On white male, hetro privilege.

[Honeycombe8]

117. I hear you. But just imagine how worse off you would've been if you'd been female, black,

middleaged, and overweight. The lowest in our American class system.

You can't be blamed for what you do not know. You have lived a life where people listen when you speak, just because you're a white male. You got better grades than you earned, because you were a white male. You would've gotten hired for jobs that the overweight middleaged black woman wouldn't have gotten, because you fit in better than she would have. You got interrupted less all during your life, because of what you are. You are treated a tad better by cashiers.

It's the little things, all throughout your life, that you've benefited from and which you are totally unaware of. You really can't be blamed for what you don't know.

That doesn't mean your life has been easy, or that there is a paved street of gold in front of you. It just means it's been easiER for you. But if you haven't walked in someone else's shoes, it is hard to compare.

As a white female, I've benefited, too. I'm very aware of it. It doesn't mean life has been easy for me. Quite the contrary. But maybe I'm more aware of the advantages I've had from being white and female because as a female, I have encountered slights and discrimination and being treated lowclass by others, just because I'm female. It has given me a glimpse into the lives of the ones with true burdens on their backs.

There IS reverse discrimination, though. It exists and is just as wrong as other types of discrimination. So if you've experienced that, you have a glimpse of what it might be like to be black or female or whatever.