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arely staircase

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3. I get that. You get it. But frankly its all a bit too undergrad sociology class

Reply to gollygee (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 11, 2016, 07:24 PM

Jul 2016

to get working class whites to buy into. It seems to me that pointing out the immense privilege enjoyed by the wealthy and how they exploit workers rather than convinvincing working class.whites of their undoubtebly real but likely so small as to be personally unoticeable on said whit guys part. You tell him blacks get beat up.by cops he is gonna show you where the sheriff knocked his tooth out."But it is statistically more likely to happen to a black guy," is probably something he will not find compelling.

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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