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> privileged white men like myself The former president of the US was a black man, he was arguably in one of the most privileged positions in the US / World.
by whitemale 9y ago
> privileged white men like myself
The former president of the US was a black man, he was arguably in one of the most privileged positions in the US / World.
The current Chancellor of Germany happens to be a women, which is the most privileged positions in Europe.
I'm also sure that you will find a lot of white men who lack anything that can be considered privilege.
> why people might submit anonymously to such a list
> This trope of jumping immediately to the problem of false accusations is sadly common in discussions e.g. of rape reporting. Yes, some reports of rape (and harassment) are untrue. The vast majority aren't.
Even if a rape accusation turns out to be false, the damage is done, and nobody will care about your "privileged white men" because they don't have enough victim creds.
- chipgap98 9y ago> The former president of the US was a black man, he was arguably in one of the most privileged positions in the US / World. That's not what privilege is. Its about how society treats people as a whole. As as a whole, white men benefit from their gender and race. Yes there are white people who are poor or have other issues. Yes there are black people people who are wealthy or in positions of power. Citing individual examples doesn't discount macro trends
- whitemale 9y agoHow does society treat people as whole? can you explain what advantage do non-white-males have over everyone else? > Citing individual examples doesn't discount macro trends Sorry mate, if you look at statistics, Asians earn more in America than 'whites', so I guess we should start calling Asians privileged then, right?
- cjslep 9y ago> The former president of the US was a bkack man ...and when he was reelected president, the Free Expression tunnel at NC State was spray painted with the confederate battle flag background, his "Hope" pose portrait, and in huge bold black letters the word "NIGGER". Racism and systemic oppression didn't get solved just because you can cherrypick examples well. I don't see non-white people oppressing white people because Trump is in power, calling them/him a "cracker" or other slurs, on the same continuous intensity. Which is a good indication that society is still skewed.
- anothercomment 9y agoAnd Trump was called Hitler, Idiot, Psychopath and all sorts of other things. Presidents simply attract some amount of hatred.
- Danihan 9y agoNot to mention how many liberals take smug joy in mocking Trump's skin tone, without the least bit of irony..
- davidcbc 9y agoThe US doesn't have a long history of oppressing people who use fake tan sprays so the two really aren't comparable.
- anothercomment 9y agoWhat about people with red hair? I think they have a history of being bullied?
- Danihan 9y ago... He just had a tan from tanning / being in Florida. http://www.marieclaire.com/politics/news/a26621/donald-trump-disappearing-tan/ http://www.marieclaire.com/politics/news/a26621/donald-trump...