"Electronic Dance Music Festivals Fraught With White Privilege"

[RedCappedBandit]

161. That is so tangential to what I said I actually wonder if you meant to reply to me.

The only privilege that truly matters? Class? You realize that class and race are and have been inextricably linked throughout the course of this country's history, yes?

So race doesn't matter anymore, and we shouldn't bother talking about racial disparities because this college junior didn't capture every single complexity surrounding the issue in a manner which pleases the majority of the board.

Cool. You know, it is possible that she did not write the perfect piece and brought up some very real considerations. She can have privileges, and acknowledge various forms of oppression and different privileges that she doesn't have. Not sure why you're acting like there's some dichotomy. Is she not allowed to talk about race at all because she somehow managed to afford a ticket to a festival?

Yeah, her focus on hair, her framing of the issue, the language she used, it didn't work well. She has a lot to learn. Privilege is still there. Disparities are still there. The reactions to this young lady sharing her thoughts are only demonstrating the point I made originally. The words people here on DU are choosing to use are telling in and of themselves.