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Could this be white privilege at work again? I mean this guy got 2 cases granted which seems to be quite an accomplishment in the legal world, but don't you thi
by gnunez 9y ago
Could this be white privilege at work again? I mean this guy got 2 cases granted which seems to be quite an accomplishment in the legal world, but don't you think race had little something to do with it The guy interviewing him said, "[he] looked more like a lawyer then a bank robber". Why? Because he's white?
- ra1n85 9y ago“he looked more like a [insert role here] than a [insert role here]”. Why because he’s [ethnicity]? [citation backing up presumption that the quote was based on real world evidence, or founded on probabilities]
- ScottBurson 9y agoThere's no way to know. It crossed my mind too to wonder about that. I would like to think that an African-American man, or woman!, who had done all the same things would have wound up in the same position. But I don't know that we're there yet. The problem I have with invoking "white (or male) privilege" is that it tends to depreciate the person's accomplishment, and even to make them feel guilty for it. If they have done something to demonstrate prejudice or encourage it in others, that is fair game for criticism. Succeeding at something, in and of itself, is not, even if you think it was easier for them than it should have been.