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In reply to the discussion: An interesting exchange about white privilege in the comments of the DWB story I posted earlier [View all]Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)80. Maybe he is whiter than you are (nt)
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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
Yes. Thank you. The person quoted in that part of the OP made a huge fan of me
Number23
Feb 2014
#97
"If I'm in a long checkout line, more often than not, another line will open to accommodate me."
Romulox
Feb 2014
#9
The question is, are supermarket employees managing the checkouts specifically instructed
Nye Bevan
Feb 2014
#33
my first job -in NYC- I was told I shld call out the code word "cappuchino" when any black customer
bettyellen
Feb 2014
#99
Really. I need to go to different stores. Most of the other stuff, yes, I've seen.
7962
Feb 2014
#57
You're looking at this as individual people rather than a societal/systemic issue.
cui bono
Feb 2014
#92
I live across the river from a former "Sundown" town. The whole town was white.
Dustlawyer
Feb 2014
#34
What's your answer about those of us who used to believe in "White Privilege" theory.......
AverageJoe90
Feb 2014
#49
I believe its more about class now than race. Remember the story about the minister..
7962
Feb 2014
#58
White privilege is air for white America. Surrounded by it, it becomes invisible.
tea and oranges
Feb 2014
#103
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'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
"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
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
I live in China. . .and it's the same in Korea when I lived there too
Nanjing to Seoul
Feb 2014
#104