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In reply to the discussion: Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is [View all]HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)148. i was already done, which is why i asked you to reread.
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And then? Of what does the "fix" consist and why is it necessary for me or "everyone" to
HiPointDem
May 2012
#113
Personal insult in place of answering the question. Because I suspect you can't.
HiPointDem
May 2012
#115
Yes, I *do* want an answer. And no, my questions weren't insulting, to you personally least
HiPointDem
May 2012
#118
Except I didn't ask about the problem. I asked: "Of what does the "fix" consist and why is
HiPointDem
May 2012
#201
You're saying that "the fix" is about everyone "doing the right thing" in their particular
HiPointDem
May 2012
#127
We can't control anyone else, can we? I wonder what the point of the Civil Rights Movement
HiPointDem
May 2012
#130
There aren't? Perhaps you didn't read the addition I made to the post you responded to.
HiPointDem
May 2012
#135
The implementation is not a product of individual police's "white privilege" except at the margins.
HiPointDem
May 2012
#156
and i will add, by separate post, as you took exceptions to my edits, that the idea that
HiPointDem
May 2012
#159
Not bullshit at all. Let's say all white americans suddenly became color-blind tomorrow and were
HiPointDem
May 2012
#202
If you think color-blind is the solution, then you don't understand the problem.
kwassa
May 2012
#221
I didn't say it was the solution -- I asked you what would change tomorrow if people weren't
HiPointDem
May 2012
#222
i think i understood what you said just fine. i don't think you made an argument. rather,
HiPointDem
May 2012
#228
I doubt that "recognition of their white privilege" was why they were there.
HiPointDem
May 2012
#164
I'm suggesting that recognition of discriminatory policies against blacks is not the same thing
HiPointDem
May 2012
#179
Is it a privilege to eat lunch in a restaurant or sit on any seat in a bus?
HiPointDem
May 2012
#200
Yes, it is a privilege to eat lunch in a restaurant or sit in any seat of a bus.
kwassa
May 2012
#226
see, i'm just trying to discuss, and you're being hostile. why? You *are* implying these two
HiPointDem
May 2012
#227
No, I'm a white female. And as a female, I think the concept of "male privilege" is also suspect.
HiPointDem
May 2012
#207
Some don't acknowledge the "setting" or claim it doesn't exist, that's the target of the article
uponit7771
May 2012
#12
In poker, the assumption is that the deck isn't stacked or marked and the dealer is honest.
bigbrother05
May 2012
#69
Just because people can't recognize the privilage doesn't mean it doesn't exist
uponit7771
May 2012
#204
I agree with what you are saying. I believe it has the potential to be a can of worms, but I
RadiationTherapy
May 2012
#7
that concept is addressed through the starting points and character creation
magical thyme
May 2012
#13
As a white working class person who's never broken the law, never gone through a bankruptcy, but
HiPointDem
May 2012
#213
I think the larger theme is that "privilege" is invisible to those who enjoy it
bhikkhu
May 2012
#220
as a swm i'm wondering when i will be showered with all this fortune and ease that i seem
leftyohiolib
May 2012
#8
agreed sometimes i cant sleep from the panic attacks i get over how easy i have it
leftyohiolib
May 2012
#22
I think you're confusing "how easy I have it" with "how difficult others have it".
LanternWaste
May 2012
#33
how difficult others have it implies how easy i have it it's a bs over generalized blanket
leftyohiolib
May 2012
#218
ok, if you say. if i do poorly it's b/c i made poor choices but everyone else who is doing poorly
leftyohiolib
May 2012
#29
A lot of straight white dues have done much better, with less effort, in the same field as Oprah???
Romulox
May 2012
#172
And when they make "bad choices" their money & position allows them to continue doing it
HiPointDem
May 2012
#215
You are conflating the metaphoric "difficulty setting" with the rest of the very complex forces
RadiationTherapy
May 2012
#20
I am well aware of class and its complexities and it is a very important part of my worldview.
RadiationTherapy
May 2012
#58
Maybe Malthaussen feels differently, but I would personally decline to "prove" privilege exists.
RadiationTherapy
May 2012
#36
Bringing class in makes it more difficult to argue for the existense of 'white privilege'.
Llewlladdwr
May 2012
#73
Wait aminute, I thought the whole point of 'white privilege' was that it was institutional?
