What is "White Privilege?"

a reply to: amazing

Obama saved us all from the white heterosexual males! praise JEBUS! Democrats to the rescue! Please drink more of that kool aid its working

originally posted by: JDmOKI
a reply to: amazing

Obama saved us all from the white heterosexual males! praise JEBUS! Democrats to the rescue! Please drink more of that kool aid its working

So you aren't capable of thinking outside the talk radio box and didn't really read what I posted?

I'll spell it out to you. It's sort of like the 4 minute mile. No one could do it until that first guy, now every great runner can beat the 4 minute mile.

Before Obama, there were no minority presidents. Now, everyone knows that with enough hard work, they can be president as well. If he did it, anyone can do it. That's all I'm saying. It's a huge milestone for minorities and a huge blow to white privilege.

There really is that advantage to being white...and male...and heterosexual...and Christian in the us. You don't realize that??? Really??

LOL

a reply to: amazing

Actually Obama has done more damage in the opposite direction.

And he's not finished yet.

Heck, I would have taken Herman Cain at least he had the 9-9-9 dominoes deal going for him with his platform.

originally posted by: xuenchen
a reply to: amazing

Actually Obama has done more damage in the opposite direction.

And he's not finished yet.

No he hasn't. Again, you missed the point. He's done more to combat inequality that many of you realize.

He isn't, but even if he was the worst president in history, minorities, in the long run, would still be better off.

It's that simple. You have to take a long view of history, not just...oh there was a riot in ferguson so he must be bad for race relations.... take the long view.

originally posted by: jheated5
Heck, I would have taken Herman Cain at least he had the 9-9-9 dominoes deal going for him with his platform.

The republican party wasn't ready for a black primary candidate. Though if he had made it I probably would have voted for him rather Obama.

originally posted by: ScientificRailgun

originally posted by: jheated5
Heck, I would have taken Herman Cain at least he had the 9-9-9 dominoes deal going for him with his platform.

The republican party wasn't ready for a black primary candidate. Though if he had made it I probably would have voted for him rather Obama.

I don't think republicans are ready for any candidates... You know they're in dire straits when they are making Hillary look good to people.

originally posted by: amazing

originally posted by: xuenchen
a reply to: amazing

Actually Obama has done more damage in the opposite direction.

And he's not finished yet.

No he hasn't. Again, you missed the point. He's done more to combat inequality that many of you realize.

He isn't, but even if he was the worst president in history, minorities, in the long run, would still be better off.

It's that simple. You have to take a long view of history, not just...oh there was a riot in ferguson so he must be bad for race relations.... take the long view.

Yeah because Obama never sticks his nose in where it doesn't belong when it comes to racial issues..... If I had a son....

Yep back in the 70 when I was a youth I went to CERTA it was a federal government program to get job training. Went in filled out the paper work and was kindly told I did not qualify. I asked what it would take to qualify and they told me if I was a minority or a female they could get me training. But since I was just a young poor white male they could not do anything for me except help me find a job. That they did and I was and am grateful for that fact. Today I am seeing older white guys getting marginalized out of the work force by young minorities, females and gays. Hr says it's just my imagination what do I know except there is not one male in HR. So i guess I'm just imagining all this and only have around 5 years left before they put me out to pasture.
a reply to: Jamie1

originally posted by: JohnnyCanuck
a reply to: criticalhit
Ya know...you've made all my points for me.
The dividing line in a discussion of the veracity of white privilege in America...and Canada, to some extent...is drawn between those who get what I said in the above sentence, and those who don't. And if you don't get it now, I doubt you're going to.

You know that smug little feeling you have that you were born white? That's 'white privilege' a talkin' to you.

You are spouting nothing other than a line, a line a regurgitated media slogan, a propaganda.

"If you don't get it now you never will"

That's utter nonsense, I have the same thing to say to African Americans I have to say to racist Whites who are so awfully concerned about Latino immigration...

If you don't like it, have more kids, work harder, look at yourself and figure out why your loosing your jobs to these people and why your economically ill fated because no one can change it but you.

