What is the best response when you are accused of having white privilege?

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[conservative98]

Steve Heckman Steve Heckman, R&D Manager (1998-present) Updated Jul 30, 2018 · Author has 504 answers and 82k answer views I see no reason to even acknowledge it with an answer.

[cherry]

i’ve work over 40 yrs and paid taxes....if that’s privilege you can have it...

[Yaelle]

Enjoy your workout. Your deserve it.

I have to shop there too. They actually source their meats and fish and you can know which farms. We all got sick from sprout’s “grass fed” beef a week or so ago. They don’t know where the hell it comes from. I love sprouts but I’m not buying unsourced “grass fed.”

[Roccus]

There is nothing on this planet that is more obnoxious than an American black woman who assumes she has been wronged by a caucasian.

[Pagey]

That’s the correct reply right there. If Anybody, B or W, anywhere ever dropped that line on me, I’d throw it right back in their face, in the worst/horrible tone they’ve ever heard. But that’s me, raise the bar w,/ volume as necessary + force a reply. White privilege my _$$. Damned demoncRATS, forcing another made up issue on our country.

[davius]

I have privilege? That’s great! Run this stuff out to my car for me, willya?

[mom of young patriots]

I am not sure if there is anything you can do in that case besides just what you did, answer every nonsensical accusation with the facts. She was not in line, so no one was cutting her. Skin color had nothing to do with it. Gutter-minded people like those you encountered live to set others up.

I think you did well by not sinking to their level. I imagine that they would have liked a dirty brawl and you deprived them of it. Probably left them a little unsatisfied.

There were likely others around who were on your side, but not willing to say so. I don’t know why it is that people remain silent and let someone fight such a battle without support. If I had been there, I would have taken your side. I can’t stand injustice.

[Right Wing Assault]

Say, "You've got black privilege, too, but maybe you blew it and never took advantage of it. Did you learn to read and write. Did you learn to talk correctly? Did you learn arithmetic? Did you learn to judge people on their behavior, not their color? Did you learn to love your country, its history, and how your government works? Did you learn how to be a good citizen and a good neighbor? Did you learn the difference between right and wrong?

I learned all of those and that is my white privilege. If you didn't learn them, you threw away your black privilege."

[jonsie]

Great response!

[sourcery]

Every law denies whites privilege, and grants it to anyone and everyone else. Every regulation denies whites privilege, and grants it to anyone and everyone else. Every college, university and school views whites as having the lowest social status. Every major, mainstream news and opinion source views whites as having the lowest social status. Most employers treat whites as second class citizens.

The concept was valid a century ago, but ceased to be no later than the mid 1970s.

[TChad]

I am not white. Where does one acquire this “white privledge”?

I saw some on sale at WalMart last week. $1.49/lb.

[atc23]

Just a blank stare as if I’ve never heard the term. No words - ever. Just a blank stare.

[right way right]

Holy moly, I probably would have told her to not Chimp out.

[Manly Warrior]

Smile, say nothing ( it cannot be used against you). Smile some more, while getting out your phone and beginning to video record ( the cloud of course) while looking for the nearest exit and the most likely route of egress, while mentally rehearsing where and when you will draw and shoot if needed.

Forget the groceries on the table.

[Right Wing Assault]

On another day, in another store, the guy got shot dead in that same story.

[Yaelle]

It’s not genetic. It’s societal. If your friends and family abuse the public with raucous disrespect, you might do it, too. If other groups are socially afraid to stand up to you, it will also encourage you to continue rude behavior in public. It’s definitely nurture, not nature.

[sheana]

Yep!

[Blurb2350]

There is nothing on this planet that is more obnoxious than an American black woman who assumes she has been wronged by a caucasian.
Actually, there's one thing more obnoxious than a black woman who thinks she's been dissed: a black woman in a uniform who think she's been dissed.

[vladimir998]

“By the way, these were black people.”

As if we didn’t already know!

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

You REALLY wanna trade the first 18 years of my life for your life?

[Thumper1960]

I laugh and tell ‘em to eff off.