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hfojvt

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100. So you don't find it insulting

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 03:55 AM

Apr 2012

you still have not said what privileges I have enjoyed today, especially since I did not vandalize any cars today (much as I may have wanted to). Maybe I have the privilege that if some white punks vandalize my car nobody will call the cops.

If "it" is there it sorta makes a difference whether one calls "it" a "privilege" or calls it a "bowling ball" because words should "offer the means to meaning, and to those who will listen, the enunciation of truth."

I am listening. I have a bowling ball. I can go find it underneath my summer bed. Show me where my privileges are. Name just two of them that you think I have.

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White people need saving? [View all] pokerfan Apr 2012 OP

Yay. More hate whitey bullshit on DU! Skip Intro Apr 2012 #1

Do you really not see the difference EFerrari Apr 2012 #2

Err, what? "hate whitey bullshit"? tkmorris Apr 2012 #2

What if you are? Skip Intro Apr 2012 #4

The context of history means something. sudopod Apr 2012 #6

Racist bs. Skip Intro Apr 2012 #10

You've been unclear on this concept for a long time EFerrari Apr 2012 #12

On what point am I unclear? Skip Intro Apr 2012 #16

Dude; greiner3 Apr 2012 #38

In a nutshell, the OP was written by a white person EFerrari Apr 2012 #67

The author is white Son of Gob Apr 2012 #13

That phrase was written by someone of white European descent EFerrari Apr 2012 #9

I don't care who wrote it. Skip Intro Apr 2012 #15

lol nt sudopod Apr 2012 #20

Can I be offended with you? snooper2 Apr 2012 #58

I ran outside and yelled at some clouds. Ikonoklast Apr 2012 #69

You'll need more appropriate shoes... pinboy3niner Apr 2012 #78

If you don't care who wrote it, you can't understand what the writer EFerrari Apr 2012 #68

What's more problematic, criticism of racist whites like King... MrScorpio Apr 2012 #17

You know, as a white male who is fighting foreclosure, without insurance, on food stamps, trying to Skip Intro Apr 2012 #19

"I sometimes wonder what the fuck is wrong with some people on this board." sudopod Apr 2012 #22

You know who else is a bit fucking sick of white privilege? Chan790 Apr 2012 #26

So is it your opinion that Skip Intro Union Scribe Apr 2012 #28

It is my opinion: Chan790 Apr 2012 #66

start with the first one hfojvt Apr 2012 #98

I'm about as poor as you can get thatand still has a roof over my head JonLP24 Apr 2012 #99

So you don't find it insulting hfojvt Apr 2012 #100

You ignored the part JonLP24 Apr 2012 #101

And your situation is JUST like Tsiyu Apr 2012 #48

You're denying the FACT that your opertunities are great because your white... uponit7771 Apr 2012 #61

There is a difference between racial discrimination and class discrimination, imo Spazito Apr 2012 #77

It could be worse Marrah_G Apr 2012 #81

What if you are wrong now? hfojvt Apr 2012 #102

I don't believe I am Marrah_G Apr 2012 #104

even if that was true hfojvt Apr 2012 #105

If you don't believe that it is true... I'm not sure where the conversation can go from there Marrah_G Apr 2012 #106

it makes a difference what you call it hfojvt Apr 2012 #107

Why telling working class white people they're privileged is counterproductive: Union Scribe Apr 2012 #27

Obviously, we're having a difference of opinion here. MrScorpio Apr 2012 #30

Interesting points RZM Apr 2012 #32

I think the response would be that white privilege doesn't guarantee you'll get hired at goldman, HiPointDem Apr 2012 #43

RIGHT!!! It's not leaps and bounds but it might be a hand up and sometimes that's all that is needed uponit7771 Apr 2012 #62

White privilege is all about the access to education and connections KamaAina Apr 2012 #79

Tell it to Marrah_G, you guys can't even agree on what privilege is. nt Union Scribe Apr 2012 #90

This is pure gold. MrSlayer Apr 2012 #36

Yes, comedy gold. EFerrari Apr 2012 #80

Disagree. MrSlayer Apr 2012 #86

Um, in order to agree with Union Scribe you would have to adopt a "white" viewpoint. EFerrari Apr 2012 #88

I have a worker's viewpoint, not a "white" viewpoint. Union Scribe Apr 2012 #89

But notice, I didn't leap to any assumption. EFerrari Apr 2012 #93

The entire premise of your argument is an assumption Union Scribe Apr 2012 #95

Nope. I just disagreed with you that a race or ethnicity based viewpoint EFerrari Apr 2012 #96

