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In reply to the discussion: Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person [View all]loyalsister
(13,390 posts)42. Because I have heard it a lot since
advocating on disability issues and trying to convince legislators not to cut medicaid in 2005, I heard the same thing. There is no question that I am less likely to be accused of gaming the system than my black friends who are in similar circumstances with an invisible disability.
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Very recent example: the lady who is running for governor in Texas was a single mother and on
jwirr
Aug 2014
#12
Highly signifigant! They do it and they do it well. And they can because they have the money to.
Dark n Stormy Knight
Aug 2014
#86
It shouldn't be a hard sell, if sold along with the concept of class privilege
Hippo_Tron
Aug 2014
#25
It's a bit confusing that you started your response to my post that ended with, "It's complicated,"
Dark n Stormy Knight
Aug 2014
#103
I've experienced white privilege my whole life. True, I've felt the wrath of discrimination..
BlueJazz
Aug 2014
#11
Please don't deflect attention away from the issue at hand. We all agree about the 1% but that's not
Liberal_Stalwart71
Aug 2014
#18
I still am amazed how many white people, regardless of income, dont understand that privilege
BaggersRDumb
Aug 2014
#55
Fuck that and fuck Cornel West who is driven by his personal resentment of Obama
Liberal_Stalwart71
Aug 2014
#107
White privilege is like manmade global warming. It's there, but there are a lot of people who deny
Louisiana1976
Aug 2014
#88
"Black Like Me," by John Howard Griffin, "White Like Me" by Tim Wise of ANYTHING written by Tim Wise
Liberal_Stalwart71
Aug 2014
#17
Perhaps we need to post a disclaimer for what should be obvious, but somehow isn't:
freshwest
Aug 2014
#53
That's right--right-wing whites are much more likely to be racist than others.
Louisiana1976
Aug 2014
#89
Proven by their acts in elected office and media sources. So tired of the righties.
freshwest
Aug 2014
#93
The term is, of course, a generalization, to which there will always be individual exceptions. But
WinkyDink
Aug 2014
#22
There is inherent privilege in being wealthy. There is inherent privilege in being white.
Lex
Aug 2014
#23
Apples and oranges. Privilege based on wealth is not the same as privilege based on race.
Lex
Aug 2014
#36
So, you would be perfectly comfortable starting a conversation about "white privilege"
Nye Bevan
Aug 2014
#39
not really, i know some gay people who are well off but i can see how as someone who is not gay
JI7
Aug 2014
#110
If they were in the same situation and were black, they'd be even worse off n/t
eridani
Aug 2014
#100
The answer is no. We continue to experience these things. I think the list does a pretty good job
Liberal_Stalwart71
Aug 2014
#102
Excellent point. In the context of the subject the word: Privilege = Social Inequality
Tuesday Afternoon
Aug 2014
#34
I think that 'advantage' would be a less loaded term but it's really not the point.
Gormy Cuss
Aug 2014
#62
It's obvious you didn't read the article, as the author is a woman...
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2014
#69
having white privilege is not the same thing as being privileged. nt
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2014
#71
not really. even a poor straight person has straight privilege over a gay person. Its similar for
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2014
#83
Yes. While those seemingly small things are insidiously powerful,
Dark n Stormy Knight
Aug 2014
#104
Why I think white people think that it denies they suffered/suffer when they hear white privilege
ck4829
Aug 2014
#84
Pretty decent article. All inequality of outcome is a result of inequality of opportunity, in my
Chathamization
Aug 2014
#109