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upaloopa

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12. Two thoughts

Reply to YoungDemCA (Original post)

Wed Jan 9, 2013, 02:58 PM

Jan 2013

First if you are born a white male you learn early on that you get treated better than minorities.
Second, you had no choice in what race or sex you were born into.
Therefore you have no choice in how people treat you.
All you have a choice in is how you react to that treatment.
I think this makes clear that these white male privilege denial threads are a waist of time.

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There's no such thing as privilege.... [View all] YoungDemCA Jan 2013 OP

Socialism is a great equalizer RobertEarl Jan 2013 #1

The problem in talking about white male privilege is that you have to personalize it to yourself el_bryanto Jan 2013 #2

No. There is no "privilege". sibelian Jan 2013 #4

i disagree fizzgig Jan 2013 #7

It couldn't be more clear in recent weeks that there is a privilege el_bryanto Jan 2013 #10

Nonsesne, peons do not count 1-Old-Man Jan 2013 #3

How many more white men have to not count? sibelian Jan 2013 #5

Farmers for one, according to your evidence 1-Old-Man Jan 2013 #11

Thanks for starting ... 99Forever Jan 2013 #6

it's happening in this thread fizzgig Jan 2013 #8

Really? 99Forever Jan 2013 #9

i'm not linking when you clearly did not even read the thread before responding fizzgig Jan 2013 #13

Hogwash. 99Forever Jan 2013 #15

then you clearly missed post number four fizzgig Jan 2013 #16

Did your.. 99Forever Jan 2013 #19

Two thoughts upaloopa Jan 2013 #12

Manifest Destiny. GeorgeGist Jan 2013 #14

Watch Mad Men for a season and get back to me. trumad Jan 2013 #17

A fictional idiot box show... 99Forever Jan 2013 #20

Yeah it is--- trumad Jan 2013 #21

But of course. 99Forever Jan 2013 #22

No such thing as being "self-made" Chathamization Jan 2013 #18