Posted on 04/19/2017 1:46:34 PM PDT by Sean_Anthony
Whether its racial, economic, gender or sexual orientation, there will always be prejudice and discrimination. But the idea that this discrimination is institutionalized is ludicrous and downright harmful
To listen to the juvenile whack-jobs ranting about white privilege one would think that black slavery was still pretty much alive and well in America. The latest pabulum maintains that white people merely have to show up, blow their white folks dog whistle and wealth and power just falls into their laps.
Except that it doesnt. My own personal experience as a white guy who came from a dirt-poor family is just one example. I wont bore you with my various tales of working full-time while earning my college degree or with all the social opportunities todays young take for granted that I chose to forego in order to sleep and/or study, but suffice it to say my efforts, not my whiteness, are largely to be credited.
“My own personal experience as a white guy who came from a dirt-poor family is just one example.”
I grew up in what I considered a pretty solid middle-class home. Decades later, I watched the movie “Winter’s Bone”; the main character lived in something depicted as near-poverty conditions. I mentally ticked off the various criteria constituting & defining her poverty ... then realized I’d lived in practically the same conditions, just without the compact by-choice squalor: wood heat, large garden, garage-sale toys, no A/C, etc.
Long story short: we were anything but “poor” even though we lived (most excellently) everything the “poor” denigrate as “poor”; eventually life culminated in my wife & I earning 5 degrees at significant schools for a grand total of under $150k (cash up front).
Color doesn’t matter.
Behavior does.
Many groups are racing towards higher rates of fatherless homes because fathers are treated as disposable.
When anyone mentions white privilege to me I tell them to go look at the Wall in DC. That’s where I left mine.
You are blessed to be in that high bracket, but I am sorry so much of your initiative is confiscated and wasted.
1. Believe in the rule of law and follow it.
2. Work hard, save, be frugal, and invest.
3. Treat others as you wish to be treated.
4. Accept objective truth and strive to understand it.
5. Accept responsibility for your actions.
6. Strive for self control and self discipline. Do not abuse your body, stay sober, stay chaste.
7. Accept the necessity of areas of common responsibility. Participate in the local social networks of church, local government, and charities.
Do these things inside of Western Civilization, and people prosper. That is what is called White Privilege.
The other than white people who do these things and have just a little on the ball, seem to do quite well in America.
Quite a few do much better than the average white person.
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