If you don't believe in (recognize) white privilege why the fuck are you on a Democratic Forum? [View all]

[Cad Bane]

How the hell can you call yourself a progressive or a Democrat?

Now I understand that there are a lot of Libertarians masquerading as progressives here. There are even conservatives / Republicans doing the same.

What I wanna know is why is there a significant percentage of this site that absolutely rejects and aggressively refutes the fundamental truth of white privilege in America (and the rest of the world).

This is a nation that was built on the theft of land by white settlers.

The same folks then brought African slaves here and legally treated them as less than full human beings. Completely robbing them of their culture, stripping them of their identities. They denied them access to an education so that they could maintain the myth of superiority.

Even after 400 years of slavery ended, white people treated African Americans and other minorities as second class citizens.

It wasn't just the rich corporate barons who benefited from this ingrained American culture. Every white person benefited from America's "White's Only" culture.

The culture was intentionally set up so that even the poorest of the poor in white America would feel that they were still above the "Negro / Colored".

Do you think that all those poor ass white folks in the south during Jim Crow considered themselves equal to "N*ggers". Hell NO! They knew they were privileged because of their white skin. They desperately wanted to hold on to that privilege.

That's why they terrorized black civil rights leaders. Shouted at, spit on and threw rocks at black children trying to integrate schools.

It's why generations of white folks abandoned the Democratic Party and became loyal Republicans after the Democrats helped usher in the civil rights acts.

So I get disgusted reading countless tales of white folks on this forum who just don't feel privileged because they're white. I don't care what you feel. Facts are facts whether you accept them or not.

It'd be like some man saying he doesn't feel privileged / advantaged over a woman so therefore gender inequality doesn't exist. The ignorance is inexcusable.

White Privilege means that no matter how wealthy or educated a black man is, he will always be treated as a common street thug simply because of his brown skin. He will always fit a description and be treated with suspicion no matter how big his bank account is or the prestigious degrees on the wall. It means that his white counterparts will always be viewed as an individual and judged on their credentials.

This is the fundamental argument of the GOP. They are the white people's party.

If you can't understand this then you don't belong in the Democratic Party. We fundamentally rejected that world view when we nominated Barack Obama to represent our party in 2008.