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In reply to the discussion: I'm surprised how many DU'ers think aknowledging white male privilege is somehow bigoted [View all]Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)1. It is difficult to drive while white in the wrong neighborhood. I suppose it can be done, pretty sure it is rare though.
2. While shopping white males are rarely the target of the people in the security office.
3. White males can go about their business when ever and where ever they want. No one is going to tell them they shouldn't go out at night because bad things happen to white males when they go out after dark.
4. White males can conceal and carry without a lot of fuss by the general public. Try being black and doing that in an urban area. Michael Moore had to educate the police in some city forget which one on what a gun is and isn't. Apparently some black man was shot because he was holding a dangerous spatula.
5. White males in general tend to do less housework. It was true in my family and in every family I knew growing up. It is apparent in most tv shows and tv ads that this is acceptable behavior.
6. White males can afford to ignore draconian laws that are being passed in regards to abortion in many states.
7. When a white male goes to a job interview there is very little possibility that the person doing the interview will think about maternity leave being a liability.
8. Being a white male means never having to explain you didn't use your wiles to get to your position in life or being called a gold digger if you date outside your income level. It can happen, it's just not the go to response that it is when women get to a certain level.
9. It means you don't have to acknowledge all the assistance you get to get where you are going, ie parental sacrifice, good schools if you are lucky enough to be in a good district, your spouse taking care of everything else while you concentrate on your career, etc...
10. In many cases it just means being taken more seriously.