The post that was quoted here has been removedYou are correct that for many people having white skin is a privilege, in regards to life's opportunities etc, while having black skin can be a disadvantage. Clearly this is not just and needs to change.
It is erroneous however to make generalization about having white skin and automatically linking it to privilege. Just taking the UK as an example, there is a whole class/generation of people, especially younger people, trapped in a life of poverty and unemployment, of drug addiction, poor mental health and crime, where skin colour is not the major factor and white people similarly find themselves in a position of disadvantage and hopelessness. Being white doesn't automatically transport a person into a bungalow in Harrogate eating scones and earning a hefty wage.
@Ghost-of-a-Duke
If I were transported into a bungalow in Harrogate eating scones and earning a hefty wage, I'd make my escape the first chance I got.
@moonbus saidNobody escapes Harrogate...
@Ghost-of-a-Duke
If I were transported into a bungalow in Harrogate eating scones and earning a hefty wage, I'd make my escape the first chance I got.
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@Ghost-of-a-Duke -
You are correct that for many people having white skin is a privilege,
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Depends. I grew up in an all white city, all white schools and businesses.
For anybody living there, having white skin was about as distinct an advantage as having eyebrows.
@earl-of-trumps saidI would do well in a city where good eyebrows were advantageous.
@Ghost-of-a-Duke -
You are correct that for many people having white skin is a privilege,
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Depends. I grew up in an all white city, all white schools and businesses.
For anybody living there, having white skin was about as distinct an advantage as having eyebrows.
@moonbus saidAnd where does outright Trumpian lying to effect a change in the reader's attitude enter into this?
Clatter is the inevitable companion of music, and spam is the inevitable companion of intelligent discussion. It's the price open society pays to be free of thoughtcrime and gulags.
Because that's what I'm seeing more and more of lately from the Maga-domed cowards.
@moonbus saidYes, yes and yes.
Some people will say, "don't feed trolls". Trolls thrive on attention, even negative attention. I myself have a personal NRNR (no-read no-reply) list. As with tumors, there are two different kinds of trolls: benign and malignant.
The benign ones just litter threads with chatter, and we know who they are; there is no need to reply to them. The malignant ones litter t ...[text shortened]...
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/17/politics/domestic-violent-extremism-threat-assessment/index.html
Thanks for making my unfinished, unposted post about this very thing unnecessary.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidThis may be true, but how much more difficult do you think that is for a black person, an Asian person, a Muslim?
You are correct that for many people having white skin is a privilege, in regards to life's opportunities etc, while having black skin can be a disadvantage. Clearly this is not just and needs to change.
It is erroneous however to make generalization about having white skin and automatically linking it to privilege. Just taking the UK as an example, there is a whol ...[text shortened]... utomatically transport a person into a bungalow in Harrogate eating scones and earning a hefty wage.
@earl-of-trumps saidBecause they were ALL white? Why were there no blacks, no Asians? Perhaps the price of entry was too steep? Did you ever wonder about it? This is what white privilege is about. Not knowing how someone different from you lives. Not knowing how their daily challenges differ from your own. Not understanding how they develop fears about how they might be treated by the dominant race in America.
@Ghost-of-a-Duke -
You are correct that for many people having white skin is a privilege,
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Depends. I grew up in an all white city, all white schools and businesses.
For anybody living there, having white skin was about as distinct an advantage as having eyebrows.
@suzianne saidYep, not disputing that. Just making the point that there are white people out who aren't living a life of privilege and are living on the poverty line and feel thoroughly trapped there.
This may be true, but how much more difficult do you think that is for a black person, an Asian person, a Muslim?