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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What privilege do I have for being white? |
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Posted: 31 Aug 2016, 8:04 am
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Replies: 94
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| Why is it that when we talk about "black issues" like police brutality, everyone insists that we defer to the judgement or perspective of a person of color over anybody else, but when we talk about a white issue, like whether or not white people have special privileges in our society, a wh... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What privilege do I have for being white? |
| L_Holmes |
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Posted: 31 Aug 2016, 3:34 am
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| You have to distinguish 2 terms: 1.) Racism: A caste system in which one race is in practice treated better than the others by society, either implicitly or explicitly, and the acts and attitudes which perpetuate that system. 2.) Racial prejudice: Treating or considering people differently because ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What privilege do I have for being white? |
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Posted: 31 Aug 2016, 3:20 am
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| I want to say this again, because apparently people still don't understand what the definition of a privilege is. A privilege is a specific right or advantage granted to a particular person or group . So, white privilege would be exemplified in segregation (news flash, segregation has been illegal f... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What privilege do I have for being white? |
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Posted: 30 Aug 2016, 2:18 pm
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| What Is 'White Privilege'? Among other things ... It's waiting at the bus stop without concern for being approach by a police officer and asked why you are there. Because police never ask innocent white people what they are doing, right? By the way, they are allowed to ask you why you are there, ju... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What privilege do I have for being white? |
| L_Holmes |
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Posted: 30 Aug 2016, 11:59 am
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| The privilege to walk down the street and not get shot by the cops. So if I point a gun at the cops, they won't shoot me because I'm white, right? And black people are constantly faced with danger walking down the street, because cops are totally allowed to shoot them for being black, right? Just t... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What privilege do I have for being white? |
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Posted: 30 Aug 2016, 11:49 am
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| I think the general point is that statistically it's more likely that the 'American dream' works in the sense that it's more likely for an employer to discriminate in favour of the same culture. Statistically more likely, huh? So does that mean, because black people are statistically way more likel... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What privilege do I have for being white? |
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Posted: 30 Aug 2016, 10:53 am
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| I'm tired of this racist idea of "white privilege" that seems to be so commonly accepted as truth, even by many people who I would usually consider reasonable. Let me explain why this is BS: privileges are special rights or advantages granted to a particular person or group of people. So, ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: I can't take all these opposing views anymore! |
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Posted: 28 Aug 2016, 9:50 am
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Replies: 26
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| Personally I enjoy the disagreement. There is something to be learned from pretty much anyone. In fact, I've found that talking to people I disagree with very strongly helps me to understand and articulate my own ideas better. And occasionally I do change my mind as a result of a discussion. But whe... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The condescending attitude towards blacks in America |
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Posted: 25 Aug 2016, 4:02 am
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Replies: 47
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| https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/c8/30/6d/c8306de429fd5807731d79e34aae67e3.jpg http://66.media.tumblr.com/33cece93ffb7b9bc9e0c93b8b3d1148f/tumblr_ob1dpl08Tn1s5w4a4o1_500.jpg Yeah, I guess black people do get closer to being truly black than albino people get to being truly white. I wonder,... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The condescending attitude towards blacks in America |
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Posted: 24 Aug 2016, 3:37 am
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| Most people are racist. I am racist. The OP is probably racist. The important thing I suppose is that we talk about it. I know someone who fought in the Iraq War who is deathly afraid of people in turbans. He has PTSD from fighting in a messed up war. Is he a racist? Sort of. But from a different a... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The condescending attitude towards blacks in America |
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Posted: 23 Aug 2016, 10:29 pm
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| If you want to avoid condescending to black people, then you might start by calling them black people instead of just "blacks". Racist people tend to use "blacks" instead of black people, and you wouldn't want to lump yourself in with racists by using the same language as them, ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The condescending attitude towards blacks in America |
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Posted: 23 Aug 2016, 4:48 am
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| Evils and whose to blame 1. Wealth gap -- Racist whites 2. Education gap -- Racist whites 3. Home ownership gap -- Racist whites 4. Employment gap -- Racist whites 5. Poverty gap - Racist whites 6. Gentrification -- Racist whites 7. Poor drinking water in Flint --Racist whites 8. Over-representatio... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The condescending attitude towards blacks in America |
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Posted: 23 Aug 2016, 4:45 am
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Replies: 47
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| A more extreme example of this attitude is seen with some people's reaction to the Milwaukee riots. To summarize what happened, an armed black man was shot by a black police officer, and somehow this was twisted to be the murder of yet another "innocent" black man by a supposedly racist c... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The condescending attitude towards blacks in America |
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Posted: 23 Aug 2016, 4:40 am
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Replies: 47
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| If you want to avoid condescending to black people, then you might start by calling them black people instead of just "blacks". Racist people tend to use "blacks" instead of black people, and you wouldn't want to lump yourself in with racists by using the same language as them, ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The condescending attitude towards blacks in America |
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Posted: 22 Aug 2016, 12:56 pm
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Replies: 47
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| There is a problem, but so is the issue that many people seemingly think it's not a police problem either when clearly they kill far more people than anywhere else... The problem there is that people assume they know why police kill more people. America also has higher amounts violent crime than a ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The condescending attitude towards blacks in America |
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Posted: 22 Aug 2016, 11:44 am
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Replies: 47
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| On Twitter literally everything happens... so, yes, it may be from both sides, but hopefully only a minority of extremists, although social media makes it look like they got lots of supporters... Ultimately, of course, it's not that but government that can enable change even if tension is present..... |
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