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wryter2000

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Thu Feb 27, 2014, 03:48 PM

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An interesting exchange about white privilege in the comments of the DWB story I posted earlier [View all] MrScorpio Feb 2014 OP

Truth spoken here. Off to the Greatest Page with you. riqster Feb 2014 #1

Greatest Page? An OP discussing W/P? ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #15

To the GP! riqster Feb 2014 #24

Huge rec gollygee Feb 2014 #2

RE: running red lights/stop signs - raven mad Feb 2014 #36

Post removed Post removed Feb 2014 #69

I take it ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #75

Wow!!! cui bono Feb 2014 #87

Using privilege to improve the world. redqueen Feb 2014 #3

Yes and when we notice we're being treated preferentially gollygee Feb 2014 #4

+1 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #17

Exactly, say something. Call it out. Or better yet do something. redqueen Feb 2014 #27

Yes. Thank you. The person quoted in that part of the OP made a huge fan of me Number23 Feb 2014 #97

I'm disgusted that the denial of it boston bean Feb 2014 #5

I don't understand how any white person HappyMe Feb 2014 #6

300 years and still counting heaven05 Feb 2014 #7

Just last week I wore old clothes and shoes to work BBR Esq Feb 2014 #8

Welcome to DU wryter2000 Feb 2014 #39

Thank you. BBR Esq Feb 2014 #46

"If I'm in a long checkout line, more often than not, another line will open to accommodate me." Romulox Feb 2014 #9

Read this thread to find out Harmony Blue Feb 2014 #10

yeah it happens to me all the time d_r Feb 2014 #12

Sure, because it happens. MineralMan Feb 2014 #14

Absolutely, it happens. eggplant Feb 2014 #16

Where have you been? MO_Moderate Feb 2014 #21

you mean not everyone gets their groceries free??!! Bacchus4.0 Feb 2014 #26

I still think the Eddie Murphy SNL skit on that business was the best ever. MADem Feb 2014 #29

Hilarious! NT tea and oranges Feb 2014 #40

never had that happen to me, but if they want to open another line Bacchus4.0 Feb 2014 #25

The question is, are supermarket employees managing the checkouts specifically instructed Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #33

Good point here. AverageJoe90 Feb 2014 #38

And non-white DUers ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #76

So what is your theory for what is going on? Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #78

No ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #81

my first job -in NYC- I was told I shld call out the code word "cappuchino" when any black customer bettyellen Feb 2014 #99

It doesn't have to be a conscious thing or a rule passed down. cui bono Feb 2014 #89

I doubt it is explicit training. Warren Stupidity Feb 2014 #115

Really. I need to go to different stores. Most of the other stuff, yes, I've seen. 7962 Feb 2014 #57

I'm not sure why it wouldn't be believable... onpatrol98 Feb 2014 #82

Yeah, no shit AgingAmerican Feb 2014 #113

I went to college in Alabama d_r Feb 2014 #11

I had two women that recently told me that I looked "trustworthy" NewJeffCT Feb 2014 #13

day to day real life incidents treestar Feb 2014 #18

No ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #77

lol treestar Feb 2014 #108

when I arrived in Philadelphia for a TDY Skittles Feb 2014 #107

White hair treestar Feb 2014 #109

when some soldiers requested I send "black hair products" Skittles Feb 2014 #117

Stop LiberalAndProud Feb 2014 #19

A side issue here - but some of these comments touch on something hedgehog Feb 2014 #20

65 year old white woman here SheilaT Feb 2014 #22

Some years ago a black former student if mine, Tony Sands, sued tblue37 Feb 2014 #23

63 year old, white woman here. justgamma Feb 2014 #30

I'm glad Mr. Sands was able to successfully fight that back. AverageJoe90 Feb 2014 #74

I've done Fair Housing research and Gormy Cuss Feb 2014 #28

Maybe we know one another ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #79

