They passed a law in '64...but it only goes so far

[CreekDog]

Slavery was allowed until 1865.
Jim Crow lasted until 1965.
Blacks couldn't even marry whites in many parts of the nation until 1968.
Women didn't gain vote nationally until 1920
Women couldn't even control their own bodies until 1973 in many parts of the country, and those rights are decreasing once again.

About this White Male Privilege that so many doubt, are they ignorant of our history? Do people forget how recently it was a matter of law? Do they think that these laws have changed enough minds that everyone is equal now?

Well they passed a law in '64
To give those who ain't got a little more
But it only goes so far
Because the law another's mind
When all it sees at the hiring time
Is the line on the color bar

Do you think that we still don't have to keep fighting the thinking that accompanied them for most of our history?

[Warpy]

1. Naw, men who aren't on the top of the dungheap

just don't realize how much privilege they do have. It's hard to spot privilege you've been raised to expect until someone threatens it.

[Nye Bevan]

2. When an intelligent young black man who would have been enslaved not so long ago

can be elected to the Presidency of the United States, I think we can feel good about how much progress we have made.

[CreekDog]

3. but when a brown-skinned Native American or Mexican-American must carry his papers in 2010

in Arizona, even though they are American citizens says that though there has been progress and much to celebrate...

prejudice is not beaten yet.

[madinmaryland]

4. When the NRA supports the Black Panthers right to openly carry firearms,

I will support their view of the second amendment.