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12. it is at the point now that people do not really care if they have offended the offensive.

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #9)

Mon May 12, 2014, 09:29 AM

May 2014

let them be offended. about time they learn how it feels.

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White privilege 101: Here’s the basic lesson Paul Ryan, Tal Fortgang and Donald Sterling need [View all] ismnotwasm May 2014 OP

inherited capital Tuesday Afternoon May 2014 #1

Unless you are not White..... VanillaRhapsody May 2014 #4

not now it isn't but, it is quickly getting to that stage. There will be a heirarchy even then, yes. Tuesday Afternoon May 2014 #6

My grandparents were Sharecroppers.... VanillaRhapsody May 2014 #24

Old white men need to realize we are not their Tuesday Afternoon May 2014 #27

Yep...the fact that even on DU so many White men are freaking out over the term White Privilege VanillaRhapsody May 2014 #29

Agree. Tuesday Afternoon May 2014 #33

It. Is. Not!! I have two Masters Degrees and a Doctorate. I earn a 6-figure income. Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2014 #14

it *will* is what I said/meant. it is coming to that. there will still be a hierarchy. By no means Tuesday Afternoon May 2014 #16

Until then...White male privilege exists now.... VanillaRhapsody May 2014 #25

Yes. It does. Did not mean to imply otherwise. Tuesday Afternoon May 2014 #30

Okay sorry if I misunderstood! VanillaRhapsody May 2014 #31

+1 mercuryblues May 2014 #2

I see white men who know this, but don't want income parity. Starry Messenger May 2014 #3

Exactly....and the fact that so many on DU have the nerve to suggest this doesn't exist VanillaRhapsody May 2014 #5

that OP is a mess. Tuesday Afternoon May 2014 #7

Excellent article, ismnotwasm. sheshe2 May 2014 #8

Plato's Cave Allegory seems applicable here. riqster May 2014 #10

White entitlement is maybe a better term, white privilege is a term that seems to get people's backs Fred Sanders May 2014 #9

it is at the point now that people do not really care if they have offended the offensive. Tuesday Afternoon May 2014 #12

See, this is the problem. Black people have been taught from the craddle to do everything Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2014 #15

I think those are two separate things IronLionZion May 2014 #22

Or White Advantage.... VanillaRhapsody May 2014 #26

Amen to the white collar jobs in same peril as blue collar jobs, H1 abuse could rise overnight uponit7771 May 2014 #11

We only pretend not to know what "white privilege" is. Maybe we should change the term to Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2014 #13

^this^ Tuesday Afternoon May 2014 #17

Keep speaking/writing L_S JustAnotherGen May 2014 #18

I think part of the problem is that being told to "check your privilege" is provocative elias7 May 2014 #19

That could be BainsBane May 2014 #21

While I think there are unwitting racists or sexists on DU, elias7 May 2014 #23

Your comment about ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #46

check your privilege is akin to asking you to consider (before speaking) the POV and experience of bettyellen May 2014 #28

I understand what check your privilege is meant to convey elias7 May 2014 #34

Yes-it sounds a put down to some of the initiated too though. God don't we love lectures on tone.... bettyellen May 2014 #35

Agreed, those who are tone deaf should not lecture those on tone elias7 May 2014 #36

Racism exists ismnotwasm May 2014 #45

Great catch ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #20

I have literally zero time for these jackasses MadrasT May 2014 #32

Because MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! BainsBane May 2014 #37

Seems they really *have* no politics except being (perhaps justifiably) jealous of rich people. nomorenomore08 May 2014 #40

As I've posted before ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #47

+1 nomorenomore08 May 2014 #48

I've been at work all day ismnotwasm May 2014 #38

This post is probably the most relevant post on privilege ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #39

do you mean the post or the OP? Tuesday Afternoon May 2014 #41

The OP. eom. 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #42

agreed. this one and I personally like the Louis CK one in GD, too. But this one speaks to the Tuesday Afternoon May 2014 #44

Heh! ismnotwasm May 2014 #43