Llewlladdwr
May 2012
#90
The advantage it provides is generally better outcomes from the same situations
jeff47
May 2012
#132
And yet, if inequality of condition is contraindicative of the premise?
lumberjack_jeff
May 2012
#152
So life is easier for a straight white male from a desperately poor family, living in a trailer park
Nye Bevan
May 2012
#31
Yes, that is exactly the point of the article. Thanks for putting it so simply.
RadiationTherapy
May 2012
#34
Well, you'll have to explore CLASS if you think it matters. If not, that is a fair assessment, imo.
Romulox
May 2012
#46
Well, this is the point where I think the 'white privilege' argument breaks down completely.
Llewlladdwr
May 2012
#76
Being able to get a job isn't a privilege, it's survival unless you're independently wealthy.
HiPointDem
May 2012
#216
If you really think you face prejudie and racism to the extent a person of color does. ..
Marrah_G
May 2012
#98
If we ignore CLASS, then gender and race are all that matters. But CLASS is the most important.
Romulox
May 2012
#45
There's multiple layers of privilege, and their interaction is complex and non-uniform
jeff47
May 2012
#138
OK. But that doesn't speak to the magnitude or pervasiveness of various privileges.
Romulox
May 2012
#140
I think you simply are not sensitive to class markers. Nice straight teeth, for example.
Romulox
May 2012
#173
I think you're not sensitive to the fact that they react that way to any black man.
jeff47
May 2012
#229
Who are "they"? Hypothetical people who *just happen* to be insensitive to class markers?
Romulox
May 2012
#230
may not apply in China, Burma/Myanmar, many parts of Africa and the "middle" east nt
msongs
May 2012
#52
The "Gay Minority Female" with a disability, progressive views, and poor might
FailureToCommunicate
May 2012
#56
didn't say much. but the formation of a multiracial, multiethnic movement among the lower
HiPointDem
May 2012
#150
The poster isn't focusing on three kinds of privilege. In fact, posts like this focus on only one.
lumberjack_jeff
May 2012
#165
Not that I am concerned about your interest in my future posts, but I did not write this piece.
RadiationTherapy
May 2012
#124
Well, the content was clear from the title. Surely you acknowledge that there are many perspectives
RadiationTherapy
May 2012
#217
I think you also have to throw in LUCK into the formula. The random number.
LiberalArkie
May 2012
#77
“'Gay Minority Female' setting? Hardcore." Actually, black women are more likely to be employed
HiPointDem
May 2012
#80
Not all jobs have "AA scoring". In fact, relatively few do. Nor do all jobs represent a rung on the
HiPointDem
May 2012
#101
Not all companies make sales to the government, and not all people work in companies.
HiPointDem
May 2012
#111
You didn't have a choice of being born SWM, people do have a choice of recognizing the .
uponit7771
May 2012
#205
which is why the PTB's response to the civil rights movement came in the form it did, rather
HiPointDem
May 2012
#105
Even more so, a mention of class invites defensiveness and hostility. It. Must. Not. Be. Discussed.
Romulox
May 2012
#141
Not being disabled is a privilege, beauty can be a privilege and wealth is a privilege. If you
stevenleser
May 2012
#131
my father was a straight white male who worked his ass off in a lumber yard so the stockholders
arely staircase
May 2012
#137
Part of the reason that you're not getting any breaks is because it's antisocial to give you one.
lumberjack_jeff
May 2012
#153
The PTB have gotten *everyone* -- white, black, etc. -- to accept the premise that the means
HiPointDem
May 2012
#161
Once you internalize the idea that you're on your own, the world is easier to understand.
lumberjack_jeff
May 2012
#163
Jesus. I would think this level of cognitive dissonance would render a person non functional.
lumberjack_jeff
May 2012
#175
So if an Asian succeeds it is because they worked hard and if a white person succeeds it is because
Kurska
May 2012
#197
Yeah. Don't overexert yourself by telling us twice how lazy white men are. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
May 2012
#176
i think it's similar to the storyline about how lazy american workers are generally. and the
HiPointDem
May 2012
#214
Is it because the game was originally devised and set up by straight white males?
begin_within
May 2012
#191
I won't argue with the idea that being straight, white, and male all confer advantages, however...
slackmaster
May 2012
#195
Indicating there's an even apple to apples playing field is just as moronic
uponit7771
May 2012
#203
Don't hate the race or the sexual orientation, hate the game of capitalism. nt
Comrade_McKenzie
May 2012
#225