I don't even blame white people for not understanding. You simply are unable to because of your upbringing. It's not your fault either.
You all get the privilege but some get bigger slices than others.

Actually it is, and you're wrong.

White people have the privilege of living in a country that was founded by and for them. They also enjoy the privilege that comes along with being an overwhelming majority. This is exactly how it is supposed to be. The whole idea of a multicultural/ethnic America is a new phenomena that won't be fully realized for many more generations. This is not an issue that will be or can be solved in our lifetime.

This. Grew up poor, no role models, terrible upbringing in poverty with almost no chances in life. Worked my ass off and made it. I don't even care at this point, those close to me will know.Lol. Can't stand idiots like this guy ^

I've been followed and carefully and suspiciously watched in countless stores, but I'm white. If I were black, I'd blame it on my color and act like a victim. Since I'm white, what do I blame it on? Constantly have suspicious people watch me in stores, etc growing up.

Nobody calls a group of black guys a "gang" for no reason, stop watching CNN. It's just a group of guys to 99% of people, you let the media brainwash you. Of course if they look like thugs that's different but that's not usually the case.

Studies also show black people are less likely to be shot by police per incident than white people in even the most troubled states (CA, TX, FL) you watch way too much TV. Plenty of black friends, none of that is reality unless you make it reality.

What about all the white kids who grow up on foodstamps with drug attic parents in trailer parks or ghettos? They are privileged too? They would actually have less benefits than blacks because they arent a "minority"...

White privilege ended fully in like the 80's dude...that chit is long gone. I see whites vs whites all the time. Nobody is on the same team anymore and nobodies trying to bring anybody down. Except demonize and stigmatize "privileged white men" for everyones problems

Blacks just love having excuses to blame chit on. Blacks need to have family units and stop taking drugs/perpetuating anti social culture. that would help them so much.

I'd pick the color that is the most common for the area I'm located, naturally people can more easily make friends with people who look like them. That's literally the only accurate "white privilege" that exists, however it's not "white privilege" it's just "majority privilege" it exists everywhere. Asians have that privilege in Asian countries, black in black dominated areas have "black privilege" and so on. Has nothing to do with being white specifically, just so happens there are more whites in the US than any other color so that's the slight accurate and true advantage.

Everything else is 90% bs. I leave 10% because there is some generational wealth in some families that WAS an actual advantage of their color from generations ago that carries over, but you can't paint an entire race with a privilege that only a small percentage ACTUALLY have.

As far as culture, don't give me that fear bs. We create our own culture, it's not a privilege. Be a good person productive to society and that's how you'll be viewed.

Any person who uses that term and genuinely believes it, without stating the above points, just isn't intelligent. Simple as that. It's a VERY easy way to spot the dumb people in the crowd who let CNN/Huff Post media brainwash them.

White brah who lived in a downtown urban area checking in. If you deny white privilege, my guess is you haven't lived in a diverse area.

Then there's these type of guys who confuse equal opportunity with equal outcome. Yes, if you drive downtown, you may see a lot of non-white people struggling. Equal opportunity does not mean equal outcome.

Every race always thinks they have it bad. I'm Asian and I don't like the bad stereotypes negatively attributed to Asian guys because it doesn't benefit me. Apparently they say we are viewed well in the west. I don't think so. I'm not inclined to have sympathy for whites and blacks when they don't care for other races but their own. Ultimately all races care for their own because humans are a greedy people. Asians and brown people or any people for the matter should focus on their ilk. The people who always advocate for less racism are racist themselves. They're trying to guilt others to all be the same like them, when they have their own agendas of their own for their kind to be on top.

The solution is to focus on your own kind, even if it means the expense of the other races who are opposite to yours. Certain nationalities of white people shouldn't owe reparations to people they had a past colonial history with. The people who are descended to people who were subjects to colonial history are not entitled to reparations either. You know why, because if they had the resources and knowledge, they would have enslaved white people themselves. People say this breeds more conflict. Will yes it does and conflict is part of our nature. There just needs to be a balance.

Try being brown going through an airport or getting pulled over etc.

