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NCTraveler

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6. I think many would say.....
Wed Feb 27, 2013, 05:38 PM
Feb 2013

one would have to be deaf, dumb, and blind to not see people don't understand privilege.

Nice rant. reflection Feb 2013 #1
Yeah. ananda Feb 2013 #16
Not all people do. NCTraveler Feb 2013 #2
I disagree. You'd have to be deaf dumb and blind not to upaloopa Feb 2013 #4
I think many would say..... NCTraveler Feb 2013 #6
Privilege deniers...like the SC Justices who see no need for VRA Sec. 5 pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #14
Or those who think affirmative action is reverse-racism. NCTraveler Feb 2013 #20
The denialism boggles the mind pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #58
seriously? on all these privilege threads, you do not hear the men insist it is not true? seabeyond Feb 2013 #25
Then there are plenty of deaf dumb and blind people here at DU. nt geek tragedy Feb 2013 #45
I see lots of income inequality hfojvt Mar 2013 #98
It's not what you have Samjm Mar 2013 #105
isn't it amazing then hfojvt Mar 2013 #109
I grew up during the same period of time and saw the same conflicts as you. Frustratedlady Feb 2013 #3
Hatred and bigotry is learned. It is taught to you. upaloopa Feb 2013 #11
+ a whole lotta thousands for the last paragraph+ graham4anything Feb 2013 #5
The 'haves and the havenots protested together' in the 60s? leftstreet Feb 2013 #9
the rich and the poor graham4anything Feb 2013 #21
This is a thread about working class people leftstreet Feb 2013 #46
I don't understand...economics is about money isn't it? graham4anything Feb 2013 #56
"we know we have been given privilege" Cali_Democrat Feb 2013 #7
What's wrong with the 'privilege' meme is that it 'disappears' the role of the ruling class in HiPointDem Feb 2013 #8
+1 leftstreet Feb 2013 #13
Another great point. reflection Feb 2013 #19
ruling class is one of those soundbyte words that alas are meaningless graham4anything Feb 2013 #26
that's the ticket, graham. there is no ruling class and never was. and they didn't aggregate HiPointDem Feb 2013 #28
the revoultion was won in 2008. Most don't want to go back to times prior graham4anything Feb 2013 #31
Thanks for bringing the Ruling Class perspective to DU leftstreet Feb 2013 #42
No shit... redqueen Feb 2013 #48
Occupy Main Street! Starry Messenger Feb 2013 #52
You don't agree with the OP? I do. graham4anything Feb 2013 #57
I swear are you getting paid to be a mouthpiece for the 1%? white_wolf Feb 2013 #93
The 1% got ninety five percent of the value of all productivity gains of the last few years Squinch Feb 2013 #64
Right. redqueen Feb 2013 #65
I disagree ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2013 #33
Exactly. redqueen Feb 2013 #49
+1 Jamastiene Feb 2013 #50
which would be fine, if it weren't the only narrative on racism. but it is, in the dominant HiPointDem Feb 2013 #69
Indeed, and the ruling class is perpetuated by this privilege. joshcryer Mar 2013 #101
Absolutely 100% bang on. snagglepuss Feb 2013 #37
Thank you. Brilliant analysis. nt HomeboyHombre Feb 2013 #92
+1000 LadyHawkAZ Mar 2013 #99
I think the point is riqster Feb 2013 #10
You sound like a great guy. There are tons of folks who fight the concept of privilege here though. Starry Messenger Feb 2013 #12
I was one of the first people on this board. I have left and changed my name twice upaloopa Feb 2013 #15
Didn't know. Sorry. Starry Messenger Feb 2013 #23
No problem no one knows who I am or could know upaloopa Feb 2013 #24
Don't forget Beyonce! gollygee Feb 2013 #38
Oh right! Starry Messenger Feb 2013 #43
I appreciate what you write ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2013 #17
Outstanding redqueen Feb 2013 #22
I am trying to say that you can't help but see upaloopa Feb 2013 #30
I think this ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2013 #36
Ok for me I don't need a lesson on privilege upaloopa Feb 2013 #39
Not to put too fine a point on it ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2013 #41
My whole point is that there aren't any privileged upaloopa Feb 2013 #47
So ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2013 #51
Strongly disagree. There are many people who don't seem to get it at all. redqueen Feb 2013 #53
