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There's white privilege in Pensiltucky? Elon Musk knows he wouldn't have made it big without family connections, but the white guy from Western Pennsylvania kno

There's white privilege in Pensiltucky? Elon Musk knows he wouldn't have made it big without family connections, but the white guy from Western Pennsylvania knows that he was up against a whole lot and made it anyway, against all odds. That's why "white privilege" sells so poorly.

steveBK123 4y ago
Right, and I think generally the high status whites who profess it about whites actually don't mean themselves. They mean all those low status whites who have wrongthink. Ironically many of them live in liberal, multi-cultural cities filled with rich people who are much more high status than vast swathes of inland rural white people.
kenjackson 4y ago
I agree. Let me give you another example of privilege -- being able-bodied. It doesn't seem like a privilege, because there are still obstacles you must overcome, but it's just one less obstacle. IMO, the only thing that makes "white privilege" somewhat interesting, is the extent to which the country made laws and regulations around race. If it were merely tribal preferences of liking people who were genetically closer to you, I'd view it more like being tall as a privilege. But the fact that we used the government and other legal instruments to prop one above the other gives me a certain level of discomfort that I don't have with all the other forms of privilege that exist.
- vasco 4y ago
  What's the point of playing this privilege game? You know where this ends? Comparing intelligence and other genetic traits and it intersects with eugenics, which as we all know is a great road to start on... Sometimes I really wonder if the privilege olympics people ever took the time to think through where their logical reasoning would lead to. Ultimately we need to allow everyone to have a life with dignity while creating a system that rewards hard work. It'll never be perfect, and trying to play the "luck" / privilege game ends up in the biggest lottery of all, genetics.
Loocid 4y ago
You don't think a minority in Pensiltucky might have been against even more odds on average?
- HarryHirsch 4y ago
  A Pensiltuckian will be keenly aware of the fact, no matter where on the political spectrum they are. The distinction is really between traditional left/right and the "woke left", for want of any better term.
notch656a 4y ago
Musk also left South Africa at a time when race relations were boiling and South African racism against whites were heating up. So ironically anti-white racism probably contributed to Musks' rise in North American continent.

steveBK123 4y ago

Right, and I think generally the high status whites who profess it about whites actually don't mean themselves. They mean all those low status whites who have wrongthink. Ironically many of them live in liberal, multi-cultural cities filled with rich people who are much more high status than vast swathes of inland rural white people.

kenjackson 4y ago

I agree. Let me give you another example of privilege -- being able-bodied. It doesn't seem like a privilege, because there are still obstacles you must overcome, but it's just one less obstacle. IMO, the only thing that makes "white privilege" somewhat interesting, is the extent to which the country made laws and regulations around race. If it were merely tribal preferences of liking people who were genetically closer to you, I'd view it more like being tall as a privilege. But the fact that we used the government and other legal instruments to prop one above the other gives me a certain level of discomfort that I don't have with all the other forms of privilege that exist.

vasco 4y ago
What's the point of playing this privilege game? You know where this ends? Comparing intelligence and other genetic traits and it intersects with eugenics, which as we all know is a great road to start on... Sometimes I really wonder if the privilege olympics people ever took the time to think through where their logical reasoning would lead to. Ultimately we need to allow everyone to have a life with dignity while creating a system that rewards hard work. It'll never be perfect, and trying to play the "luck" / privilege game ends up in the biggest lottery of all, genetics.

Loocid 4y ago

You don't think a minority in Pensiltucky might have been against even more odds on average?

HarryHirsch 4y ago
A Pensiltuckian will be keenly aware of the fact, no matter where on the political spectrum they are. The distinction is really between traditional left/right and the "woke left", for want of any better term.

notch656a 4y ago

Musk also left South Africa at a time when race relations were boiling and South African racism against whites were heating up. So ironically anti-white racism probably contributed to Musks' rise in North American continent.