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gollygee

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2. Wealth privilege is also a big thing in this country

Reply to arely staircase (Original post)

Mon Jul 11, 2016, 07:15 PM

Jul 2016

And class privilege, which is related but not quite the same.

People who have one kind of privilege but don't have others can hopefully learn about different kinds of privilege and how they work and intersect.

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White privilege is real. Problem is a lot of poor whites will never [View all] arely staircase Jul 2016 OP

In my all white area, certain white people get pulled over a lot more than others. Throd Jul 2016 #1

Wealth privilege is also a big thing in this country gollygee Jul 2016 #2

I get that. You get it. But frankly its all a bit too undergrad sociology class arely staircase Jul 2016 #3

That doesn't make it less true. gollygee Jul 2016 #4

I.didnt say it shouldn't be discussed. It should and I know it is real. arely staircase Jul 2016 #5

Life is an unending hard grind when you're poor. REP Jul 2016 #6

It is right for you to acknowlegde your own privilege. arely staircase Jul 2016 #9

I hate white privilege. bdwker Jul 2016 #7

Me too. Problem is that it often manifests itself in a lack of arely staircase Jul 2016 #8

Especially if those people *have* had their kid shot by the cops melman Jul 2016 #15

This is true WestCoastLib Jul 2016 #10

Not a good year for reality nt arely staircase Jul 2016 #11

probably no coincidence that's it the year of commercial VR WestCoastLib Jul 2016 #12

Being generally poor and white when younger, I had my share of problems bhikkhu Jul 2016 #13

lol. nt arely staircase Jul 2016 #14