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That never happens. Glassunion Sep 2015 #1
LOL cyberswede Sep 2015 #2
Never, right! LOL randys1 Sep 2015 #4
Thank you and be blessed!-nt Anansi1171 Sep 2015 #8
.. La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2015 #10
*snort* Starry Messenger Sep 2015 #24
Denying privilege is something most white folks do, out of ignorance. randys1 Sep 2015 #3
In many cases, yes. blackspade Sep 2015 #71
This is never more apparent than with the recent heroin epidemic. nt kelliekat44 Sep 2015 #85
Rationalization is the easiest response. Maedhros Sep 2015 #5
How do they have a problem? Egnever Sep 2015 #40
Now that was a freeperesque twist of words laundry_queen Sep 2015 #50
I think that the Ahmed Mohammed story is illustrative. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2015 #6
K&R Solly Mack Sep 2015 #7
Simply put, conservatives just aren't generally all that empathic and/or perceptive, Zorra Sep 2015 #9
denying white privilege is not just a conservative thing. look all over du and you'l see examples of La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2015 #11
yup JI7 Sep 2015 #15
It is difficult for people who do not exist in certain conditions to comprehend Zorra Sep 2015 #17
I think that Liberals need to start with themselves. blackspade Sep 2015 #77
i think liberals should stop pretending that they are not racist/dont see color etc. La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2015 #113
triple yup randys1 Sep 2015 #26
That post actually made me laugh out loud. Only "Conservative" white people do this Number23 Sep 2015 #48
thousands of examples over the years. one complained two black coworkers were friends.... bettyellen Sep 2015 #52
Oh wait, I remember that! gollygee Sep 2015 #62
And he was completely serious. As if black people should't have friends or it's his loss, LOL. bettyellen Sep 2015 #91
I was about to make the same comment. blackspade Sep 2015 #72
+1000 Starry Messenger Sep 2015 #86
Not so much anymore. Major Hogwash Sep 2015 #93
i disagree with you. denying white privilege is almost as much a liberal thing as a conservative La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2015 #112
So true. Can you imagine the ridicule they must face when they fall in Baitball Blogger Sep 2015 #12
I do this shit myself sometimes olddots Sep 2015 #13
actually Skittles Sep 2015 #27
true but- 90% of the time people (and dictionaries!) happily admit words have more than one meaning bettyellen Sep 2015 #46
true, but Skittles Sep 2015 #54
I get it, but when you are noting patterns of behavior it's a trap that is hard not to fall into... bettyellen Sep 2015 #58
all I know is, if anyone tried it with me Skittles Sep 2015 #64
well, if you were used to it as a kid, which happens.... maybe not. Most of the people who have bettyellen Sep 2015 #65
very strange Skittles Sep 2015 #81
from what I recall it happens all the fucking time when they are kids- and they learn not to make a bettyellen Sep 2015 #90
You came up with the word "breeze". qwlauren35 Sep 2015 #60
you completely missed my point Skittles Sep 2015 #61
Maybe qwlauren35 Sep 2015 #67
exactly what I was thinking Skittles Sep 2015 #80
Perhaps this is why President Obama has never once used the phrase "white privilege" Nye Bevan Sep 2015 #79
Holy Skittles! You made 100,000 posts! KamaAina Sep 2015 #114
I think it's motivated by personal gain LittleBlue Sep 2015 #14
You're right about the privilege in other societies Warpy Sep 2015 #33
Wish they had broken out the people by political leanings too. jeff47 Sep 2015 #16
It appears to be a subscription journal. KamaAina Sep 2015 #19
I skimmed it just now tishaLA Sep 2015 #44
When one ideology is dedicated to furthering privilege why would that not have an effect? jeff47 Sep 2015 #45
because I see progressives who deny they are the recipients of tishaLA Sep 2015 #47
Anecdotes are not data. jeff47 Sep 2015 #49
No they aren't but tishaLA Sep 2015 #51
Which again, is why I asked for data. jeff47 Sep 2015 #53
from the study... tishaLA Sep 2015 #57
Holy shit, you too?! haikugal Sep 2015 #83