Yea... I'll let y'all know when that privilege hits my account.

is there anyone here that would actually pick something different than what they already are?

lol selfhate cucks. feel bad.

Growing up poor and white means you have privilege?

Growing up poor sucks no matter what your skin color is. I always have to laugh when hearing about white privilege. You think the 13 year old kid living in a trailer park in Michigan has white privilege? Get the fck out of here. I grew up in a **** town (age 14-18) and got my ass kicked constantly and didn't have ****. I guess I should thank my white privilege right? Such a stupid argument.

Those stereotypes are sad.

Thankfully I have witnessed black men and women in tech breaking these stereotypes.There are very few black men in California in comparison to North Carolina and Georgia (the only Southern states I've traveled in).

I have a female white friend who only dates black men, and she's frustrated with the lack of selection here. She is considering a move to Kansas City or Atlanta.

I think blacks and browns have a harder time getting jobs and moving up on the later. For example if you had one black and one white guy going for the same job, they had the same personality, same resume, same everything. The white guy will get hired. why? Say the business owner hires the black guy, few months later the black is fukcing up all the time, really chit employee. The owner can't fire him or he may have a lawsuit on his hands for racial discrimination.
I think a large portion of the white privilege theory is bull**** because it rides on an emotional or psychological belief. People complain ing about being watched in stores, i'm white it happens to me too. These retail people are bored out of their mind, they may just want to talk to someone or give you a suggestion. Have you ever asked them why are you looking at me? Feeling anxious about going into a store for fear of employees watching you will turn into a self fulfilling prophecy. Walk into the store smile say hello act confident like you belong and you will be treated with respect.

thats the problem

People avoid me all the time, literally stop in their tracks and walk the other direction. It's called having a low trust face and/or looking like a BAMF.


It's a defense mechanism and it's there for a reason. Always trust your gut.

White privilege isn't blanket where every white person has it better than EVERY black person.

But if were having a serious discussion on this topic white privilege is often linked to economic privilege. White folks getting shorter sentences (better lawyers) for the same crimes as their black counterparts. Great education comes from great schools which come from local taxes. However because wealth never existed in balck neighberhoods until recently majority of blacks get ****ty school systems. Those issues get passed on generation to generation and they are mostly linked to $$

Thing is cash for the most part was always concentrated in the WHITE population and until recently a lot of opportunities were not available to blacks due to jim crow and the civil rights era.

A lot of it is very subtle, racism and privilege doesn't display itself in the most obvious ways but its definitely there.

You will also see the narrative about whites getting less jobs due to external factors such as "the economy" or "the jobs are going to China".

When it comes to blacks it's "pull yourself up by the bootstraps".

Being a white male is life on easy mode. You're just coping if you think it isn't. Go to any part of the world that isn't white and you're revered as a god. Brown people come to white places and they're looked at like cancer.

LOL this is not exclusive to brown people. Im white as ****, and do not look shady and ive had my bags swabbed for explosives in Sydney and been put through those full body scanners multiple times going through London Heathrow

so serious, they made a whole movie on it

Of course there is a "white privilege." Nothing wrong with it though...groups will always be subconsciously or even consciously stereotyped if the majority act a certain way. There is class privilege, height privilege, face privilege...nothing you can change about them so it is pointless to think about it too much. If an employer 'feels' a white person as more of a fit because of how they similarly interact...then that is fine. In the end, we are all looking out for our own, whether it is our family or even people that look like us. I am sure any white dude would not be comfortable if I told them in 40 years, Asians and Amerindians would be the larger majority and whites would reduce to 20% population. A multi ethnic society just can not thrive in my personal opinion...once you accept some you have to accept all and that leads down a dark path.

If i was a white dude i would be pissed srs


"White Priviledge" is a lame excuse to cater to the victim mentality. So if someone doesn't make it in society/life, he/she can just use the wildcard to throw blame on instead of accepting personal responsibility

My dude Sword_ knows. A lot of it is very subtle and if you dont wanna see it it works out but its there. Again im not hating on white folks, i dont think white people owe others anything but there is nothing wrong with acknowledging our history and its effects on us today.

