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I understand the point you're trying to make but it's like saying don't take these black crime statistics seriously, some black people are actually very nice. L

I understand the point you're trying to make but it's like saying don't take these black crime statistics seriously, some black people are actually very nice. Look at this one nice NBA player. Pointing our x rape statistics is nothing but and x race shouldn't take it personally! It can be nasty sometimes but you should take it personally. Jesus christ this sounds like Donald Trump! I give you this example only because you're an American. Does two wrongs make one right just like in maths? Just like the privilege dogma itself preaches, the people who spread should stop using such terms. Practice what you preach. I don't find anything nuanced taking massive group of people and repeating they are all doing or have done bad things.

sho_hn 10y ago
The point Manisearth is trying to make is that "having privilege" is not the same as "doing bad things" and also not the same as "having privilege in all things". You're at this point choosing to be offended by reading something indiscriminately that, when used well, isn't being used indiscriminately, but in a context.
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Manishearth 10y ago
> I don't find anything nuanced taking massive group of people and repeating they are all doing or have done bad things. At no point did I do that. I said that privilege it not an attack. I said that it doesn't imply that you are doing bad things. All it means that there's a good chance that the particular aspect of your identity may have given you a leg up over others who are identical to you in all other respects. That doesn't mean you've done a bad thing, it's just something that's worth recognizing. It doesn't mean that you're universally better off, either; like I said that's the point of intersectionality -- you can have some privilege due to one aspect of your life which is completely eclipsed by another aspect of your life, e.g. not living in the U.S. I can't understand the first half of your comment at all. Tending to agree with sho_hn that you're basically trying to be offended here.
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sho_hn 10y ago

The point Manisearth is trying to make is that "having privilege" is not the same as "doing bad things" and also not the same as "having privilege in all things". You're at this point choosing to be offended by reading something indiscriminately that, when used well, isn't being used indiscriminately, but in a context.

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Manishearth 10y ago

> I don't find anything nuanced taking massive group of people and repeating they are all doing or have done bad things. At no point did I do that. I said that privilege it not an attack. I said that it doesn't imply that you are doing bad things. All it means that there's a good chance that the particular aspect of your identity may have given you a leg up over others who are identical to you in all other respects. That doesn't mean you've done a bad thing, it's just something that's worth recognizing. It doesn't mean that you're universally better off, either; like I said that's the point of intersectionality -- you can have some privilege due to one aspect of your life which is completely eclipsed by another aspect of your life, e.g. not living in the U.S. I can't understand the first half of your comment at all. Tending to agree with sho_hn that you're basically trying to be offended here.

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