What do you mean by "ceding the privilege?" (Reply #29)

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Fri Sep 18, 2015, 08:32 PM

Nevernose (13,081 posts)

29. What do you mean by "ceding the privilege?"

I totally get white privilege, but wouldn't it be better if, for instance, we asked law enforcement to stop sending so many black men to prison? Because "ceding the privilege" implies that the solution to minority incarceration rates is to send more white people to jail. Am I explaining this well? Can you see where Im going with this?

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33 replies	Author	Time	Post
White People Explain Why They Feel Oppressed [View all]	Capt. Obvious	Sep 2015	OP
Anyone who ever thought they would	Egnever	Sep 2015	#1
LOL!!!!!!!	Capt. Obvious	Sep 2015	#2
Yea that was my reaction to the article as well	Egnever	Sep 2015	#3
No it wasn't	Capt. Obvious	Sep 2015	#4
My SIL is one, and I've come across her attitude quite a bit.	Lars39	Sep 2015	#8
People get jobs because they're white all the time	alcibiades_mystery	Sep 2015	#14
Getting jobs because you are white is completely different	Egnever	Sep 2015	#15
Oh, for pete's sake! White people as an entire group	MineralMan	Sep 2015	#5
So true. Some whites think they are the truly oppressed.	FuzzyRabbit	Sep 2015	#6
It's even worse than the persecuted Christian.	Garrett78	Sep 2015	#7
"a group dedicated to addressing white privilege has recently started in the town where I live"	Number23	Sep 2015	#9
Thanks.	Garrett78	Sep 2015	#22
I love this post so much I want to drizzle it in chocolate and eat it like a cookie	Number23	Sep 2015	#28
yep you nailed it	steve2470	Sep 2015	#33
OFFS	Scuba	Sep 2015	#10
It's oppression when you get to have what I get to have...	Dont call me Shirley	Sep 2015	#11
Great article.	KyleMcShades	Sep 2015	#12
Like the horror movie character who goes into the basement after being warned	betsuni	Sep 2015	#13
You never would have survived	JustAnotherGen	Sep 2015	#19
Yeah, some of the comments on this DU thread are disappointing.	Capt. Obvious	Sep 2015	#21
Was referring to the comments on the article's page but	KyleMcShades	Sep 2015	#25
White liberals and millennials.	Garrett78	Sep 2015	#27
There are laws against institutional or systemic bias.	Waiting For Everyman	Sep 2015	#16
Here's the real reason more whites aren't engaged in race discussions:	Gormy Cuss	Sep 2015	#24
What do you mean by "ceding the privilege?"	Nevernose	Sep 2015	#29
By ceding the privilege I mean being willing to give up the advantages	Gormy Cuss	Sep 2015	#30
"Calling yourself color-blind is not progress—it's insulting"	oberliner	Sep 2015	#17
If you are poor, you are oppressed, regardless of color	eridani	Sep 2015	#18
Vice, Tim Wise...ehhh	romanic	Sep 2015	#20
White people are easily brainwashed it seems, especially white males.	Cali_Democrat	Sep 2015	#23
Key phrase is in your post	HassleCat	Sep 2015	#26
interestingly "Whites" might not be on the way out since most racewatchers (is that a word?	MisterP	Sep 2015	#31
Most all of us are oppressed	quaker bill	Sep 2015	#32

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