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In reply to the discussion: As a gay man, I think this privilege debate is kind of ridiculous. [View all]SevenSixtyTwo
(255 posts)our President is black by his own definition. Our First Lady is black and their children are black. He won two terms over RW white privileged candidates. How could this be? How you present yourself has more to do with it than skin color. Two of my wife's surgeons are black. Damn good surgeons. One of our best technicians where I work is black. I've been white my whole life. I'm still a lowly mechanic right along side two black co-workers. Some people are privileged. Some black, some white, some in between. Beautiful people are privileged, black, white or other. Less attractive people like me who can't sing, dance or entertain have fewer options. Less attractive smart people have the privilege of professional careers in medical or legal fields or business ventures. That excludes me too. Then again, as Whoopi Goldberg said, if you have personality, you don't need anything else. She has it. Ellen is gay and female. She has it. What they don't have is the victim mentality and the disposition that their failures are everyone else's fault.