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

[AverageJoe90]

13. Well, I dunno, man. Is it really required?

TBH, I'm one of those progressives who doesn't (now) believe that all white people enjoy literal, tangible collective privilege(yes, this interpretation has become rather common in places); because never, has racism, structural or otherwise, once benefitted anyone other than the people pushing it's agenda, and those few below them actually taking real advantage of such(usually knowingly). Racism has, instead, been nothing less(and also much more) than a tool to divide and conquer. We can look at Jim Crow or what was done to try to break up the labor movement in the last century. Or we can go all the way back to Bacon's Rebellion, if you'd like.

And, in fact, even in South Africa, the one country that may possibly have had something close to this, it's doubtful that all the whites actually benefitted from Apartheid and all that followed from there.

I realize that most of those who do believe in WP(shorthand for "white privilege", just so we're clear) are genuinely ashamed of what they see, and want for things to get better. The problem is, this particular approach just isn't working. In fact, we now even have guys like Bill O'Reilly publicly taking this, and totally conflating it with speaking out against structural injustice altogether(when, in fact, many who do, do not necessarily believe in WP themselves), and then making it out like it's a thing amongst liberals in general. So, if that's not proof that we need to try a different approach, what is?

I mainly only posted this since you're a newbie....I've been here since 2011 and this wasn't even a thing until just this last year. And I've been a Democrat for about 5 years.