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Vinca

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34. I'm also a white woman who is also 69, but I guess I see my circumstances differently.

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Fri Apr 20, 2018, 07:37 AM

Apr 2018

I consider all the things you mentioned as benefits of being old. LOL. Life really sucks sometimes, so milk it when you can. I never hesitate to tell people what I think anymore. To hell with it. Time is limited and they need to know what I think. When I got stopped by a cop for speeding I played the old lady card to the hilt, complaining that I was preoccupied by a bill from the orthopedic surgeon. It worked like a charm. If people want to open doors, carry bags, give me a discount, they can knock themselves out. I can't compare my lot in life to anyone else because I only live my life. I can speculate, but it's a mindless exercise. Maybe I'm just lucky I live in an area where people are pretty much color blind. (I'm also lucky because in my head I'm 35.)

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I want to talk about white privilege, especially white old lady privilege. [View all] PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 OP

you are very lucky.... chillfactor Apr 2018 #1

Oh, dear. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #3

My life is very boring.... chillfactor Apr 2018 #26

I am so sorry about your isolation. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #27

You seem to be having a particularly hard night. missingthebigdog Apr 2018 #28

Ageist!!!!! greytdemocrat Apr 2018 #2

YES!! PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #4

Hear hear cilla4progress Apr 2018 #5

Thank you. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #6

You've touched on perhaps the most central and important aspect of white privilege. BobTheSubgenius Apr 2018 #7

Yes. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #9

Zsa Zsa Gabor wasn't so lucky. She was arrested....a rich & famous white old lady. Reese Witherspoon Honeycombe8 Apr 2018 #8

Thank you for your story. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #10

I just explained to you that there is no cross country old lady white privilege. Honeycombe8 Apr 2018 #13

As I recall the incident with Ms. Gabor, PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #16

Exactly. No old white lady privilege. And no young white lady privilege. Honeycombe8 Apr 2018 #17

The essential point is how the person behaves. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #21

Yes, sometimes it's how you behave. That's part of my point. Honeycombe8 Apr 2018 #23

Correct. Old white ladies are not a crime problem. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #25

I'd like to bring this back to a central point... OneGrassRoot Apr 2018 #37

Didn't she hit the cop? EffieBlack Apr 2018 #33

I'm confused. Are you denying the existence of white privelege? retread Apr 2018 #31

Of course she is. She always jumps in these threads to prove there's no such thing. Solomon Apr 2018 #35

She had to actually hit the police officer to get arrested. Not the same thing. gollygee Apr 2018 #39

A rich, famous lady who assaulted law enforcement. And she wasn't shot in the back for doing so. LanternWaste Apr 2018 #40

I remember thinking, when I was 65, that it must be tattooed on my forehead. Hamlette Apr 2018 #11

Yes. I am constantly amazed at how nice people are to me, PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #12

65 isn't very old, really. Christie Brinkley is 65. It's a baby boomer world, now. nt Honeycombe8 Apr 2018 #24

I think of it as the perks kicking in, finally. Demit Apr 2018 #30

Have you not seen this? hurple Apr 2018 #14

I had not seen that before. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #18

Eddie Murphy's finest moment hurple Apr 2018 #41

Yep still one of the best skits from snl askyagerz Apr 2018 #46

I have benefited from white privelidge over the years askyagerz Apr 2018 #15

Interesting point. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #19

Very true. Our family was poor and white, and my brother got so many tickets Nay Apr 2018 #44

Pretty sure they stole my front license plate once askyagerz Apr 2018 #45

To answer some of your questions: marybourg Apr 2018 #20

Now that's fascinating. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #22

I am 73, I drive a lot, and I don't break the law. Croney Apr 2018 #29

I have experienced the same thing you describe. I am younger but have never had a ticket although Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #32

I'm also a white woman who is also 69, but I guess I see my circumstances differently. Vinca Apr 2018 #34

Where do you live that is color blind? oberliner Apr 2018 #36

Right next to the bluest town in the bluest county of the bluest state. Vinca Apr 2018 #42

Amen! At 59 I am feeling the privilege, too MaryMagdaline Apr 2018 #38

Lol. Not me, although I am white and female. cwydro Apr 2018 #43

People are a lot nicer to me since I reached middle age treestar Apr 2018 #47

Excellent Post OP ConnorMarc Apr 2018 #48