A feature of white privilege is the inability to see it. That's because they who have it have no experience of what it is like to be lesser because of their race.
You only wrote two sentences and yet I, a white man born in the Bronx in the 1960s, cannot reconcile them. I cannot see that I have white privilege so, perhaps, according to your first sentence, I have it. But according to your second sentence my inability to see my white privilege is because I "have no experience of what it is like to be lesser because of [my] race."
Your entire post was interesting and supportable. Just so you know, the poster you are responding to is a notoriously uninformed and illogical troll. First of all, he lives on the other side of the planet from the US, and doesn't have the first clue about anything in American society, yet can't stop talking about it. (There is some incredible irony in his post telling other people they have "no experience.") Second of all, he posts nothing but generalizations, political slogans, memes, and accusations, and never anything of substance. Third of all, as you pointed out, he can't stay internally consistent from one sentence to the next. Above (and elsewhere), he has basically adopted (yet again), the Robin DeAngelo logical fallacy that "you are racist, and if you don't agree with that statement, then you are proving my point that you are a racist."
“For example, in the United States, Nigerian-Americans are among the most successful immigrant groups, topping the charts in a wide array of fields. According to the Washington-based (MPI), Nigerians in the United States are the most educated immigrant group, with 61 percent holding at least a bachelor’s degree, “compared with 31 percent of the total foreign-born population and 32 percent of the US-born population.”
Being successful does not mean one does not face adversity. If that were the case, antisemitism would not exist.
You must not have read the article. Nigerian’s face far less adversity (if any) in the land of alleged “white privilege” than they do back in their own dysfunctional ****hole country.
Here's an idea, just don't carry drugs. If you have five white people carrying drugs and five black people with no drugs they don't have to worry about being arrested for drugs do they?
Do you know why I'm not worried about being arrested for drugs? It's not because I'm white it's because I just don't use or carry drugs. I don't even smoke weed.
So the white people get to carry drugs, but the black people don’t?
Your dumb ass solution still includes white privilege.
No one should carry drinks but you can't control other, just yourself.
Being successful does not mean one does not face adversity. If that were the case, antisemitism would not exist.
You must not have read the article. Nigerian’s face far less adversity (if any) in the land of alleged “white privilege” than they do back in their own dysfunctional ****hole country.
But that's not the question. Do they face less adversity than white immigrants?
You must not have read the article. Nigerian’s face far less adversity (if any) in the land of alleged “white privilege” than they do back in their own dysfunctional ****hole country.
But that's not the question. Do they face less adversity than white immigrants?
Why do they outperform the national average if the US is so racist against blacks?
You only wrote two sentences and yet I, a white man born in the Bronx in the 1960s, cannot reconcile them. I cannot see that I have white privilege so, perhaps, according to your first sentence, I have it. But according to your second sentence my inability to see my white privilege is because I "have no experience of what it is like to be lesser because of [my] race."
Your entire post was interesting and supportable. Just so you know, the poster you are responding to is a notoriously uninformed and illogical troll. First of all, he lives on the other side of the planet from the US, and doesn't have the first clue about anything in American society, yet can't stop talking about it. (There is some incredible irony in his post telling other people they have "no experience.") Second of all, he posts nothing but generalizations, political slogans, memes, and accusations, and never anything of substance. Third of all, as you pointed out, he can't stay internally consistent from one sentence to the next. Above (and elsewhere), he has basically adopted (yet again), the Robin DeAngelo logical fallacy that "you are racist, and if you don't agree with that statement, then you are proving my point that you are a racist."
So you have mastered the ad hominem argument. But nothing else.
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My dad’s white American ancestry goes back 300 years. He graduated from a public school. Then volunteered to join the military and served seven years. He left the military and worked a crappy factory job that started at 10 dollars an hour until retirement. There was always food on the table and he was always a loving father.
I went to public school and then to college. I received not a single cent from my parents towards college. It took 15 years but I payed off my college loans by myself.
I’m as white as they come. What white privilege do I have?
