As the dailyshow asked a while ago. Are Jews really white? The answer in America is that they are white+, the answer in Europe is one of guilt and resentment.

As the dailyshow asked a while ago. Are Jews really white? The answer in America is that they are white+, the answer in Europe is one of guilt and resentment. The idea that you should check the same privileges the world over is incredibly Americo-centric and racist. Should a Basque check their privillage for being white while having been under constant genocidal pressure for close to 300 years? Should a Turk in Crimea do that because their ancestors were murdered time and time again by the Orthodox, while one in Anatolia shouldn't even though their grandparents contributed in one of the first modern genocides against the Armenians? Privilege has nothing to do with skin color and everything to do with economic and social status. The Blacks of the US aren't disadvantaged because they are black, it's because they are poor and serve as the default criminal class. A place that the Irish had a hundred years previously. To pretend that it does is a way for spoiled college kids to feel they are making a difference in the world without doing anything.