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In reply to the discussion: Many thanks to Rachel Maddow for proving the existence of white privilege (Bundy v. Ferguson) [View all]Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)The black pop artist Pharell recently spoke of being the "New Black". He defined the New Black person as someone who has not necessarily forgotten about racism, but as one who doesn't allow racism to be a roadblock to achieving life goals and success. I get where he's coming from and all. But Mike Brown didn't allow racism to be a roadblock. To suggest that implies that the onus is on black people/people of color; that the fault of racism lies at the feet of black people--that Trayvon Martin was responsible for his own demise. That black and brown people walking down the street are stopped and frisked, having done nothing wrong, or followed in stores are responsible for their own physical features and thus deserved to be followed.
That white people don't even have to think of these things IS a privilege. I'm not sure why that's so difficult to understand, but there are a good number of black, brown, and yellow people of color who also think this society has gotten past all of that. And to a large extent, it has...until something like a Trayvon or a Mike Brown or a fellow simply playing with a toy gun in a Wal-Mart gets shot to death.
I appreciate you, freshwest, and those who did not flame me or alert this thread.
Frankly, I totally expected my OP to get alerted and was shocked when it didn't.