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

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67. Many Dem's of an older generation have a different view on race.

I don't mean this post to generalize an entire generation, so please know that I respect the limits of what I'm about to say.

My father and his family (age 68-75) are all midwestern, blue-collar, union democrats.

And their views on race are rooted in an entire different generation's view.

My aunt is outright racist. She refused to vote for Obama.

My dad is not. But he does have an unusually passionate and somewhat personal view of racial issues. He would definately say that white privilege isn't real. Or at the least, he'd object to policies that he feels hurts him in trying to address it. Since he feels its unfair to him.

My point is that there are many Dems... particularly those of a past generation... who are Dems for reasons other than racial equality.

I'm not in any way excusing this. Just trying to explain what I see and why I'm not surprised that some here might not see race the same as others.