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‘I wouldn’t change places with you’: 8th grader’s ‘white boy privilege’ poem goes viral
Global News ^ | July 12, 2016 | Emanuela Campanella

Posted on 07/12/2016 9:44:57 PM PDT by Trump20162020

Royce Mann, an eighth grader from Atlanta, Ga., took the Internet by surprise with his poem called, “white boy privilege” that he wrote and recited at his school’s poetry slam contest in May.

In the video recently posted by his mother on YouTube, 14-year-old Mann expresses his thoughts on race, gender and equality issues.

He began the poem by saying how grateful he was to have been born a white male and said that he loved his “white boy privilege.”

“Dear women, I’m sorry, dear black people, I’m sorry… Dear everyone who isn’t a middle or upper class white boy, I’m sorry,” he recited in his poem. “But I wouldn’t change places with you.”

He goes on to talk about the ways in which life is better for him than minorities and women before adding that things need to change.

(Excerpt) Read more at globalnews.ca ...


TOPICS: Education; Poetry
KEYWORDS: atlanta; brainwashing; georgia; poem; publicschool; publicschools; roycemann; viral; whiteprivilege
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To: TigerClaws

EXACTLY !


21 posted on 07/12/2016 10:52:36 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: Tzimisce
Being taught to hate yourself because of your race isn’t privilege.

Exactly ... I feel sorry for that young man.

Wonder where his parents are? Did they approve of this? If so, shameful, bordering on emotionally abusive.

You should not make your child feel bad about the way the Creator brought him into this world, whatever race, color or creed you are. We just have to try to work to make this world a better place.

22 posted on 07/12/2016 10:55:42 PM PDT by proud American in Canada (God bless the United States of America)
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To: Trump20162020

Panty-waste boy being raised by leftists. most likely. By the grace of God, this white boy scrapped, clawed, fought, for everything. NOTHING was given to me.
These people can just go away.


23 posted on 07/12/2016 11:31:33 PM PDT by vpintheak (Freedom is not equality; and equality is not freedom!)
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To: dp0622

This weird little white boy can go on mouthing off about white privilege.

But he can never be an NFL or NBA star and if he doesn’t go to college and get one of the degrees which might provide him a job, there will be many black athletes, actors, TV anchors and others who will live far better than he does.

And any of his black peers who are not stars but his equal intelligence will also go to college and get the same job he does.


24 posted on 07/12/2016 11:53:16 PM PDT by angry elephant (Endangered species in Seattle)
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To: Trump20162020

Well, Royce, aren’t you just full of a load of hooey?


25 posted on 07/13/2016 1:10:29 AM PDT by sauropod (Beware the fury of a patient man. I've lost my patience!)
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To: aquila48

Concur. Separate and allow them to police their own communities. Of course, this would necessitate creation of a third community for those who wish to mingle. And let them support themselves, too, while we’re at it.


26 posted on 07/13/2016 2:44:35 AM PDT by Silentgypsy
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To: Trump20162020
He states that because he is white, he can see a police officer and know that he is on his side. He can eat at a fancy restaurant and not be expected “to steal the silverware.” He can worry about what kind of food is on his plate instead of whether or not there will be food on his plate.

The sad thing is that a kid of his age already has a head full of bigotry and racist stereotypes. I suspect his parents planted the idea that people who aren't white are being, or should be watched in restaurants because they might "steal the silverware". That's a ridiculous idea, and something I doubt even KKK members think happens.

He stereotypically equates skin color with "whether or not there will be food on his plate". So he thinks that poverty doesn't affect white people, or perhaps is caused by skin color. Those are also ridiculous ideas. Worrying about enough food to eat is a symptom of poverty, or poor life management skills, or a host of other things but isn't something that depends on skin color.

And his idea that "he can see a police officer and know that he is on his side" sounds more like the privilege of the elite, or a simple lack of understanding.

It is really tragic when leftists push their racism down onto their children using their twisted logic.

27 posted on 07/13/2016 2:59:07 AM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: aquila48
"...with each group having their own country and running their affairs as they please..."

are you referring to Haiti?

sarcasm aside, here's a profound statement from a black police officer - read it, let me know what you think...

http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/28400-He-says-black-lives-do-not-seem-to-matter-much-to-black-Americans.html

The JG

28 posted on 07/13/2016 3:12:30 AM PDT by CGVet58 (God has granted us Liberty, and we owe Him Courage in return)
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bmfl


29 posted on 07/13/2016 3:45:41 AM PDT by Titan Magroyne (What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.)
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To: Cronos

Thanks man. I meant English settlers but even that’s wrong, I bet :)

Amreica was really up for grabs there for a while, huh?


30 posted on 07/13/2016 4:07:17 AM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: All

Sort of makes sense as the American Left’s worldview is akin to that of a child in Junior High.


31 posted on 07/13/2016 4:20:03 AM PDT by Maverick68
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To: Trump20162020
Wait until the lil mama's boy has to start paying his fair share of his white cracker a$$ middle class taxes.

I bet he changes his tune and eats those words. Growing up and getting out from under mama's skirt has a way of changing your outlook on life if you think like this.

Probably lives in a liberal household, recycles every piece of trash that they generate, drives a Prius and never ever goes to Church.

32 posted on 07/13/2016 5:14:15 AM PDT by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it)
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To: eartick
Growing up and getting out from under mama's skirt has a way of changing your outlook on life if you think like this.

By the time this, whatever you want to call it, reaches 12 years of age, mama will have him in a skirt of his own. Complete with all the accessories. You are looking at a future trans something or other.

33 posted on 07/13/2016 5:21:29 AM PDT by sport
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To: dp0622
Once again your words have spurred a haiku, but I only have the second line:

(5 syllables)
Quit whining you faggot bitch
(5 syllables)

If anyone can help me out here, it would be much appreciated.

I do not want to reuse yesterdays' haiku I wrote specifically about this little faggot bitch.

34 posted on 07/13/2016 6:27:04 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
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To: T-Bone Texan

Dont change a thing. I think thats one of your best yet.


35 posted on 07/13/2016 6:33:46 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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To: Trump20162020

36 posted on 07/13/2016 6:35:35 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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To: T-Bone Texan

ROFL!!

I had to look up Haiku.

Thought some might get angry by the post but i guess not :)


37 posted on 07/13/2016 6:46:03 AM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: dp0622

Yesterdays’ haikus about the little whiny bitch:

My white privilege
more accurately called
“work ethic, no drugs”

And

Told what to believe
Will he kill white parents?
That’s where we’re headed

And

Let’s be very frank:
The boy has been brainwashed
Seeks peer’s approval

And

Freedom is wasted
On those that would use it to
Victimize others

And

Khmer Rouge used kids
To murder in death camps
Part of leftist plan

And

This is agitprop
Designed to push agenda
Someone’s getting paid


38 posted on 07/13/2016 7:27:18 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
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To: Tzimisce

Being taught to hate yourself because of your race isn’t privilege.


His parents are insane to allow him to be racially brow beaten like this in school. They will end up paying the price. Tribalist hate and disrespect is not love and honor. The self hate installed in this kid will grow up to be just plain, run of the mill, human hatred.


39 posted on 07/13/2016 8:27:38 AM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: Silentgypsy

Not separate “communities”, but separate countries with borders where each group can govern themselves as they wish.


40 posted on 07/13/2016 8:38:02 AM PDT by aquila48
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