kraftiekortie wrote:
I wish the KKK would be blown to smithereens.
I don't believe white people are necessarily the recipients of "white privilege." I find "white privilege" to be an academic term.
The only time I feel "privileged" is when I can use a bathroom in a restaurant. I find this is frequently denied to nonwhite folks.
In my neighborhood, I am in the "minority."
"White privilege" is a statistical term. You may not see the subtle ways that you benefit from being white. However, you have other factors in your life, socioeconomic background, gender, age, disability, environment, etc, that bias that for better or worse.
This is not a personal thing. It is systemic. I do not feel guilty or ashamed of my race/ethnicity, gender, or anything else. But I like to understand how those thing in aggregate influences the world around us. I also see it in my interactions. My wife, who is not white, is treated differently. And that treatment also changes when I am present.