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| Topic | It shouldn't be called "white privilege" |
| Balrog0 09/08/17 5:17:29 PM #55: | Howl posted... The entire point is that being white offers no actual advantage. Being a minority in certain circumstances can be disadvantgeous, but being white will never prove to be an inherent advantage especially for the vast vast majority of people. I don't understand how people can think this way. Is it not immediately obvious that tons of things which minorities can be disadvantaged by necessitates white people being advantaged? If someone doesn't want to hire black people, and I'm white, my chances of getting hired go up even if the boss has no particular inclination to think of me one way or another. At the very least I have a comparative advantage -- and what other kind of advantage would we even be talking about here? There's no such thing as an absolute societal advantage, part of it being societal means you're indexed against your peers --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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