How has white privilege helped you in your life?

Braixen · October 23, 2015, 09:51:16 PM

Quote from: challengerX on October 23, 2015, 09:47:29 PM

Quote from: Cindo on October 23, 2015, 09:17:54 PM
This is fuckin' stupid

The whole concept of "white privilege" is that it's a passive thing - that white people don't have to deal with some of the shit that minorities put up with. It's not as though being white actively helps you in America, it just doesn't hinder you.

Seriously, this is dumb.
It doesn't even exist. It's just a myth created by minorities such as yourself to try and hold back the white race because you're all to lazy and stupid to accomplish things yourselves without welfare.

>minority calling other minorities lazy and stupid

Cindy · October 23, 2015, 09:54:00 PM

Quote from: challengerX on October 23, 2015, 09:47:29 PM

Quote from: Cindo on October 23, 2015, 09:17:54 PM
This is fuckin' stupid

The whole concept of "white privilege" is that it's a passive thing - that white people don't have to deal with some of the shit that minorities put up with. It's not as though being white actively helps you in America, it just doesn't hinder you.

Seriously, this is dumb.
It doesn't even exist. It's just a myth created by minorities such as yourself to try and hold back the white race because you're all to lazy and stupid to accomplish things yourselves without welfare.

>Minorities such as yourself

Do you really think I face any kind of systematic oppression for being half-Jewish, lad?

challengerX · October 23, 2015, 10:01:07 PM

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Cindy · October 23, 2015, 10:02:16 PM

Are you even listening to what I'm saying, fam?

I mean, you're not, but I'm gonna ask that question rhetorically to point that out.

challengerX · October 23, 2015, 10:04:48 PM

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Cindy · October 23, 2015, 10:08:19 PM

Quote from: challengerX on October 23, 2015, 10:04:48 PM

Quote from: Cindo on October 23, 2015, 10:02:16 PM
Are you even listening to what I'm saying, fam?

I mean, you're not, but I'm gonna ask that question rhetorically to point that out.
"I use LSD and smoke weed all the time and I'm not rich waaah"

Get a job.

Lmao

I'm literally saying that I don't face oppression. Who the fuck thinks Jews are oppressed?

challengerX · October 23, 2015, 10:10:10 PM

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MerciBuckets · October 23, 2015, 10:12:25 PM

Quote from: challengerX on October 23, 2015, 10:10:10 PM

Quote from: Cindo on October 23, 2015, 10:08:19 PM
Quote from: challengerX on October 23, 2015, 10:04:48 PM
Quote from: Cindo on October 23, 2015, 10:02:16 PM
Are you even listening to what I'm saying, fam?

I mean, you're not, but I'm gonna ask that question rhetorically to point that out.
"I use LSD and smoke weed all the time and I'm not rich waaah"

Get a job.
Lmao

I'm literally saying that I don't face oppression. Who the fuck thinks Jews are oppressed?
Nobody cares about your persecution complex. Get a job or get the hell out of America. Same goes for the rest of you freaks.

RIP

challengerX · October 23, 2015, 10:13:23 PM

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🍁 Aria 🔮 · October 23, 2015, 10:17:55 PM

Quote from: Cindo on October 23, 2015, 10:08:19 PM

Quote from: challengerX on October 23, 2015, 10:04:48 PM
Quote from: Cindo on October 23, 2015, 10:02:16 PM
Are you even listening to what I'm saying, fam?

I mean, you're not, but I'm gonna ask that question rhetorically to point that out.
"I use LSD and smoke weed all the time and I'm not rich waaah"

Get a job.
Lmao

I'm literally saying that I don't face oppression. Who the fuck thinks Jews are oppressed?

You're slower than James May, Cindo

MerciBuckets · October 23, 2015, 11:09:12 PM

Quote from: challengerX on October 23, 2015, 10:13:23 PM

Quote from: MerciBuckets on October 23, 2015, 10:12:25 PM
Quote from: challengerX on October 23, 2015, 10:10:10 PM
Quote from: Cindo on October 23, 2015, 10:08:19 PM
Quote from: challengerX on October 23, 2015, 10:04:48 PM
Quote from: Cindo on October 23, 2015, 10:02:16 PM
Are you even listening to what I'm saying, fam?

I mean, you're not, but I'm gonna ask that question rhetorically to point that out.
"I use LSD and smoke weed all the time and I'm not rich waaah"

Get a job.
Lmao

I'm literally saying that I don't face oppression. Who the fuck thinks Jews are oppressed?
Nobody cares about your persecution complex. Get a job or get the hell out of America. Same goes for the rest of you freaks.

RIP
Yes, that's all minorities do. Rip us off and live off our tax dollars.

Jokes on you I dont pay taxes. FUCK THE POLICE

Cadenza has moved on · October 24, 2015, 04:17:43 AM

I find it terribly sad that the author of that article thinks it's a bad thing that they have to define their opinions and what the hell they're talking about, if they didn't then we have to rely on assumptions and the whole discussion ceases to make sense.

But honestly, I'm privileged to be alive; My grandparents grew up completely impoverished in Ireland, almost perpetually starving and freezing along with everyone they knew in Belfast; It was really fortunate that the British empire had colonized New Zealand and given them a better life.

