Racism...Forever?

A few years ago I decided to stop going out so much and started cooking at home more. I noticed a difference in my bank account after a few weeks. Someone I know has complained often about having to budget. Then a week later I see them getting tattoos and going out to eat all the time.

Much as I dislike the conservative opinion about bootstraps, there is something to be said for personal responsibility.

 

Yes, the Trump way!

 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/can-il...j8hbS1emBAC2UxnWBHFnM6b3foXMATySXONK8KQm_xHck


Ali is doing a whole lot of projection in that- assuming that Omar was raised and indoctrinated with the same beliefs she was. That seems kind of Islamophobic- but people who come from one extreme often lurch to another one.

 

It exists, but people should always be weary of meta narratives because they don't reflect individual reality. No offense but Sasha and Malia Obama aren't struggling from a lack of privilege. Neither are Will Smith's kids.

Screaming at poor white people to embrace their privilege is basically how you create Trump voters. Democrats should be working towards building solidarity, not finding new ways to exclude people. It's a give and take ... "I won't scream at you about your privilege, but in return please appreciate the unique struggles in my minority community too."

 

Saw a graphic flashed on cable the other day. All the states with the highest % who think they can bootsrap themselves but in reality do not, are all red Trumpasslicker states like AL & MS. Explains their love of him. "He made it and I can too!"

 

ThE trAgEdy Of tHe ComMonZ MakEs It IMpOssIBlLle!!!

 

They're not aware whatsoever. Why we have Trump. They've "lost their country" to Argies, The Blacks, Mexicans, etc. Basically anyone darker than Trump Orange Tint #11

 

Any Re-Grits about the dinner menu?

 

Why wouldn't they be, on some level? Their father did, the second he took the oath of office. Remind me of the last time a party decided to ignore Supreme nomination protocol. The last time one's face was photoshopped onto a box of fried chicken or food stamps. The last time a sitting POTUS was (unfairly) straight up called a liar by some peckerwood Congressman.

Amy Carter and the Bush daughters could and can walk around with minimal concern. Neither Sasha nor Malia will ever be able to do that, not for real.

Nobody screams at any White people. That shit will get you killed and your scrotum put in a Mason jar of formaldehyde on some White person's fireplace mantle. Why would any POC want Whites to embrace their privilege? That's what the plunger******** they're doing now, dude.

The bolded: Too? All they have to do is stay off the meth and get decent grades. Finish HS, rush KA, make connections and prosper.

You're seemingly serious about this screaming thing. Where did you see/hear it?

 

They were handed the right to walk outdoors, drive at night, visit restaurants without being harassed, park in their driveways and garages without being harassed, BBQ on a park grill without being harassed, sell lemonade without being harassed, yada.

You probably think of those things as rights, which is maybe where we're disagreeing. Since I don't have those rights in practice, I tend to think of them as privileges.

 

I can safely guess you really have no clue what white privilege is.....

 

There's really never been any reason for POCs darker than a paper bag to expect that sort of treatment. I'm pleasantly surprised when it happens.

No, it's that you don't have the faintest idea what you're posting about.

 

Man, you need to stop. No explanation is going to be acceptable to you.

 

Dude, seriously, you can't be that dense. Anyway, I will kindly invite you to read this article that perfectly covers it.

https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/fall-2018/what-is-white-privilege-really

"And white privilege is not the assumption that everything a white person has accomplished is unearned; most white people who have reached a high level of success worked extremely hard to get there. Instead, white privilege should be viewed as a built-in advantage, separate from one’s level of income or effort."

 

The underlying issues associated with "white privilege" are accurate and need to be discussed, but the term itself is unhelpful. It does not succeed at convincing those who are not already convinced. They hear the term and shut down.

 

Any suggestion how it should be called? Is it really the term that would cause some to shut down or their unwillingness/inability to confront those facts related to white privilege? I would suspect it is the latter.

 

To be sure, it's a hard sell.

The first time I heard somebody talk about how all white people are privileged, I was like, "******** you, who the hell are you to speak about me? How about if I get in front of a black audience and tell them how all black people are alike? You're a total prick."

Now, I understand the argument, so I'm no longer annoyed at the speaker. But I didn't there because of her. I got there from hearing about the issues in other ways, from learning as I became older, from (I hope) becoming more thoughtful than my younger self.