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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA young black man in a nice car
and a young white man in a nice car. They each drive through an upscale majority white town.
Need I say more?
There is your white privilege.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)and judging from how he viewed the Gates incident, he'd agree with me, not you.
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)Are you suggesting that young black men in nice cars cannot drive in upscale majority white towns?
cali
(114,904 posts)than their counterparts.
This is hardly groundbreaking information.
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)And why could you not just say what was on your mind?
Sheldon Cooper
(3,724 posts)I had no trouble following along. ;shrug:
Sharpie
(64 posts)Probably...
The appreciation that the black guy deserves the same treatment as the white guy does not require the white guy to mangle his perceptions of himself. The whole premise of privilege is an attempt to connect things that do not require connection.
Heidi
(58,237 posts)driving while black. The fact is that white people (and in a political context, white males) wield most of the power in our country. If we white folks, male and female, really wanted such injustices to end, they would end. With great power comes great responsibility.
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)Sorry. I put my energies elsewhere.
greytdemocrat
(3,299 posts)Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)Sheldon Cooper
(3,724 posts)See? I don't have privilege, so stop saying that I do!