I'm proud and grateful of my privileges because that's what my ancestors passed down to me.

Flee · October 24, 2015, 04:20:01 AM

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Flee · October 24, 2015, 04:45:00 AM

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Incan · October 24, 2015, 05:05:22 AM

Being white has helped me none.

Flee · October 24, 2015, 05:17:18 AM

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Mordo · October 24, 2015, 06:55:12 AM

>gets asked to define white privilege after provoking an argument
>"OHMYGOD SO INFURIATING IM BASICALLY BEING ASKED TO DEMONSTRATE MY BUZZWORD OF THE DAY YOU SHOULD ALREADY KNOW THIS YOU WHITE DEVILS"

Why is it when you get to brass tacks with these people they always find some slippery sleight of hand to dodge the questions being asked? I mean, I guess he provided some semblance of an answer, but not before throwing a fucking temper tantrum about it.

Sandtrap · October 24, 2015, 08:32:08 AM

Since we're on the subject that heartily makes me cringe and my asshole clench into a singularity as I die a little inside when it's brought up, here's a question Turkey.

What exactly are we supposed to do about "white priviledge?"

Because the more I watch people shout and scream those two horrendously wonderful words, the less I see of anything ever happening or getting done. It just seems like people are content to scream in a white person's direction but, funny enough, lack any answers when questioned for a solution.

I'll be quite frank. I don't buy into this white priviledge bullshit. I think it can and does exist, to a degree, but not on the level that these people like to talk or think about. And it seems like the more this whole thing circulates around, the worse it becomes, as people suddenly just start using it as an excuse to bitch and whine over trivial fucking pointless things.

I could be wrong of course.

Genghis Khan · October 24, 2015, 10:16:37 AM

If you're a white heterosexual man you are considered a horrible man.

Turkey · October 24, 2015, 10:30:58 AM

Quote from: Mordo on October 24, 2015, 06:55:12 AM

>gets asked to define white privilege after provoking an argument
>"OHMYGOD SO INFURIATING IM BASICALLY BEING ASKED TO DEMONSTRATE MY BUZZWORD OF THE DAY YOU SHOULD ALREADY KNOW THIS YOU WHITE DEVILS"

Why is it when you get to brass tacks with these people they always find some slippery sleight of hand to dodge the questions being asked? I mean, I guess he provided some semblance of an answer, but not before throwing a fucking temper tantrum about it.

I think the most infuriating thing is that white people are never asked to do anything about white privilege, just accept it and feel bad about it. And when asked to define it, the author throws out the pathetic analogy to asking a fish to describe water -- we're so used to it we don't even see it. How convenient.

Verbatim · October 24, 2015, 10:34:37 AM

Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on October 24, 2015, 10:30:58 AM

I think the most infuriating thing is that white people are never asked to do anything about white privilege, just accept it and feel bad about it.

that's literally all we can (and should) do, though

until the stigma dies

ΚΑΤΑΝΑΛΩΤΗΣ · October 24, 2015, 11:27:56 AM

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Engrapadora · October 24, 2015, 08:48:14 PM

It hasn't helped me at all. I have benefited from Affirmative Action though :^)

cxfhvxgkcf-56:7 · October 24, 2015, 08:49:26 PM

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Engrapadora · October 24, 2015, 08:52:17 PM

Quote from: SoporificSlash on October 24, 2015, 08:49:26 PM

Quote from: Engrapadora on October 24, 2015, 08:48:14 PM
It hasn't helped me at all. I have benefited from Affirmative Action though :^)
oh god you're not black are you?

Oh no. I'm actually pretty fortunate. I'm technically a half breed latino, but my physical appearance comes almost entirely from the white part of my family.

Super Irish · October 25, 2015, 04:20:48 AM

Lolno.

When I was in school in Ireland I missed out on a few opportunities because I wasn't Catholic.

In Wales I missed out some areas because I can't speak Welsh, and I was singled out by kids because of my accent and just being Irish.

Only in Uni does no one truly give a fuck, and I get financial help because of my parent's finances, not because they're white or "priveledged" as a result.

Pardon me if I doubt the existence of this priveledge in the UK.

BaconShelf · October 25, 2015, 09:39:42 AM

Quote from: SuperIrish on October 25, 2015, 04:20:48 AM

Lolno.

When I was in school in Ireland I missed out on a few opportunities because I wasn't Catholic.

In Wales I missed out some areas because I can't speak Welsh, and I was singled out by kids because of my accent and just being Irish.

Only in Uni does no one truly give a fuck, and I get financial help because of my parent's finances, not because they're white or "priveledged" as a result.

Pardon me if I doubt the existence of this priveledge in the UK.

I definitely think it's something more prevalent in America than here. I've never really noticed any particular advantage, but it could be because I'm still in college.

PSU · October 25, 2015, 11:21:32 AM

Nah but for real, Challenger is right.

You don't see Asians looting and robbing and blaming white people. Even though they arguably, had it just as bad as blacks in america. Same as the Irish.

Blonic the Fluxmeister · October 25, 2015, 06:36:14 PM

It helped me with my college tuition because there were so many scholarships for being white.