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In reply to the discussion: Why I don't think the phrase/argument white privilege is effective. [View all]jwirr
(39,215 posts)have it. There were many things that I did not have to face. I did not face discrimination in anything I tried to do simply because of who I was. I did end up with those who watched me pay for food with food stamps (the real thing back then) and who thought me lazy because I did not work. But of course in my case my disabled daughter helped. The idiots took one look at her and gave me credit for taking care of her.
I think there are many groups that face some of the same prejudices (usually situational) and instead of dividing us they can be used to bring us together to fight for the rights of all. From my own experience these groups include racial groups, disabilities, poverty, persons who are seen as undesirable (fat) and many other stigmas that people use against each other. Better we come together and work to end it all.
I do agree that this issue is used as a way to divide us. When I worked with the Native American's in the 70s one of the things that I learned was how the country used the issue of race to divide Native Americans and Black people. So when it was my turn to work with them I made damned sure that I did not work against their goals and become one of the dividers. One thing being poor has done is make it a lot easier to understand where others are coming from when they talk about "white privilege".
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