White privilege is the best medicine

[gollygee]

http://www.vox.com/2014/8/25/6052871/why-white-skin-works-better-than-most-medicine

With the eyes of the world on Ferguson, Missouri, our collective attention is focused on the different treatment of black and white people at the hands of America's criminal justice system. The focus is well deserved. More than 50 years after the Civil Rights movement, it's still true that half of the black men in the US wind up arrested at least once by the age of 23, and are ten times more likely to be murdered than white men.

But every single day, there are many more race-related deaths that result from a quieter but arguably even more violent act: systemic discrimination in the US health system.

The truth is this: even today, in America, white privilege works better than most medicine when it comes to staying healthy. Racial health disparities may be a more subtle killer than gun violence or murder, but they're arguably a more violent one. They infect every part of the body and they strike at literally every stage of life, from cradle to grave.

[PeaceNikki]

2. heh.

[bhikkhu]

3. We should extend white privilege to everyone

we should look at one another, regardless or race, gender, employment, health condition, etc, as people who are basically good, who have good potential, who work hard or would like to work hard and play a valuable part in the grander scheme, who are essentially honest and caring, mostly just wishing to have a peaceful life with a little dignity. If we did that, then white privilege could become universal privilege.