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In reply to the discussion: I'm surprised how many DU'ers think aknowledging white male privilege is somehow bigoted [View all]ElboRuum
(4,717 posts)You are right. There IS a difference between acknowledgement and doing something about it. But what you've suggested here, and what all these threads we see from time to time suggest, is that they are the same, not by direct admission but through the absence of what specifically can be done. No next step.
Perhaps its just my experience as to my workplace, the "talking over and past" does not happen. The problem with your conjectures are that I have one counterexample. I am sure that there are more. To the point, your proof of the widespread nature of this "phenomenon" is largely anecdotal. Maybe you work in an industry rife with this and others do not? All companies I am aware of are quite serious about non-discrimination, either in hiring or promotion in the workplace, and those who do the interviewing are equally assiduous in upholding this principle.
I attack the details because they are anecdotal, personal to you. Your workplace, or your industry in general, could just as easily be the norm as the statistical outlier, but you've stated emphatically that this is indeed the norm. And if the details supporting the premises are in question, then the premises are in question. There are other, less conspiratorial explanations for the things you see, but you claim time and time again that this employment situation of yours is precisely institutionalized racism and sexism.
I came to this thread because I disagree, not with its premise, but with its implied purpose. Privilege, as used in this context, is a dog whistle. The OP, lacking anything further of substance with regards to its declared purpose, is meant to stir shit.
Oh, yes of course, the "MRA" trope... what a common refrain to disagreement for some. Nonsense, but if it gets you through your day...