And I do "Get It" there are things about being a minority that suck, but as I offered I have preference to BEING a minority in some cultures and while it isn't an exact simulation of being Black in America where there is "some" racism of a hate bent variety MOST of what is offered is petty and not substantial enough to hold any one back

And please... don't tell a Jewish guy currently residing in Northern AZ about hate bent variety Racism, just being on ATS I deal with listening to a dozen comments a day about being part of fictional illuminati plans, every time a make a buck around here some redneck makes a remark ending in "jew" and I know full well about real Hate

When I listen to Black people talk about being watched in stores and hear them tell me I don't "get it" basically i want to laugh, youth culture jocks their style, they get a million forms of aid and if I have no choice to be in a neighborhood and some random jerk attacks me if I defend myself I risk being accused of Racism loosing my job my reputation and my freedom over it and those are all things I BUILT and nothing about being white got them for me.

The stark reality is the the violence perpetrated by Blacks on Whites is never ending, there is a portion of the community that will never actually integrate, what those individuals call a culture is anything that aggravates White people not an actual set of rules developed over time so people function well together and it is all hatred based on the past...

Sorry but, My Japanese friends understand what it is to rebuild a nation after Two Atomic bombs were dropped and their nation was Occupied by enemy forces, My family understands what it is to rebuild lives after a Holocaust, The Chinese became the no 1 economy in the world when 40 years ago it was all rice paddies and hey had gotten beaten up severely by first British Colonialism and then the Japanese. The Koreans had a Civil war that was never resolved, The Indians kicked out the British by killing no one, The Germans were carpet bombed then half their nation was held by the Soviets for 60 years and they are the number one economy in Europe AND they did that in under 20 years from the fall of the Wall not 40 years after the civil rights movement.

So yeah, I get it, I get being Hated for no reason when I wasn't around or personally did anything because that's the way inner city Blacks act to me, I get wanting to be the majority say in a society when you represent 12% of the people, I get using tragedy as an excuse to forever be held back and expect handouts, I get that some people think they can be loud and obnoxious even to cops and don't understand that scares people, I get that Killing more Caucasian Americans than soldiers died in the civil war is okay because of some smack that went on in the past even though surely some of those people marched for them, I get complaining you have no rights in Ferguson as example is just fine even though 14% of the people voted...

I get it, I get that half the Black Community left the Ghetto after the civil rights movement and LEFT the other half who hang on to it all behind and now life is more dire for those who remained, I also get that White people gladly move out of the sticks for jobs an acceptance too...

I get that there will always be White people who live in a swamp and never get jobs and are alcoholics and blame the government or the Blacks or the Jews, I get that the inner cities will always have angry Brothers that got left behind because they were pimpin or bangin and not doing the right thing and who get shot by the cops, I get that in our new crops of immigrants there will be gangs and drugs and the insecure will take these routes then find somebody to blame...

And I get that the rest of Us move on and deal with reality, Black, White, Jew, Muslim, Asian Latino, Christian, Catholic.... MOST of America Get's Along, that's the reality of every day life, we move along ignore the minor slights find people who care about us from all walks of life and ONLY, ONLY when the fringe, those who disenfranchised themselves, the extremists, the truly racist, start acting out do we get SCARED and this topic even comes up and do sides get taken...

And in regards to this topic, let me be entirely clear Black people can be Racist, theirs live in the inner cities just like ours live very often in the swamps and crap holes of America, it's certainly not everybody in those locations but we ALL Black and White know them when we see them, they don't get educated they do get f'd up constantly on both sides of the coin they abuse welfare and every problem they have is SOMEONE else's fault be it in history or govt or by race, they intentionally dress differently and for intimidation purposes, have their own speech to isolate themselves, refuse to behave in ways conducive to having a job or even respecting others and the biggest thing about your your Ghetto thugs and white trash loosers is they ALL constant bring up RACE trying to divide the rest of us who actually function because they want you to be scared into VALIDATING their absolute and utter bs behavior.

And you sir buy into it and wear that crap like a merit badge.

originally posted by: amazing

originally posted by: JDmOKI
a reply to: amazing

Obama saved us all from the white heterosexual males! praise JEBUS! Democrats to the rescue! Please drink more of that kool aid its working

So you aren't capable of thinking outside the talk radio box and didn't really read what I posted?

I'll spell it out to you. It's sort of like the 4 minute mile. No one could do it until that first guy, now every great runner can beat the 4 minute mile.

