key difference is that the vast majority of the US is, in the context of this analogy, more similar to the bible belt than to harlem --- peanut butter and dick</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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