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In reply to the discussion: On white male, hetro privilege. [View all]hfojvt
(37,573 posts)because I find it insulting.
The thng is, if one group is oppressed (and I still do not believe that - as a group), it is one thing to say "black people are oppressed" or "women are oppressed". It is another thing to say "white males are privileged". WTF? Why turn it around on me, instead of talking about oppression or discrimination suddenly now we are talking about privilege.
And doing it bass-ackwards. Now "not being oppressed" is a privilege. Again, WTF?
Take away those privileges then. Let's oppress everybody.
Further that line of "white straight men at the top" is simply not true and that does sound like "white people have it easy". If I am at the top, then I should have it easy, shouldn't I? And if I don't really have it easy, then how can I be said to be "at the top"?
Of course, I am at the top of the status chain now. I am prepared to strut and preen at my next high school reunion. I will lord it over my best friend and his mere medical degree. Yes, the former valedictorian is at the top of the status chain. No longer just a janitor. Nosiree. A janitorial supervisor. I can see people swooning at the honor of even knowing a person of such high stature. I should buy a class ring so people will have the honor of kissing it.