Aaargh. Wading into it: I'm grateful for my "white privilege". I wish everyone had it.

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158. Your arogance and condescension

are really not necessary with me.

I get it. As a white woman, for some reason, you feel very strongly about this 'idea'.

Sorry, but that does not make it real, the rule, or the truth.

I deny the existence of this post New Left concept. It is divisive. It is not universal and is only discussed in academia in the US, Canada, & England. It moves the focus away from true system wide change via rights and laws to some bullshit idea of 'culture'. We can't change culture. We can change systems. We can change laws. We can work to insure that rights are maintained for all.

People don't change because some know-it-all throws around some fancy sociological concepts and brows beats them into being 'educated'. They don't suddenly stop being racist, homophobic, etc. because you tell them they have 'privilege'. That's what the 'white men' here (and others!) are trying to say. People change because of shared experiences and empathy. Those with real privilege in this society have money and power. They use it to keep the rest of us divided and at each others throats.

You aren't going to change my mind on the topic nor anyone else's here who disagrees with 'privilege theory'. We do not need the concept to agree in general that despite the huge changes in the Democratic Party, it is still the better political choice for creating the type of real change that needs to occur.