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In reply to the discussion: On white male, hetro privilege. [View all]mzteris
(16,232 posts)4. You use your white male straight privilege
to help others.
It doesn't mean that "bad things" don't happen to WMS people, but you're not targeted BECAUSE you're white straight and male.
Therein lies the difference.
You think the majority of young black males are in prison because they're all "bad"? You think they get pulled over, beaten, and more stringent sentences because they're really "worse" than white males who commit the same or worse offenses?
You don't understand and you can't understand because you have never been subjected to the type of discrimination and treatment that is endemic in this society. Institutionalized racism. Unconscious racism. Overt racism.
How many hate groups are out there targeting "white straight males", hmmm?
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"The question is, what do you want me to do about it?" understand, recognize, acknowledge
seabeyond
Apr 2012
#1
I think that if I worked for the betterment of women, minorities, and the LGBT community,
MadHound
Apr 2012
#3
It doesn't only exist "for a lot of people". It exists, period. We all get to live in it.
redqueen
Apr 2012
#18
" my life has been far worse than many people who are African-American, gay, and/or female."
redqueen
Apr 2012
#20
thanks for hearing what i said and responding civilly. to more of that kind of discussion. cheers.
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#112
You know what Bart? You've got a problem. Noone is asking you to walk around in sack cloth & ashes
Ecumenist
Apr 2012
#26
And that's a damn shame. I have blood family in France, Spain and Italy and I have heard the same
Ecumenist
Apr 2012
#57
here's another idea: stop identifying with the white, male power structure
noiretextatique
Apr 2012
#40
I don't think most minorities expect us to go around apologizing for being white.
RDANGELO
Apr 2012
#12
Some folk honestly don't know, they've never been exposed to other cultures enought to have
uponit7771
Apr 2012
#32
"Yes, it is the truth that most white men vote republican." But they didn't always. For example,
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#115
Yes; and the acceding to that strategy by the Democrats. Which includes the gradual withdrawl from
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#124
I think part of the "guilt" is the unwillingness to acknowledge the reality or the lack of knowledge
uponit7771
Apr 2012
#52
Michelle Obama is an attorney and First Lady, is she shielded from racism?
obamanut2012
Apr 2012
#89
Not outright, but it IS implied a lot by a small, but very vocal minority.
DutchLiberal
Apr 2012
#64
Maybe you could join stormfront or vnnforum, good luck in your white priviledge journey!!
Obamacare
Apr 2012
#83
I hear you. But just imagine how worse off you would've been if you'd been female, black,
Honeycombe8
Apr 2012
#117