How is the poster treating them as the same and how do you figure that the ruling class views HiPointDem Apr 2012 #103

I'll add another point: This conceptualization of "white privilege" actually disappears its main HiPointDem Apr 2012 #41

Always about the money..... Tsiyu Apr 2012 #50

Well, John King agrees with you. Ikonoklast Apr 2012 #72

Privileged does not mean rich Marrah_G Apr 2012 #83

This message was self-deleted by its author MrScorpio Apr 2012 #33

I'm not convinced that this badly-dressed man is hindering the cause of equality in any way. He HiPointDem Apr 2012 #46

"Or the suggestion that it's up to people Aerows Apr 2012 #55

And EVERY single Black American and Afro Caribbean person is of the same descent. vaberella Apr 2012 #34

I think white privilege refers to privilege in the present by virtue of having white skin, not to HiPointDem Apr 2012 #44

Nope. vaberella Apr 2012 #51

I'm talking about the meaning of the term "white privilege". Which remains the same whether HiPointDem Apr 2012 #53

A real bumpercrop of this kind of thing in the last 24 hours. sudopod Apr 2012 #5

Cool bug. We posted at the same time EFerrari Apr 2012 #7

No, just hating on this dudes racist bullshit protest sign maddezmom Apr 2012 #42

no, not really n/t fishwax Apr 2012 #70

Calling rank racism does not equal hate. nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #76

Er... help help? LadyHawkAZ Apr 2012 #8

He probably lost a bet Shampoobra Apr 2012 #11

LOL. EFerrari Apr 2012 #14

Kinda reminds me of Die Hard 3 Son of Gob Apr 2012 #23

They insist they aren't racists in the same breath in which they say something treestar Apr 2012 #18

Nice socks. Nostradammit Apr 2012 #21

They are the finishing touch to the jorts with loafers. MattBaggins Apr 2012 #57

He's dorktastic! Arugula Latte Apr 2012 #87

I want me some of that black loafer n grey sock combo Spacedog1973 Apr 2012 #24

heh heh heh. progressoid Apr 2012 #59

embarrassing Skittles Apr 2012 #25

has to be psyops. cmon, pastel mid-calf socks with shorts and black loafers? it's like he dressed HiPointDem Apr 2012 #29

Unfortunately, on this board RZM Apr 2012 #31

my comments were mostly tongue in cheek. but it's possible! HiPointDem Apr 2012 #37

No way! He's a fashion plate. Quantess Apr 2012 #47

You may have a point there. KamaAina Apr 2012 #85

Bigots like this guy perform a basic and important service... MrScorpio Apr 2012 #35

Racists of either stripe are idiots DonCoquixote Apr 2012 #39

White people DO need saving - from ideas & attitudes of guys like this. baldguy Apr 2012 #40

Its nice when racists like this guy self-identify. My iPhone doesn't have an app for that, yet. JoePhilly Apr 2012 #45

Lol. Chorophyll Apr 2012 #52

Isn't that the truth ... even without the sign, his "look" screams serial killer. JoePhilly Apr 2012 #75

Something tells me this guy was picked on so much in school ... Ganja Ninja Apr 2012 #49

Post removed Post removed Apr 2012 #54

Fashion challenged dumb ass. nt Javaman Apr 2012 #56

Wow, Einstein dont h8--appreciate Apr 2012 #60

So you are equating this guy with being a genius? Javaman Apr 2012 #63

He's dead, Jim pinboy3niner Apr 2012 #64

Ah, thought as much... Javaman Apr 2012 #65

Man, is your brain wired so narrowly maundy thursday Apr 2012 #71

So you are back for more, huh? Javaman Apr 2012 #73

From themselves, yeah! Taverner Apr 2012 #74

what's that URL on the poster? Blue_Tires Apr 2012 #82

savewhitepeople.com pokerfan Apr 2012 #84

Yeah, let's call Jerry Lewis and get a telethon going. edbermac Apr 2012 #91

He left Virginia for Indiana because Virginia wasn't racist enough. Great. BiggJawn Apr 2012 #92

Look at the black guy in the background Catherine Vincent Apr 2012 #94

Everyone getting mad at PZ Myers should go over to his blog and tell him about it. sudopod Apr 2012 #97