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In reply to the discussion: On white male, hetro privilege. [View all]eek MD
(391 posts)I don't know.... I know that they're not all straight white men. I'd say it's a pretty good bet that Herman Cain is a member of the 1%.... I know that the Walton family (not all are men) are members of the 1%....I'm sure that their numbers are probably made up of mostly white straight men, but does it really matter whether a wealthy white man is oppressing you, a wealthy black man, a wealthy white woman?
There are a whole lot more of "us" than there are of them. I just know that it pisses me off that we can't band together as a group and work to level the playing field so that everyone benefits in this society instead of corporate fatcats and people who have lobbyists. And the reason that 99% of the population can't overcome 1% of the population is because we are not united. The reason we are not united is directly related to the OP. We dismiss everyone outside of our "groups" because they can't possibly to understand what we're going through. Their "privilege" or "lack of privilege" (whatever the degree) prevents them from knowing how difficult other groups have it. News flash.... we're all in the same boat. Some of us may be in the front of the boat, and some may be in the back of the boat, but we're still all going to drown when it sinks.