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Just now, cyberfx1024 said:

Do you think I care what some POS journalist or comic has to say about white privilege? No, I could care not one single iota.

you asked what white privilege was, i was only answering your question. it's clear to me that you don't understand it, but take it personally anyway. 

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3 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

you asked what white privilege was, i was only answering your question. it's clear to me that you don't understand it, but take it personally anyway. 

You couldn't tell I was being sarcastic when I said that?

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6 minutes ago, cyberfx1024 said:

You couldn't tell I was being sarcastic when I said that?

you went on about a bunch of personal anecdotes that have nothing to do with white privilege. can't be good sarcasm if you don't understand the topic at hand. rhetorical maybe.

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Just now, smilesammich said:

you went on about a bunch of personal anecdotes that have nothing to do with white privilege. can't be good sarcasm if you don't understand the topic at hand. rhetorical maybe.

What happens to white privilege for someone that is transracial?

 

 

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What happens to white privilege for someone that is transracial?

 

 

depends on if they can pass as white. there have been articles from transracial people who've addressed this. but i get the feeling no one around here is interested in learning, more interested in being offended by the concept.

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6 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

depends on if they can pass as white. there have been articles from transracial people who've addressed this. but i get the feeling no one around here is interested in learning, more interested in being offended by the concept.

And if you are white but want to pass as black?

 

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10 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

depends on if they can pass as white. there have been articles from transracial people who've addressed this. but i get the feeling no one around here is interested in learning, more interested in being offended by the concept.

Offended by what concept?

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1 hour ago, smilesammich said:

desire for self betterment? where do you get this stuff. i'm working class, i'm just being a realist.

 

i didn't make such a silly suggestion. by far. i know plenty of black people that are far better off than me. not sure where you get these crazy assumptions.

my husband is an immigrant. his shoes are filled with poutine.

I am sure most of here are working class.  Minus maybe 2-3.  That is a lame excuse for not improving your life.  A mortgage is often cheaper than rent.  

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3 minutes ago, Boiler said:

And if you are white but want to pass as black?

 

Do you hand in your WP?

It is a card, I knew it!

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7 minutes ago, IDWAF said:

I am sure most of here are working class.  Minus maybe 2-3.  That is a lame excuse for not improving your life.  A mortgage is often cheaper than rent.  

you projecting that i'm making lame excuses for not improving my life has nothing to do with me, my life, my efforts, my statements in this thread or the op. oh and it has no basis in fact. 

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9 minutes ago, Boiler said:

And if you are white but want to pass as black?

 

Do you hand in your WP?

you can read the links cyber was offended by to answer your rhetorical questions. or were you also attempting sarcasm?

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2 hours ago, smilesammich said:

:lol: what half of white americans believe and what is reality is far from the truth.

 

just because this guy is a 'well educated intellectual' doesn't mean he understands his white male privilege. clearly he doesn't. but hey, at least the alt right can offer him a safe space. 

i've never owned a new car either. i rent. i'll never retire. doesn't change the fact that in america my white skin affords me privileges minorities do not have.  cry me a river, american conservative blogger. 

 

2 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

you projecting that i'm making lame excuses for not improving my life nothing to do with me, my life, my efforts, my statements in this thread or the op. oh and it has no basis in fact. 

You have opportunities to own a new car, your own home, and retire (what you DO with those opportunities are your personal choice).  You are tying these things into a mixed-emotion tale about how you have privileges which minorities do not.  I am only speaking to the ones you actually brought up.  And I pointed out that minorities DO have those things about which you lamented not now nor never hainvg.  Your words.  I am projecting nothing about you nor your situation.  

 

But since I am re-reading your post, what privileges do you have that minorities do not have here in America?

 

Then I pointed out that most of us here are working class, and that is an excuse for NOT getting ahead or improving our lives.  Fact.  Not directed at you.  Working people CAN improve their lives, if only they want to.  Fact.

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36 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

you asked what white privilege was, i was only answering your question. it's clear to me that you don't understand it, but take it personally anyway. 

Personally, I hate the term "white privilege". A more accurate term is "structural racism" which no matter how much we do stamp out racism here and now, it will continue to ripple through generations. The primary driver of structural racism was mortgage and title laws of the 1930s through 1960s that discriminated against minorities and now ripple into generations today.

 

If your parents or grandparents bought into a 1950s suburb, that investment helped them and in turn likely helped you. If your parents were denied access to that investment then you are likely hampered by that. It might be why you grew up in public housing etc.

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2 minutes ago, IDWAF said:

 

You have opportunities to own a new car, your own home, and retire (what you DO with those opportunities are your personal choice).  You are tying these things into a mixed-emotion tale about how you have privileges which minorities do not.  I am only speaking to the ones you actually brought up.  And I pointed out that minorities DO have those things about which you lamented not now nor never hainvg.  Your words.  I am projecting nothing about you nor your situation.  

 

But since I am re-reading your post, what privileges do you have that minorities do not have here in America?

 

Then I pointed out that most of us here are working class, and that is an excuse for NOT getting ahead or improving our lives.  Fact.  Not directed at you.  Working people CAN improve their lives, if only they want to.  Fact.

you clearly aren't reading the op. i made those statements, not to lament anything, but as comparison to the blogger's lamentations i quoted. i didn't make those statements for anyone here to swoop in and try to play daddy - i wasn't complaining. i was comparing myself to the topic at hand.

 

white privilege. i am white. derp.

 

no one is talking about self improvement here but you. try reading the op and make contributions based on that. i never said anything about self improvement. fact. never said working people can't improve their lives. fact. bet you haven't even read the op.

 

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