My problem with "white privilege"....

[pipoman]

97. I couldn't agree more...and would argue for a stranger if I saw this happen

I am willing to argue for equality. Around 2 years ago the husband of a woman who works part time at the restaurant I manage was in a motorcycle accident. It was low speed but he broke his leg. He speaks broken English but is in this country legally raising his family working two crappy jobs as is his wife, sent his daughter through nursing school and has a son on the local football team. Anyway when the ambulance arrived the ems guy told him, "you'll be ok, go on home". He said "my leg is broken" and showed the medic. The medic told him he would be OK to go home. He called his fluently bilingual daughter who happened to be 3 blocks away. When she arrived the medic told her he should just go home. She lost her mind. Told them they needed to take him to the hospital. They reluctantly did. He had 4 hours surgery that night.

All of this is a violation of policy for accident victims. I and several of my coworkers and patrons wrote letters to commissioners and the ems administration. My wife wrote a complaint to the hospital emergency services vp (she works there). He received excellent service at the hospital and a letter of apology from the ems.

Another worker was stopped for driving while Mexican. She was taken to jail because she didn't have her insurance card in her car. She is very quiet and kind hearted. The officer charged her with resisting arrest. ..so unbelievable I couldn't believe it. She said she went quietly and didn't know why she was charged this way. I called the prosecutor and explained how she contributes to our community, is loved by many residents, and was harassed for being Mexican. A week later she received a letter from the prosecutor dropping the charges.

This shit pisses me off. Doesn't matter the race. Unequal treatment isn't acceptable.

That said, the term "white privilege" is offensive to me, I believe it is inaccurate, and I'm not going to respond well to its use. I believe that my rights aren't privileges. If others rights are violated I will fight for them.