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In reply to the discussion: As a gay man, I think this privilege debate is kind of ridiculous. [View all]Kurska
(5,739 posts)41. If there was a button to make me straight, I wouldn't press it either.
I don't get your question. I don't desire to be anyone, but myself.
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Yes, but in this particular context, the relevant question is how others perceive you . . .
markpkessinger
May 2014
#144
I get your point, but I kind of think you're not getting the concept of privilege.
marmar
May 2014
#6
Of course it's greater than race. Race privilege is one form, class privilege is another.
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#103
I bet you whites have a higher % of getting out of poverty than blacks.
Drunken Irishman
May 2014
#127
"if you don't have hands-on experience with something, you need to sit down and shut up and listen
kwassa
May 2014
#125
Except that they aren't true -at all-, and had they been followed historically, most...
Shandris
May 2014
#131
Do you think straight people have some cultural advantages as a result of being straight
Squinch
May 2014
#13
I don't believe there is anything about the gay experience a straight person couldn't understand.
Kurska
May 2014
#14
I do, many I know had never considered that partners can be shut out by the family if their loved
bettyellen
May 2014
#18
Whose goal? If I am looking at your life and saying, "Oh, you're saying I don't understand
Squinch
May 2014
#28
Are you aware this is about societal issues that effect millions of Americans, and not you?
bettyellen
May 2014
#15
what you do not recognize is that people do not judge others on their merits, but by race and sex
bettyellen
May 2014
#53
Is it personal because you really didn't know that this color blind Utopia does not exist?
bettyellen
May 2014
#60
well either you had been living a grand illusion or kept your head in the sand willfully.....
bettyellen
May 2014
#63
Why is it so hard to figure out that class, race, gender and sexuality are not the same?
BainsBane
May 2014
#27
Okay. If a button existed to make you a BLACK Jewish gay man, would you press it?
Scootaloo
May 2014
#32
I agree that much of the time, the "Damn you, you are so privileged!" threads tend to be a waste
quinnox
May 2014
#35
I agree. People frequently jump to the wrong conclusions, and I'm sure I've been guilty of that.
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#124
"I deserve to be judged as human being, not as the sum total of the negative or social advantages
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#42
I just wish some people wouldn't fight so hard against (what seem to me) basic progressive ideas.
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#58
Monty Python- Four Yorkshireman. "You try to tell the young people today that & they won't believe
KittyWampus
May 2014
#50
Fantastic post. You put it so succintly, yet there are still those who will willfully misunderstand.
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#59
Can't really say that the bourgeoisplaining that invariably pops up helps much either
Chathamization
May 2014
#71
Class is an important factor too. Probably just as important as race, in its own way.
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#75
"It doesn't mean that well-off people who are black can just say 'I'm black' and weasel out of this
Chathamization
May 2014
#82
I was describing an actual phenomenon on DU. If you don't perceive it, then okay.
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#83
Yes, we all have advantages and disadvantages, and we all have blind spots.
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#91
No one is completely off the hook. But again, I encourage you to switch around the privileges in
Chathamization
May 2014
#108
I think you've somewhat misinterpreted what I said, but I will try to be more mindful.
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#123
i think white people who live in all white areas find white privilege hard to understand, and wealth
dionysus
May 2014
#74
Too bad you find the debate around the oppression of blacks by whites ridiculous.
bravenak
May 2014
#77
"Very self-centered" is right. I think that's a huge part of the problem right there.
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#90
You're white. You're bad. Male? Fuck you. Accept the privelige you've been given.
cherokeeprogressive
May 2014
#81
But does the larger society perceive you as a "white" man? That makes a difference, like it or not.
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#85
If you're perceived as white, then that impacts how other people treat you. It's just reality.
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#92
You and I share many identities, so I hope I communicate this correctly.
Behind the Aegis
May 2014
#101
As another gay man, I don't think you get the concept of "privilege" in a social justice context
markpkessinger
May 2014
#145
Excellent post (yours and his). I find the phrase "class-stratified survival behaviors" particularly
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#151