White Privilege

Cyanide comic ... Cyanide & Happiness (Explosm.net) White privilege is subtle and pervasive ...Enjoy

Or hispanic: one resume for Joe, and an identical one for Jose, only Joe gets called for interviews.Sometimes I wonder what the results would be if everyone that met the selection criteria were then put in a random lottery to choose the lucky worker would not end up with equally capable workers and a more diverse workforce, no affirmative action needed.Enjoy

You were made to feel uncomfortable for acts you unknowingly benefited from that were committed by others. What about Native Americans? Israel was set up due to guilt over letting the holocast happen without protests from the various governments that refused to take in refugees in the early days, the US included.Our world and our society has been built on the sins of our forebears, and some have benefited and some have not.As we increasingly reach towards becoming a more just society, a "more perfect union," some of the unjust actions of the past need acknowledgement and in some cases some form of compensation. Canada has done much in the way of establishing semi-autonomous indigent nations within their boundaries, the US not so much (recent violation of native lands for pipeline construction for example). Hence the recent appeals to the UN.Enjoy

Hi Phat, What the cartoon shows to me is that the white character is completely unaware -- as most white folk are -- of how much white privilege is ensconced in society to the point that it seems "natural" that the white side of the board starts first (why not a coin toss to see who kicks off and who receives?)The black character lives with that aspect every day.The difference in perspective is due to their different experiences. Do you feel entitled to maintain the status quo even though it is not just?EnjoyEnjoy

That's because you are trained to think that privilege only applies to the upper class and uber rich and that you should aspire to become one. But you are privileged. Even just walking through a store without being followed by an employee to see if you are shoplifting is privilege - you are not automatically assumed to be a priori guilty. Equal treatment is not special treatment" but it is just treatment.Enjoy

Will that necessarily translate into being able to do the job better than someone else? My Duke degree certainly provided me with some "privilege" in being considered for jobs ... even though I rarely used what I learned for grades in those jobs.[abe]And what about the applicants that are just as smart and creative but didn't have the opportunity to go to Howard or Duke?[/abe]Personally I think that once the basic requirements have been met for a position, that other aspects of behavior and social skills become more important.EnjoyEdited by RAZD, : abe

Ummm is something wrong with socialism? That's why we have roads you know.And when you get 200 applications of which say 50 people meet or exceed the basic requirements ... what criteria do you use to pick *one* candidate? A lottery system for those that meet the basic criteria would not use cultural\racial clues or even the results of long term cultural\racial discrimination.Enjoy

If you want to maintain the status quo because you benefit from it, and feel entitled to because it was your forefathers that created it not you, then you are perpetuating the system of privileges and biases and discrimination.Why should people continue to be punished when their forefathers did not create the system but were oppressed by it?The alternative is to work for increase wage justice and workers rights for ALL people, to form a unified front to insist on a minimum living wage, to insist on mandatory overtime for all workers, to insist on full benefits for all workers, to insist on better education opportunities, etc.The alternative is to work together.EnjoyEdited by RAZD, : ]

When you share a privilege it isn't taken from you, nor is the other party given something they are not entitled to have as a basic right.Gay marriage does not take away hetero's right to marry
Freedom to walk through store without being followed and freedom to walk down your street without being confronted by police are not taken away from whites when they are shared with blacks.Equal pay for work of equal value does not take pay away from men to pay women an equal amount.We did this with women's votes, and we did this with civil rights. But there is still work to do for equal "privilege" to do with your life as you like.The only thing that ends when you share a privilege is the existence of that privilege, as there are no universal privileges, just rights.EnjoyEdited by RAZD, : ...

It isn't a negative, the negative is people that do not enjoy the same treatment. It's not only what we aspire to, but what we aspire to apply to all people.I would say that how we judge a society is not by how well the best of us are doing, but on how well the least of us are doing. It's more like they are not allowed to achieve the same state. As Rrhain points out there are many barriers to achievements put in the way of people of color, natives, latinos, etc. We should be working to remove barriers, not build them nor passively leave them in place when they have been built by others.Accepting the status quo when you benefit from it is just as bad as setting it up in terms of how people marginalized by the status quo are treated. Aiding and abetting.Letting things slide because you are comfortable will not resolve the income inequality issue nor the global climate change issue.Enjoy

Correct: what you said was untrue ... it is not to label and it is not to portray people negatively. What it is doing is pointing out that when some people are unprivileged, that results in some people being privileged, whether they seek to be privileged or not.When we say some people are unprivileged and point out who then is privileged, it is to resolve the issue of some people being unprivileged, which will also mean resolving the issue of some people being privileged whether they are actively involved in maintaining their privilege or not.Perhaps this will help (from Chuck Dunning on Facebook): But not as much as blacks in general. Not really. That won't happen until white privilege ceases to exist. And the question is who benefits from discrimination and disadvantage across society as a whole? Doesn't the solution to the problem mean bringing the disadvantaged and the advantaged together into a common group?EnjoyEdited by RAZD, : ..

My take on this is an analogy to a swimming pool full of people, one person is drowning and someone tells the lifeguard #drowninglivesmatter ... someone replies that #allswimmerlivesmatter, and while both are true, only one needs help.Enjoy

Hillary Supporters Hiss At Black Lives Matter Protester Who Interrupts $500-Per-Person Fundraiser [VIDEO]

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A Black Lives Matter protester was escorted out of a $500 per person Hillary Clinton fundraiser on Wednesday after she interrupted the Democratic presidential candidate’s speech, which was being held at the home of a Charleston, South Carolina attorney.

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Video from the incident shows Clinton supporters hissing at the activist, Ashley Williams, while others call her protest inappropriate.

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Ashley and the cameraman each paid $500 to attend the talk, so they were there legitimately, and should have been afforded the same privilege to ask a question.After she and the cameraman were escorted out, Hillary turned to the all white audience and said "okay, back to the issues ..." white issues.White privilege issues.Enjoy