Me too what? jeff47 Sep 2015 #106
I was email trolled by the same person.... haikugal Sep 2015 #107
It's new for me. jeff47 Sep 2015 #108
That has been my experience as well. haikugal Sep 2015 #111
"I'm white and I assure you, you're wrong." TalkingDog Sep 2015 #18
That is like saying "it is midnight and pitch black outside but the sun is shining" randys1 Sep 2015 #28
Growing I used to hear a lot of "Well the Irish were treated horribly" underpants Sep 2015 #20
Precisely the point. KamaAina Sep 2015 #23
(Hand pointing at the new guy who's different) he's worse than me underpants Sep 2015 #38
I'm f***ed... Glassunion Sep 2015 #30
Sorry about that underpants Sep 2015 #43
+1 million geardaddy Sep 2015 #31
+ underpants Sep 2015 #37
I am Irish-American and think that people who use that as a deflection suck. Starry Messenger Sep 2015 #35
Well said. The Irish are an unseemly dirty violent lot underpants Sep 2015 #41
Yes. geardaddy Sep 2015 #42
in 1910 marym625 Sep 2015 #73
So does this mean... deathrind Sep 2015 #21
People become defensive when attacked... TipTok Sep 2015 #22
What/who was attacked? White privileged people? Who attacked them? randys1 Sep 2015 #29
It's perceived as an attack for a number of reasons. Are you interested in why? Scootaloo Sep 2015 #55
yes, very interested... tia uponit7771 Sep 2015 #101
Study: Kafkatrapping seems to annoy people! Shandris Sep 2015 #25
Makes sense. jalan48 Sep 2015 #32
It's not a contest, we're all in it together! Fearless Sep 2015 #34
When White Folks claim there's no White Privilege.... Burma Jones Sep 2015 #36
It exists and I probably benefited from it at some point in my seven plus decades here in the US tularetom Sep 2015 #39
If anyone understands privilege, it's the good people at Stanford. nt AppalachianAmerican Sep 2015 #56
Actually, African American students view Stanford as more friendly than Cal KamaAina Sep 2015 #82
In other words, white people are acting like people AngryAmish Sep 2015 #59
I'm never giving up my white privilege Binkie The Clown Sep 2015 #63
When a cop treats black people worse, I prefer to think of it as "racism" than "privilege". Nye Bevan Sep 2015 #66
The flip side qwlauren35 Sep 2015 #68
Any time a cop treats a black person worse than he would a white person, that is racism. Nye Bevan Sep 2015 #74
President Obama doesn't say it because he'd get too much backlash gollygee Sep 2015 #94
Exactly. President Obama is a grown-up who genuinely wants to end racism. Nye Bevan Sep 2015 #98
President Obama is a black man dealing with racism gollygee Sep 2015 #116
In order for our culture to move beyond racial inequity... blackspade Sep 2015 #69
Once white people realize how evil they are, we'll all get along better! Shandris Sep 2015 #75
It's not about evil. blackspade Sep 2015 #78
Why would I care? TipTok Sep 2015 #87
idiots marym625 Sep 2015 #70
Any white people who deny white privilege has their heads up their asses. nt valerief Sep 2015 #76
Certainly in this post-meltdown economy. RandySF Sep 2015 #84
K&R ismnotwasm Sep 2015 #88
This is spot on. Completely true. cheapdate Sep 2015 #89
I went to public school in Mobile, too, from 1978 to 1984. Mariana Sep 2015 #115
That is so not true, go to Appalacia with Lisa Ling, lots of Americans are suffering there. akbacchus_BC Sep 2015 #92
Of course there are white people who are sufferering, for a variety of reasons gollygee Sep 2015 #95
This white person doesn't, LWolf Sep 2015 #96
I think that "privilege" is a poorly-chosen word Orrex Sep 2015 #97
Mostly the word is used by those who have no interest in having a productive discussion, Nye Bevan Sep 2015 #99
what term should be used!? tia uponit7771 Sep 2015 #102
Broadly speaking, it should be a term that does not inspire defensiveness Orrex Sep 2015 #109
That's why the whole meme just doesn't work treestar Sep 2015 #100
What words should be used then?! uponit7771 Sep 2015 #103
Try reading one of Obama's speeches about racism. Nye Bevan Sep 2015 #105
Focus on how people of color are equals treestar Sep 2015 #110
There are many types of privilege. alarimer Sep 2015 #104
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