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Obviously. White privilege absolutely exists, and it should absolutely be discussed, but in the context of politics, it’s an implied message of, “your problems
by seventytwo 6y ago
Obviously.
White privilege absolutely exists, and it should absolutely be discussed, but in the context of politics, it’s an implied message of, “your problems aren’t significant and you should get over it.” Whether or not what’s objectively true has no bearing on how it makes people feel and how, then, they will perceive the person speaking.
A better approach is to focus on shared problems, but perhaps give a bit more attention to those with particular hardships or barriers.
- epx 6y agoExactly, this is a "big numbers" problem, that says nothing about individual experiences, and should never be used as argument against an individual, but you'd be hard pressed to find an activist that bothers to clarify that.
- luminaobscura 6y agoBeing white has advantages, that's true. Being black can also have advantages (affirmative action). But no one uses "black privilege". Because everyone is aware that most of the blacks are, in sum, more disadvantaged compared to median citizen. Some of the whites are also more disadvantaged. If I were one of them, i would be equally repulsed by "white privilege"
- jvsg 6y agoBlacks make up 13% of U.S population but 74.4% of NBA, and 30% of Hollywood. Is that meritocracy or priviledge?
- luminaobscura 6y agoDon't know about Hollywood but NBA is both. Meritocracy selecting privileged genes.