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(4,835 posts)Making it more complex does nothing to make it less divisive.
There is still discrimination of white people toward other white people. I know this is true because it's not difficult to observe. Observe the interactions between trailer park folk and non-trailer park folk sometime, and you will see that this is the case. Not a damn thing temporary about it, not a damn thing to do with skin color. Yes, people are discriminated against based purely on appearance, but there are more variables to discrimination than the color of one's skin. There are people who put themselves above others and are jerks toward those that they perceive are lesser than themselves. This is my personal experience, why would I research it?
I could research ancient aliens and find a whole bunch of people that believe that there were ancient aliens, does that make it true? No, that proves that there are a lot of people who believe in ancient aliens. It's the same with researching white privilege. I don't need to research white privilege, I know that it exists, it's not so much a question of whether it exists or not, but what do you think I'm gonna be able to do about it.
Knowing that it exists does nothing to make it a less divisive issue. If you think that the purpose of bringing it up is not to make people feel guilty, then what is the reason for bringing it up and telling me that I'm ignorant.
What is it that y'all are trying to accomplish?