Why is this so hard for some of you white people to understand? Do you not know any people of color at all? Have you never talked with them?
Do you just not believe that police treat minorities differently (worse) than white people?
Do you just not believe that minorities are profiled by police?
Do you just not believe that minorites are followed more in stores by security?
Do you just not believe that it's harder for a black person to hail a cab than it is for a white person?
Do you just not believe that very often a white person will cross the street if they see a black person coming their way?
Do you just not believe that minorities have been discriminated against regarding housing and employment and entrance to certain restaurants and membership clubs?
White priviledge doesn't mean you've had everything handed to you. It also doesn't mean a white person needs to feel White Guilt. I don't. I didn't do all the evil things white people in the past did. But, at the same time, I DO recognize that centuries of discrimination against minorities in this country hasn't gone away.
Learn this.
Says the 80 year old white guy from Ohio who's never met a black person.
It's not 1960 anymore old timer. The fantasy you have of German shepards and fire hoses is long gone.
There's a reason all the "heroes" of the BLM movement are career criminal pieces of excrement.
You can't find innocent "brown people" people being abused by the cops so you have to idolize thugs like Michael Brown and George Floyd.
You must not have read the article. Nigerian’s face far less adversity (if any) in the land of alleged “white privilege” than they do back in their own dysfunctional ****hole country.
But that's not the question. Do they face less adversity than white immigrants?
The group African immigrants dislike most in America is African-Americans.
This isn't because they are racist It's because some of the complaints about AA's are perfectly legitimate and have nothing to do with racism.
“For example, in the United States, Nigerian-Americans are among the most successful immigrant groups, topping the charts in a wide array of fields. According to the Washington-based (MPI), Nigerians in the United States are the most educated immigrant group, with 61 percent holding at least a bachelor’s degree, “compared with 31 percent of the total foreign-born population and 32 percent of the US-born population.”
Mass immigration versus a modern day select visa immigration based on an elite qualification or desired skill set are very different things.
So you concede race is not a factor if the non-white person/persons bring something to the table (such as advanced education, or needed professional/technical skills) that genuinely serves and advances society. Thank you for reminding us “white privilege” is a false concept cooked up by divisive people who want to tear down society and ultimately don’t give an ef if non-white Americans succeed on the basis of merit and excellence.
Why is this so hard for some of you white people to understand? Do you not know any people of color at all? Have you never talked with them?
Do you just not believe that police treat minorities differently (worse) than white people?
Do you just not believe that minorities are profiled by police?
Do you just not believe that minorites are followed more in stores by security?
Do you just not believe that it's harder for a black person to hail a cab than it is for a white person?
Do you just not believe that very often a white person will cross the street if they see a black person coming their way?
Do you just not believe that minorities have been discriminated against regarding housing and employment and entrance to certain restaurants and membership clubs?
White priviledge doesn't mean you've had everything handed to you. It also doesn't mean a white person needs to feel White Guilt. I don't. I didn't do all the evil things white people in the past did. But, at the same time, I DO recognize that centuries of discrimination against minorities in this country hasn't gone away.
Learn this.
Says the 80 year old white guy from Ohio who's never met a black person.
It's not 1960 anymore old timer. The fantasy you have of German shepards and fire hoses is long gone.
There's a reason all the "heroes" of the BLM movement are career criminal pieces of excrement.
You can't find innocent "brown people" people being abused by the cops so you have to idolize thugs like Michael Brown and George Floyd.
There are so many lynchings each week, I hardly can decide which one to attend.
The contempt for African Americans wasn't confined to lynchings. It extended to everything - as attitudes here so clearly show. It hasn't gone away, even if your regular source of "entertainment" has.
USA is not a "white country" and was not a white country when it was founded and obviously already had a population of non-whites when the whites showed up. If the founders wanted it that way they certainly wouldn't have been forcibly importing millions of non-whites. That being said, colonialism and the slave trade involving lots and lots of non-whites is a choice that Europeans made to gain immense wealth and power. Perhaps they thought they'd never have to share with those people, but we see they were wrong. Darn.
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