Before Obama, there were no minority presidents. Now, everyone knows that with enough hard work, they can be president as well. If he did it, anyone can do it. That's all I'm saying. It's a huge milestone for minorities and a huge blow to white privilege.

There really is that advantage to being white...and male...and heterosexual...and Christian in the us. You don't realize that??? Really??

LOL

Obama kind of stinks as a foreign policy president imho, he's sorta cool internally, I'm pro a degree of socialism honestly, poverty kills, so he gets a B in that regard...again Imho only of course.

But this i'll give up in a heart beat

Thank freakin God young Black males have an actual role model, it has helped tremendously, as I said above I view all this "new racism" crap to be because demographically a large percentage of Blacks have integrated and left the ghettos behind leaving honestly a terrible hole where literally entire communities, entire cities like Detroit with nary an educated brother in sight because those Brothers moved straight to Bougie Black Burbs or straight to white neighborhoods the minute the racism calmed down...which it did. and kids are sadly born into this and they need proof living proof that escape can still happen.

On that note Three cheers for Obama, but I doubt it will change much for your typical hood rat any more than having a white president does for a kid in Arkansas whose mom sells meth such as life is... It has, though it is visible it has changed a lot in better locations.

originally posted by: jheated5
Heck, I would have taken Herman Cain at least he had the 9-9-9 dominoes deal going for him with his platform.

I know that's a joke...

But I would have taken Herman too over Obama actually

Cain, well even that joke with the 9-9-9 (starting tax on sim cty btw)was funny and he was pointing out how stupid people let themselves become, he was of a Good Humor and more intelligent than he lets on, but most of all he had no chip on his shoulder and I feel like Obama does, he's waaaay to out to prove something unlike herman i think he is activist and damaged by race and intends to show the whole world what "A Black man can do" and internationally he's stepping on a lot of toes and could get a lot of people killed.

I think the typical white psuedo racist opinion would be to look at Herman and say...wow he's really Black, lol... because he is and Obama well..he isn't even Black he's Mulatto, but I think he'd have been the kinder , gentler President. Obama gives me concerns about global war honestly, I'll be happy when he's gone to be honest about it.

a reply to: NavyDoc

Some black ladies gave the white guy a pass, the black guy was more aggressive in his response to questions, and guys assumed the pretty girl wasn't a thief and even tried to help her but the women were less likely to give her a break.

And I said blacks internalized this attitude themselves,the 4th vid also made this clear.oh they knew she was a thief even after she told them that it wasn't hers ,some even gave her a hand after that fact was known,the Black kid acting more aggressive??? sorry I didn't see that ,he answered with the same lines as the white guy and noticed the immediate response to the black guy when he was the thief.

a reply to: Spider879

I call bs on the whole thing it's a setup... it's a Black kid in a White neighborhood, it might not be 100% right but people know or at least feel when someone is an "outsider" and they are going to be more questioning, this relates to the whole page of back and forth on the issue of how being a Gaijin in Japan feels, the word literally means outsider your going to be questioned more they don't have reason to assume your going to be following the cultural norms or not, it's natural.

I'd be willing to do several variations of this study... I'd go to the same white neighborhood being white dressed and only dressed out of place I guarantee i'd get the same reaction as the Black kid if I was wearing gang attire, if I just looked poorly dressed as in really poor if I was looking Goth or like a Metal head or Punk, same sots of assumptions would be made...

The brain is TRAINED to look for things out of place and being Black there doing that is out of place, a White preppy kid isn't and YES it is coupled with the fact that there is a seriously disproportionate percentage of Black teens that commit crimes and assumptions will be made...

I'd also guarantee that if I was in a black neighborhood doing the same thing i'd get almost the same reaction, "who the hell is this guy" it's out of place and that's all

It shouldn't be degraded to blatant racism, there IS a Race element but it's not fair to call this Racism...

Guess what? In he hood everyone assumes I'm a cop... why would that be lol? That's not Racism it's PROBABILITY

Gosh if I had a dollar back in the "pre medicinal" stage of things for every time I had to say "naw man i'm not a cop" I'd be a global elite lol, it's not insulting, there'a good chance me being there I could be a cop lol...