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In reply to the discussion: I'm a straight white male [View all]AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)154. I'm afraid I'm at a loss here.
Privilege is: About how society accommodates you. Its about advantages you have that you think are normal. Its about you being normal, and others being the deviation from normal. Its about fate dealing from the bottom of the deck on your behalf.
Here's the problem with this: not being bothered by the police for no reason is the norm. Not worrying what people think of you just because of your skin tone is the norm. Even being paid full money on the dollar is the norm. That's how it is! This isn't hard to understand; there are no special privileges actually being granted to ordinary white folks(no matter how much the .1% may want to convince the 'Baggers otherwise and that these "privileges" are being "taken" from them).
What it *is* is disadvantage compared to the norm. There is no need to couch the truth in arcane wanna-be abstract '80s fringe academic language(yeah, that's what it is. Doesn't make it "bad", really. That's just how it is.), and in fact, as I and others have pointed out, this way of doing things has actually not been working all that well for us(the select few success stories set aside), because the American public in general have been absolutely befuddled by all this; it's not that hard to see if you bother to take even a cursory look.
It's really up to you to figure this out, but all I'm saying is, we need a different approach to this. We need to be more practical.
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Well the unarmed black teens who were gunned down recently didn't ask to be black
Cali_Democrat
Feb 2014
#12
Yeah there's a big advantage they won't admit....they will never fear some
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2014
#14
That may be true, but I don't think it doesn't discount the profiling, IMO.
AverageJoe90
Feb 2014
#80
NO.....but RACIAL equality is a platform for DEMOCRATS....being in denial doesn't change that fact.
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2014
#176
NO your stupid belief that White men are NOT privileged is the problem.....
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2014
#181
I think you're deluded if you think Zimmerman didn't racially profile Trayvon Martin
gollygee
Feb 2014
#38
Try doing a poll on how many white people have lived in fear of some other white people..
Ghost in the Machine
Feb 2014
#32
"No one is out to persecute you for being a straight white male." It would certainly help...........
AverageJoe90
Feb 2014
#77
It would be helpful if straight White men would ADMIT that the problems even exist....
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2014
#117
YES you and several others ARE....BUT we do have a number of men on DU
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2014
#133
NO YOU are the one missing the point...if you are NOT the disadvantaged population....
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2014
#144
No that sound you hear is the cognitive dissonance between your ears...
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2014
#146
You haven't accepted the FACT that you are part of a privileged class!
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2014
#158
there is nothing to disagree about....White Males do NOT suffer the disadvantages...of being
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2014
#161
". there is nothing to disagree about..." There wouldn't be, certainly.....
AverageJoe90
Feb 2014
#163
those are the ONLY things YOU can think of because you are not one of the OTHER classes
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2014
#156
"Did they target you because you're white?" I believe so. Also because I had long hair and rode a
Ghost in the Machine
Feb 2014
#98
I thought my original response made it clear that I was white....
Ghost in the Machine
Feb 2014
#131
"do you think they would have treated a Black biker the same way?" I don't know, mainly due to
Ghost in the Machine
Feb 2014
#125
That has NOTHING to do with it.....this persons problem was the fact you were a biker...YOU
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2014
#134
Speaking of cognitive dissonance, which you seem to have trouble with, please explain...
Ghost in the Machine
Feb 2014
#123
YOU are having cognitive dissonance if YOU think people being afraid of you because you dress
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2014
#138
"You sound like a republican that thinks being Gay is a choice..."
Ghost in the Machine
Feb 2014
#149
The fact that you can't even recognize your own ad hominem attack only further proves my
Ghost in the Machine
Feb 2014
#167
that is a fucking insult to those who HAVE experienced REAL racism and sexism
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2014
#168
You can take your bandana off.....a female cannot grow a penis...nor can a Black person
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2014
#170
Which doesn't make you evil, but doesn't make you special either. Just human like everyone else.
nomorenomore08
Feb 2014
#20
What an amazingly cute little fuzz ball. What a great way to start the day. nt.
NCTraveler
Feb 2014
#37
Most Likely, you are. very Sorry. As sorry as sorry can be. If you know what i mean
CBGLuthier
Feb 2014
#41
Not me. "I'm a street walking cheetah w/ a heart full of napalm, I'm a runaway son of the nuclear A
FSogol
Feb 2014
#60
I see two very good responses to your trolly passive aggressive bullshit in this thread
Kali
Feb 2014
#74
it takes time, it takes learning to really listen (very difficult for me), and it takes observation
Kali
Feb 2014
#81
Are you sorry you are a st wh male or are you a st wh male and sorry or do the 2 have nothing
uppityperson
Feb 2014
#93
And I'm a white Latin female of Spanish grandparents. Are we all giving our background/ethnicity
Sarah Ibarruri
Feb 2014
#153