i find it interesting that these privilege threads always get lots of play, but threads which HiPointDem Feb 2013 #72
That might be ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2013 #94
i'm not getting your meaning. the sentence is clear, but for some reason i'm not getting it. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #95
If ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2013 #96
so you're saying black people who participate in privilege threads at DU don't participate in HiPointDem Mar 2013 #97
No ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2013 #100
"you don't even recognize my fight as a fight" = not the same thing as questioning the HiPointDem Mar 2013 #103
I agree ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2013 #108
The "popular" conceptualization of white privilege focuses on the fact that white people can HiPointDem Mar 2013 #110
For future reference: privilege, not priviledge oberliner Feb 2013 #86
I was born in 1939 and was taken to Miami, FL., from PA, when I was RebelOne Feb 2013 #18
What REALLY bugs me VA_Jill Feb 2013 #27
But they're MAKERS, not TAKERS pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #35
as another duer pointed out in that thread, it is black and white quinnox Feb 2013 #29
lol, why are you explaining a Star Trek reference? redqueen Feb 2013 #59
I think there's a.. stillcool Feb 2013 #32
There are deniers everywhere. Evoman Feb 2013 #34
Here is why it bugs me. I have spent much of my life trying upaloopa Feb 2013 #40
Why are you so convinced that the people "lecturing" you are young enough to be your Sheldon Cooper Feb 2013 #54
The threads are broadcast as if we all need the lecture. upaloopa Feb 2013 #73
lol Sheldon Cooper Feb 2013 #75
Does anybody need the lecture? How do we do it without offending/irritating you? Evoman Feb 2013 #79
You make it personal, when it isn't. Evoman Feb 2013 #55
+1 redqueen Feb 2013 #62
Exactly. Why is that so difficult for people to understand? Evoman Feb 2013 #66
I wish I knew. redqueen Feb 2013 #68
The person doing the OP most likely has a problem upaloopa Feb 2013 #74
Huh? You are doing the OP in this thread..... Evoman Feb 2013 #76
I mean the privilege thread OP. Sorry for the confusion. upaloopa Feb 2013 #83
Looks like ageism is alive and well when one is only defined by a single characteristic > lunasun Feb 2013 #80
All right I will. You can tell about what age, very roughly, that some people are by the way they upaloopa Feb 2013 #84
Thank YOU! It's so refeshing to see that someone gets it. smirkymonkey Feb 2013 #67
Only the 1% are privileged. The rest of us have varying degrees of oppression. nt valerief Feb 2013 #44
K&RRRRrrrrrrrrggghh!!! patrice Feb 2013 #61
That means some of us are more oppressed than others, which is just another way of saying redqueen Feb 2013 #63
that some are starving doesn't make anything better than starvation a privilege. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #70
I find your lack of guilt disturbing Capt. Obvious Feb 2013 #60
Explain upaloopa Feb 2013 #78
The fact that you acknowledge your social privileges as a white male exist.... YoungDemCA Feb 2013 #71
Why is that relevant? Recognizing privilege upaloopa Feb 2013 #77
um.....uploopa? Skittles Feb 2013 #81
That isn't the point I was making. I'm saying we all know we have privilege, Some of us try upaloopa Feb 2013 #82
no they DON'T all know they have privilege Skittles Feb 2013 #85
I think they say that openly but inside they know they have privilege. You can't grow up white male upaloopa Feb 2013 #87
you're a good guy upaloopa but you really don't know Skittles Feb 2013 #88
Ok. I was listening to Mark Tompson today on his show "Make It Plain" on SIRIUS. upaloopa Feb 2013 #89
thanks - and I listen to my gay and black friends and coworkers / DUers Skittles Feb 2013 #90
I agree with this post. nt HomeboyHombre Feb 2013 #91
Too broad a brush. Privilege follows individuals first. Zax2me Mar 2013 #102
"privilege follows individuals first?" yeah, it's completely random that 1/3 of black americans HiPointDem Mar 2013 #104
That was 1968 in Columbus Georgia. The black teens upaloopa Mar 2013 #107
White male, heterosexual, right handed, privilege Bosso 63 Mar 2013 #106
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