If your body was ravaged by cancer and you survived it, but it wrekt your immune system. That previous disease which you have no beat still has lingering effects, it has compromised you in ways you dont always see or understand but the damage is there.

I take this situation a little bit in the same way.

yes and the only legitimate racism is.... reverse racism right?

TBH I agree tbh

Its interesting how nobody chose to comment on the fact that...somehow, I should feel pity for poor piece of chit rusbelt *******s who whine to Trump about their jobs going to China (even though they're not even really going to China)

You also notice how people become completely closed to the same preotections for fast food workers who are, in many cases, either foreign or ethnic minorities

Also interesting how nobody chose to address the fact that employers actively discriminate based on name...some miscers legit say "why dont you change your name??" and then want to sit there and claim society "totally isnt racist". Keep in mind these same pathetic *******s will be talking about "how easy women have it" because so many women now have the discipline and the wherewithal to actually better themselves through an education.

I'm indifferent towards the concept of (or what is properly defined) as privilege, but with that said;I fail to see why I have to be punished for something I didn't do. I have no criminal record I have a job and i'm in school. but Its somehow my fault, or I somehow deserve the current treatment I receive (which I won't go into) because of the actions of people I don't even know? Or its somehow my obligation to help them? Their criminality is not my problem......Which is exactly what the posts I quoted did to black people.Funny you should bring this up.

I'm sure you have an idea how my ancestors got here (as a marginalized race)....and despite their disadvantage they manage to move to Texas and make a name for themselves. They opened up a fairly successful ma' and pop store and were considered "rich" back in the 19-teens (hell, they actually owned a car back then). But as luck would have it their business was burnt to the ground by people in white robes and their home was shot up. Fearing for their lives they fled to California in the dead of night and essentially had to start their lives from scratch, and never quite recovered the wealth they once had. In contrast a European white that came here from Ellis Island could have worked hard and established a job and would have had no problem with racial tension, and would have therefore been able to thrive, and pass on their wealth to their future generations. Hell, even the irish who were shat on still had better opportunities for simply having a white face. If you're looking for someone to attack in a crowd for being different, you're more likely to point out the brown person than someone of irish decent, and even if they were picked on for being ginger, all it would take is one generation of breeding with with another white to mask that recessive trait, while there virtually no way to mask the fact that you're brown.

It wasn't until the early 1960's that AA was established and wasn't seriously followed until around the mid 70's. Before then it was needed because brown people were being denied job solely on the basis of their race even if they were more qualified. Then you have the little microcosm issues with housing discrimination laws (which kept otherwise successful brown families in poor areas) and the introduction of ******* into the brown communities by the CIA (but i'm not going to get into that conspiracy theory).

Is it not true that white people had greater "opportunities" for their communities to thrive which in turn gave their families capital that could be passed on for multiple familial generations? Blacks were not always this way. They were family oriented and dressed professionally and worked hard for what they had and they were still shat on (in some parts of the country it was well into the late 1970's)

Despite all of that I guess you could say; well, that was a long time ago and...and affirmative action and...and we had a black president, which are valid points. I simply wanted to point out the origins of the supposed pivilege that whites have had in this country (which may not be the same across the pond, i'm speaking anecdotally from a US perspective).

Negged for being a ******* OPeazy my neazy

Yes, they're progressives and as such should be pitied and marginalised but everyone seems to be missing the really intriguing thing about all this 'privilege' malarkey.

It's quite a thing when you think about it: a lot, if not virtually all, of the people speaking of 'privilege' (usually to poor people they think are the wrong colour) are themselves *very* privileged people, even in the context of a first-world country. Historically speaking these people enjoy eyewatering economic privilege usually reserved not even for royalty. And yet... they seem very, very concerned everybody else be placed on an abstract scale of privilege which KEEEErazily doesn't include economic privilege at all.

I'm beginning to wonder why these obvious and immediate deficiencies ever passed muster with anyone. It's like the first thing you think when you seen some Brown U student wearing expensive clothes he didn't buy himself telling depressed white poor people it's time they gave up some of the good stuff.

You think what the fuk *is* this bullchit?