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jeff47

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4. I think it's to protect the advantages.

Tue Mar 17, 2015, 01:47 PM

Mar 2015

Having white privilege is pretty nice. Losing it would mean losing those advantages in education, wealth, housing, and so on.

I think a good chunk of the "I'm not privileged!" crowd is motivated by basic selfishness.

I think ego only enters with the "need someone to look down upon" camp referenced by LBJ. But that doesn't overlap with the purely selfish camp.

(And just to be clear, I don't think being white privilege nor male privilege should continue.)

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America�s white fragility complex: Why white people get so defensive about their privilege [View all] KamaAina Mar 2015 OP

That article is well worth reading el_bryanto Mar 2015 #1

here's another good article ... napkinz Mar 2015 #39

I see it all the time. bravenak Mar 2015 #2

is this a self-defense strategy to protect the ego? guillaumeb Mar 2015 #3

I think it's to protect the advantages. jeff47 Mar 2015 #4

... napkinz Mar 2015 #7

+10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 2naSalit Mar 2015 #30

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2015 #32

A privilege enjoyed by 90% of the population isn't an automatic ticket to success tularetom Mar 2015 #8

true guillaumeb Mar 2015 #18

"But many white people will insist that all race based discrimination ended in 1865" napkinz Mar 2015 #21

very true on both counts guillaumeb Mar 2015 #22

"Racists hung up the white robes and hoods ... now wear Tea Party hats" -- they're free at last! napkinz Mar 2015 #26

How does the white privilege thing translate into political action? Comrade Grumpy Mar 2015 #5

I know, right? Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #6

Did you really need to be the poster child in this thread? cyberswede Mar 2015 #11

our own local performance art salin Mar 2015 #14

This smells of Bulverism. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Mar 2015 #9

What, might I inquire to ask, is "Bulverism"? KamaAina Mar 2015 #10

It's a very useful term coined by C.S. Lewis. Donald Ian Rankin Mar 2015 #13

Cool story KA. NaturalHigh Mar 2015 #12

When the Professor of Multicultural Education at Westfield State University speaks Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #16

Where is Westfield State University anyway? NaturalHigh Mar 2015 #17

Western Massachusetts. KamaAina Mar 2015 #43

Yes, in one of the whitest towns you might ever see. n/t hughee99 Mar 2015 #44

Any caucasian who can't see their institutional privilege, is blind whatchamacallit Mar 2015 #15

partly guillaumeb Mar 2015 #19

There are black people who worked hard and got rich now, too treestar Mar 2015 #24

there has been progress guillaumeb Mar 2015 #28

What is to be done then? treestar Mar 2015 #40

you ask the difficult question. guillaumeb Mar 2015 #41

sad to see many who are in denial ... look at some of the DEFENSIVE replies to napkinz Mar 2015 #20

But what is to be done about it all? treestar Mar 2015 #23

Yeah racists usually do not like to be reminded that they are bigots. Rex Mar 2015 #25

This Is How Black Parents Talk To Their Sons About The Police napkinz Mar 2015 #27

great picture of Deblasio and his son. guillaumeb Mar 2015 #29

another great pic napkinz Mar 2015 #34

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Love the last picture. Rex Mar 2015 #33

posted by Cha back in December ... napkinz Mar 2015 #35

I remember that very well, it was disgusting. The NYPD should be ashamed of themselves. Rex Mar 2015 #36

the NYPD's hypocrisy napkinz Mar 2015 #37

speaking of defensive, fragile, and oh so ignorant ... napkinz Mar 2015 #38

Maybe don't get in people's faces and scream about how privileged they are... Matterate Mar 2015 #42