Maybe we do. Gormy Cuss Feb 2014 #85

I don't understand why it's so important sufrommich Feb 2014 #31

I have the same problem hfojvt Feb 2014 #50

Sadly ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #84

you assume right there that I have some sort of control hfojvt Feb 2014 #96

You're looking at this as individual people rather than a societal/systemic issue. cui bono Feb 2014 #92

ah, the "real progressives" eh? hfojvt Feb 2014 #100

I don't care if you are a democratic precinctperson or not. cui bono Feb 2014 #112

again, people do NOT live "as a whole" hfojvt Feb 2014 #114

yes, people live surrounded by assholes CreekDog Feb 2014 #116

Again, this is NOT about individual people. cui bono Feb 2014 #118

I just watched a documentary and learned about Sundown Towns Butterbean Feb 2014 #32

I live across the river from a former "Sundown" town. The whole town was white. Dustlawyer Feb 2014 #34

I find it miraculous that they survived. After watching that documentary Butterbean Feb 2014 #70

Me neither. AverageJoe90 Feb 2014 #73

What's the name of that doc? n/t cui bono Feb 2014 #93

Link follows in post Butterbean Feb 2014 #110

Thanks! cui bono Feb 2014 #111

K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Feb 2014 #35

I myself am perfectly aware of the realities of societal inequity..... AverageJoe90 Feb 2014 #37

This message was self-deleted by its author redqueen Feb 2014 #41

y-y-y-you-you hfojvt Feb 2014 #45

Heh heh, LOL. AverageJoe90 Feb 2014 #48

You get the honor of throwing the first stone. kwassa Feb 2014 #53

I feel so all alone hfojvt Feb 2014 #55

Silly Scorpio. There is no such thing as white privilege. KamaAina Feb 2014 #42

K&R n/t myrna minx Feb 2014 #43

so we agree then hfojvt Feb 2014 #44

It is the ultimate convenience tea and oranges Feb 2014 #47

What's your answer about those of us who used to believe in "White Privilege" theory....... AverageJoe90 Feb 2014 #49

I'm uncertain tea and oranges Feb 2014 #56

..... AverageJoe90 Feb 2014 #65

I'm not sure we disagree tea and oranges Feb 2014 #71

I believe its more about class now than race. Remember the story about the minister.. 7962 Feb 2014 #58

I think that is definitely true to some extent. AverageJoe90 Feb 2014 #66

Yes, because it's all about individual attitudes and behaviors. El_Johns Feb 2014 #83

Yes, but within the context tea and oranges Feb 2014 #88

Yes, but notice how the acts of official power created both those realities. El_Johns Feb 2014 #90

White privilege is air for white America. Surrounded by it, it becomes invisible. tea and oranges Feb 2014 #103

rich white privilege to boot! Hamlette Feb 2014 #51

There's also a class angle: When I was driving a more beat-up car, I got stopped by the LAPD much villager Feb 2014 #52

it is true justabob Feb 2014 #60

It's like two overlapping targeted demographics. When I vibed "poor," I was stopped more often. villager Feb 2014 #61

Did you ever smash bottles on their cruiser & curse at them while doing donuts & firing handguns ? Bonx Feb 2014 #67

Yes. Thanks for these posts that make us think. JDPriestly Feb 2014 #54

in another thread noiretextatique Feb 2014 #59

K&R Solly Mack Feb 2014 #62

That's the gift all privilege gives to everyone... nt MellowDem Feb 2014 #63

K&R HipChick Feb 2014 #64

K&R LostOne4Ever Feb 2014 #68

"If I'm in a long checkout line, more often than not, another line will open to accommodate me." lol El_Johns Feb 2014 #72

Maybe he is whiter than you are (nt) Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #80

Rudyard Kipling would be proud. White Man's Burden and White Privilege are alive and well Nanjing to Seoul Feb 2014 #86

Why does Japanese cabbies refusing to pick up white people show us what white privilege is? If El_Johns Feb 2014 #91

Umm. . .not talking Japan. I don't live in Japan Nanjing to Seoul Feb 2014 #101

Sorry. For some reason I thought you did. Korean cabbies then. El_Johns Feb 2014 #102

I live in China. . .and it's the same in Korea when I lived there too Nanjing to Seoul Feb 2014 #104

The example you gave was -- I thought -- that cabbies in Asia won't pick up whites in the same way El_Johns Feb 2014 #105

happens to Asians too daybranch Feb 2014 #94

Oh, how I love love Love this OP! Number23 Feb 2014 #95

Dave Matthews Band is the EPITOME of White Privilege. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #98

I dated/went out with a man of color a few times xfundy Feb 2014 #106