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In reply to the discussion: My privilege rant. It bugs the hell out of me to read these [View all]leftstreet
(36,103 posts)9. The 'haves and the havenots protested together' in the 60s?
What the hell are you talking about?
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seriously? on all these privilege threads, you do not hear the men insist it is not true?
seabeyond
Feb 2013
#25
I grew up during the same period of time and saw the same conflicts as you.
Frustratedlady
Feb 2013
#3
What's wrong with the 'privilege' meme is that it 'disappears' the role of the ruling class in
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#8
that's the ticket, graham. there is no ruling class and never was. and they didn't aggregate
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#28
the revoultion was won in 2008. Most don't want to go back to times prior
graham4anything
Feb 2013
#31
The 1% got ninety five percent of the value of all productivity gains of the last few years
Squinch
Feb 2013
#64
which would be fine, if it weren't the only narrative on racism. but it is, in the dominant
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#69
You sound like a great guy. There are tons of folks who fight the concept of privilege here though.
Starry Messenger
Feb 2013
#12
I was one of the first people on this board. I have left and changed my name twice
upaloopa
Feb 2013
#15
i find it interesting that these privilege threads always get lots of play, but threads which
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#72
i'm not getting your meaning. the sentence is clear, but for some reason i'm not getting it.
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#95
so you're saying black people who participate in privilege threads at DU don't participate in
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#97
"you don't even recognize my fight as a fight" = not the same thing as questioning the
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#103
The "popular" conceptualization of white privilege focuses on the fact that white people can
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#110
Why are you so convinced that the people "lecturing" you are young enough to be your
Sheldon Cooper
Feb 2013
#54
Does anybody need the lecture? How do we do it without offending/irritating you?
Evoman
Feb 2013
#79
Looks like ageism is alive and well when one is only defined by a single characteristic >
lunasun
Feb 2013
#80
All right I will. You can tell about what age, very roughly, that some people are by the way they
upaloopa
Feb 2013
#84
Only the 1% are privileged. The rest of us have varying degrees of oppression. nt
valerief
Feb 2013
#44
That means some of us are more oppressed than others, which is just another way of saying
redqueen
Feb 2013
#63
that some are starving doesn't make anything better than starvation a privilege.
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#70
The fact that you acknowledge your social privileges as a white male exist....
YoungDemCA
Feb 2013
#71
That isn't the point I was making. I'm saying we all know we have privilege, Some of us try
upaloopa
Feb 2013
#82
I think they say that openly but inside they know they have privilege. You can't grow up white male
upaloopa
Feb 2013
#87
Ok. I was listening to Mark Tompson today on his show "Make It Plain" on SIRIUS.
upaloopa
Feb 2013
#89
"privilege follows individuals first?" yeah, it's completely random that 1/3 of black americans
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#104