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In reply to the discussion: "Let's work to end racial discrimination" is a better approach than "whites are so privileged". [View all]El_Johns
(1,805 posts)2. I know what intersectionality is.
3. It *is* individualistic. It's directed at individual white people, who are advised *as individuals* to see the reality of their white privilege.
Once they see it, they are directed to (and I more or less quote posters at DU): "just be aware at what others go through," or "work for change". That's it.
Excuse me, I already knew that much 50 years ago. What do the proponents of white privilege actually bring that's new, that's radical, that's activist? Not much so far as I can see. As I said in a previous post, it's a "shopping for a better world" individualist orientation. There's no movement, there's no direction, just a focus on individual selves who either have or have not been enlightened as to their white privilege. The only fervor that exists is in the conversion of the benighted to the correct party line. After that, it's up to the converted individual.
4. The rest of your post is about racism. There's no necessary connection between acknowledging racism, understanding racism, fighting racism, and adoption of the label "white privilege".
5. You say you support equal rights because it's right. That's the same reason people all through history did, and they didn't carry the banner of white privilege. What does your banner bring to the table? How does it further anything? I don't see it.