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In reply to the discussion: "Let's work to end racial discrimination" is a better approach than "whites are so privileged". [View all]hfojvt
(37,573 posts)is that white privilege too? Or just male privilege?
White kids get called names all the time.
You make the point of the OP again.
"You have the privilege of going about your business without fear of being harassed just because of the color of your skin."
If you argue that "people should not get harrassed because of the color of their skin" you will probably get most white people to agree with you - even the Republicans.
But if you flip it around and say "people who do NOT get harrassed because of the color of their skin are privileged". You make it sound like white people SHOULD be harrassed because of the color of their skin.
You are in luck then, because often white people ARE. First, by this very notion, white people, because of the color of their skin, are lectured about their privileges, and then harrassed if they have the temerity to object. Why DU should be ashamed for even allowing such people to be part of this rainbow coalition.
Further, my brother tells the story of being in Phoenix and having a bad cold. He went to the store, fairly late at night, to get some cold medicine. When he got to the counter, the clerk asked him "what are you doing here?" He said, "I need some cold medicine." And the clerk said "You are white. You shouldn't be in this neighborhood. If you value your life, you will leave quickly."
Yeah, sure ANY street in America. Walking.