Response to "If you are a white person... "
Okay, so I've been seeing this list popping up from time to time, including here on WP (though I will keep the person who posted it anonymous).
I do want to be clear that this is in no way an attempt to debunk white privilege. But the point I want to make is that white privilege does not equal magical immunity from adversity, hardships, or discrimination. It intersects in complex way with many other factors that include socio-economic status, disability, gender identity, and sexual orientation; and it is a much more nuanced and complex subject than this garbage list wants to present it as. I will go through and address the issues I find with many of the assumptions made in the list. And in the process, I will also demonstrate that the woke group thinkers sharing it never bother to fact check any of it before copying and pasting it.
I do not have children. But my nieces and nephews are Middle Eastern, so I do have to worry about them a lot.
I've been experiencing rejection owing to my autism my entire life.
Untrue. That was a very common experience I had growing up in Libya.
Untrue. People on the autism spectrum face regular employment discrimination.
Source: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04537-w
Untrue. Because of my autism, I am often the person blamed when conflicts arise. And it is extremely difficult for me to receive any opportunities to advance at all.
Again, untrue. People with autism are often perceived unfavorably when we speak up in any situation.
True. However, my neurodiversity status can still be blamed. And my gender is constantly blamed for all manners of sh*t by woke feminists.
Bullsh*t! I and many other white people do not possess the financial means to do this. This is a clear example of how the idiots who copy and paste this never bother to fact check first.
No. But I do need to question if I was being treated with hostility because of my autism.
But my credit score is severely impacted by financial struggles I've been through, caused in a large part by my autism and the employment discrimination I've frequently experienced.
Not if they are autistic or have a disability, and not if they are of a lower socio-economic status than their peers.
But not their neurodiversity status.
Yes. But my neurodiversity status is rarely represented.
Absolutely f**king not! As a person on the autism spectrum, that describes nearly every experience I've ever had.
Where do I even start?! It should be absolutely clearly apparent to anyone who knows anything at all about modern Western culture why is a blatant lie. Everyone know that African American music genres like Jazz, Rock, Hip Hop, and Rap have dominated American music for generations; and Rock and Rap are currently the most popular music genres not only in America but in the entire world. Michael Jackson is undisputably the single most popular musical artist in all of recorded human history. When I say that I can tell beyond shadow of a doubt that woke morons copy and paste this sh*t without fact checking it, this particular point is how I know that with certainty.
English is also the first language of all African Americans. And the majority of white Europeans and French Canadians do not speak English as their first language. This is another example that demonstrates that whoever posted this did not fact check it.
True. But my neurodiversity group is commonly stereotyped as rude, arrogant, and unfeeling.
No. They suspect it was because of my autism.
They put it down to autism instead.
But I have constant anxiety over the fact that I will likely not be accepted or allowed because of my autism.
You're assuming that because I'm white, my spouse must be white as well. Also, white same-sex couples experience this all the time.
I find this one odd. Why would anyone care about any such thing? This entry tells me more about its author than anything else.
No. But, assuming the high likelihood that they inherent my autism, I will have to educate them about how to cope with the never-ending barrage of rejection, abuse, and bullying they will encounter.
Absolutely not true! I have been othered my entire entire life because of my autism.
Is this a list of white privileges or straight privileges? Did this one get put on the wrong list somehow? Is anyone even paying attention? This one tells me that the idiot who posted it didn't even read it first.
True. But the perspectives of neurodiverse people like myself are always ignored.
Yes. White NTs see us as weird or jerks. Non-white NTs just see us a regular white people and assume we get all the privileges that they've been told all white people get. When I drove a cab, it was interestingly the black customers that were both shocked and dismayed that a white American would be doing such a menial job. It didn't compute with their perceptions or the "just be white" theory.
In my experience, whenever Intersectionality is brought up, its just to further emphasize that straight white men have all the power and are the sole source of everything wrong in the world.
We're the one demographic that is equally hated by all of society across all races and all party lines.
...you will be stared at rudely if you ride the west bound elevated train in Philadelphia.
...you will be called a "gunjadee" or a "visharum" if you are married to an Indian man.
...you will be called "white trash" if you date a person of color.
...you will be called a "gringa" or "gringo" if you make a purchase from a Latin-American grocery store.
...you will be told, "I know you don't mean that" if you say "good morning" to a non-white co-worker even if you did mean it with all your heart.
...you will be apologizing for the rest of your life for being white.
...you will never be seen as working hard for what you have even if you do work very, very hard.
...you will be blamed for every poverty.
...you will be representative of every evil done to a non-white individual even if their own people are to blame.
...you will be held directly responsible for things that have happened throughout history even if you weren't born yet.
...you will be labeled "racist" when most people of every color are just as racist.
...you had better not complain.
...you better not defend yourself lest you be called a "racist" for doing so.
...you are not granted the freedom to be uncomfortable around things you are not used to. Don't you dare or ...
...you will be called a "racist" at the drop of a hat.
P.S. I'm biracial and that is what I have seen and heard. Sorry if I have offended. I'm just being honest.
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The topic of this thread is something I can relate to. The problem is NOT a sense of entitlement of not being picked on, and that's not what the OP ever said. Rather, it's an assumption made by some non-whites that "all whites are the same." They assume the stereotypical white privileges apply to all of us equally; they assume that all whites are socially connected because of their default whiteness. If you're a white Aspie, you're not likely to have those privileges. In fact, I think white Aspies are more likely to be targeted by white NT bullies, who'd be too afraid of being called racist for venting their frustrations on a non-white.
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Not white people. Rather, a specific group of white people. A group of people that get neither the privileges non-whites assume they get or the equality from their fellow whites.
The topic of this thread is something I can relate to. The problem is NOT a sense of entitlement of not being picked on, and that's not what the OP ever said. Rather, it's an assumption made by some non-whites that "all whites are the same." They assume the stereotypical white privileges apply to all of us equally; they assume that all whites are socially connected because of their default whiteness. If you're a white Aspie, you're not likely to have those privileges. In fact, I think white Aspies are more likely to be targeted by white NT bullies, who'd be too afraid of being called racist for venting their frustrations on a non-white.
so very,very true!! Being bi-racial, I am on both sides of the fence. White privilege for me is to walk in a store in a white neighborhood and not get stared at rudely or followed around by store security. Once store security was so busy hawking at me that a white guy made it out of the store with a stolen steak. People in general are bad. Think about it: If you are good on Earth, you go to Heaven when you die. Why should you have to be rewarded for being good? Isn't that human responsibility? Why should you be rewarded for being good?? People need a "stimulus" to do the right thing. Humankind is wrong.
The topic of this thread is something I can relate to. The problem is NOT a sense of entitlement of not being picked on, and that's not what the OP ever said. Rather, it's an assumption made by some non-whites that "all whites are the same." They assume the stereotypical white privileges apply to all of us equally; they assume that all whites are socially connected because of their default whiteness. If you're a white Aspie, you're not likely to have those privileges. In fact, I think white Aspies are more likely to be targeted by white NT bullies, who'd be too afraid of being called racist for venting their frustrations on a non-white.
AMEN!! ! Many times I heard black people say to white people,"Yaw don't stick together".
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