White privilege isn't real - Jordan Peterson
It is funny people are even taking Peterson's position seriously. White privilege is real and measurable. This is not even a question in social sciences (IRL, I am a social science analyst). The data simply show it. Ironically, rhetorical musings by a white guy on a stage is not going to change it (but it might support the concept of white fragility). It that is really odd. If his hypothesis is true, there is plenty of public data he could use to show it. So why doesn't Peterson back up his assertions with evidence? Naturally, it is easier to simply talk...
I take the path of least resistance (mostly).
However, I realize such an attitude can be detrimental.
You can't just take the path of least resistance, but then turn around and tell people who don't access to that path that they should be grateful because "adversity is good for the soul" or some such nonsense. It hypocritical.
(Hint: They are also fans of Donald Trump, Rush Limbaugh, and Gina Carano.)
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But if we compare a disabled white person to an able non-white person, or a queer white person to a heterosexual non-white person; we'd find that both possess certain privileges the other does not.
And surely no rational person actually believes that a homeless white person has more privileges than a non-white middle class person.
I think what goes wrong in many conversations about privilege is many people don't understand the difference between demographics and individuals.
A lot of this is the fault of the people who coined a concept and term defined based on how one is born.
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I think Jungian psychology embraces diversity whereas JP overlays/injects his conservative values into his ideas and theories.
Jung's writing is about as open to interpretation as any other religious text.
It's not like you can test anything he says through experiment. Peterson is free to project his conservative values into it, because it doesn't have any fixed meaning.
Oh, yeah, Peterson is pretty postmodern in his method.
Agreed
But if we compare a disabled white person to an able non-white person, or a queer white person to a heterosexual non-white person; we'd find that both possess certain privileges the other does not.
And surely no rational person actually believes that a homeless white person has more privileges than a non-white middle class person.
I think what goes wrong in many conversations about privilege is many people don't understand the difference between demographics and individuals.
A lot of this is the fault of the people who coined a concept and term defined based on how one is born.
But not the fault of people who could simply look up the definition?
(Hint: They are also fans of Donald Trump, Rush Limbaugh, and Gina Carano.)
Do you think they are able to competently masquerade their underlying prejudice under the guise of psychosocial theory (Like JP) or their right to freedom of speech (like Trump, Limbaugh or Carano)?
I am most curious if JP has breached his ethical code why the Canadian Psychological association has not disbarred him or why the University of Toronto has not terminated his tenure?
Right, it is contextual. The term white privilege is generally reserved for white dominated cultures. Having lived in Japan, obviously whites don't represent the dominant culture. But discrimination based on race and ethnicity does exist.
Well what I don't understand is, how come the US is constantly criticized for being white privilege, but other countries are not criticized for being dominant cultured? Like Japan or China are not criticized for being Asian privileged, or countries in Africa are not criticized for being African privileged... Why are people only bothered when the US does it, unless I am wrong?
Right, it is contextual. The term white privilege is generally reserved for white dominated cultures. Having lived in Japan, obviously whites don't represent the dominant culture. But discrimination based on race and ethnicity does exist.
Japan has certainly internalised white supremacy....do you watch anime?
Because the US is not just its white population. The US has a long history of abuse from the white dominant culture.
However, your assumption that no one has a similar criticism in other nations is simply not true. There are groups in Japan that have a history of discrimination from the dominant culture as well as in China and India. How long have you studied the issues in those countries? It seems you are simply assuming without actually doing some investigation.
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