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Most white people of course don't have multi-million dollar businesses. The real issue is that many white folk just aren't all that privileged in the first plac
by Beltalowda 4y ago
Most white people of course don't have multi-million dollar businesses. The real issue is that many white folk just aren't all that privileged in the first place, and once you start applying such broad generalisations to entire populations without nuance it just becomes silly, even if the generalisation is broadly true.
Many people who strongly argue in favour of things like white privilege tend to be well-off, so from their experience the generalisation holds true, but they fail to realize that their experience is not universally shared and dismiss people with things like "racists" or "handbasket of deplorables", without even attempting to understand where the opposition might be coming from.
The entire thing is a catastrophic failure of empathy, which is ironic because the concept of privilege is useful IMHO exactly to understand that your experience is not shared by everyone.