White privilege is the result of racial exceptionalism, of inequality that is the natural result of not being uneducated and lazy and corrupt. White privilege grows from the root of self reliance and hard work in a Christian environment.
After watch the people spouting the “white privilege” nonsense I have some to a conclusion.
When white people apologize for their “white privilege” what they are saying is “I’m better than you and I know it and you know it.” It’s a smugness that oozes contempt for people not their color. Saying you are ashamed of your whiteness doesn’t diminish your whiteness, it amplifies it by pointing it out to people that might not even be paying attention to color. It is a backhanded way of saying I’m great and you are scum.
Those that don’t apologize for their whiteness are just people trying to live their lives and don’t care much about color.
White privilege is nothing more than American privilege. It is open to all who will get an education get and get a job.
It’s just that simple.
Fully agree.
You may quote me:
When I was a kid white was a color. In physics class I learned that white was actually a blend of all visible colors and that black was the absence of color. As a seasoned adult I’m told that white is an adjective applied to some humans and that it means hateful, prejudiced and deceitful. It means that a person exploits others and delights in keeping them down. It refers to slaveowners and colonialists. It designates those individuals who mowed down the native inhabitants and stole their land. I’m none of those things and I resent the implication.
White Privilege is Marxist egalitarianism.
Like all Marxist ideology, it doesn't sell very well to an informed literate society.
It designed to guilt white people into thinking they are somehow inherently better because of the color of their skin and heritage instead of their ethics, work habits skills, morals.
If you can convince certain people are better and everyone should be equal, "or as a social philosophy advocating the removal of economic inequalities among people, economic egalitarianism, or the decentralization of power. "
Basically shuts up or silence people to accept any social justice horse manure
My wife is oriental, there is white privileged. But in most cases it is easily overu come. There is also minority woe, which means easy surrender or reverse prejudice and discrimination. Also there is prejudice and discrimination coming at us all. Discretion education is needed discretion is not always bad. Sensitivity training is needed. Also if you display yourself as a societal rebel expect to be treated as one. Your haircut, etiquette, manners, clothes, speech and posture say a lot. If you start a conversation by offending a person don’t expect them to greet you with open arms.
And what about Asian privilege? They’re doing even better than whites.
It’s not about privilege but ability and character.
Interestingly enough black Nigerian immigrants supposedly do rather well.
Take that away and it's back on the road to feral savagery.
Every one of my extended family were patriotic, successful and warm, decent people. Not one family member was a drug user or ever in prison. White privilege is growing up with good, civilized role models.
Puritan Work Ethic:"The Puritans declared the sanctity of all honorable work. In so doing, they rejected a centuries-old division of callings into “sacred” and “secular”…
This Puritan rejection of the dichotomy between sacred and secular work has far-reaching implications. It judges every honorable job to be of intrinsic value, and integrates every vocation with a Christian’s spiritual life.
It makes every job consequential by regarding it as the arena for glorifying and obeying God and for expressing love (through service) to a neighbor."
Puritan Work Ethic: the Dignity of Life’s Labors Christianity Today, October 1979, p. 15
I have a friend who is an English teacher at a high school in Georgia. The entire English department is being sent weekly for required indoctrination training. They are being encouraged to implement this training into their classroom curriculum in the literature they select to teach and into classroom discussions. At the training sessions they are being made to practice apologizing for being white even though they have shown no signs of being racist. At first my friend thought sitting through these sessions, tolerating the indignity and just not carrying through with this in the classroom with the students would work. However now there is great fear that what is now “suggestions” will be mandates next year and their jobs will be in jeopardy if they do not fully implement.
No apologies.
Respect mah authoritah!
It is a way to get whites to have white guilt, white self hatred, and white self doubt. Then they will be altruistic and sacrifice values to parasites
White Privilege is having a good cultural reputation...
Not that all white people are decent hard working types... we have our criminals too.
But if you encounter a white person in an emergency situation there’s a very good chance he’ll help you when you’re down - - NOT use the opportunity to steal your wallet or purse.
White privilege, you know, like whites are now enjoying in South Africa.
Years ago I had a discussion with a fellow FReeper who has since passed. We both grew up in upper middle class white communities. At the time, everyone was bemoaning, “no one gave me an education, no one gave me this or that.” We looked at each other, knowing that no one GAVE us anyone, we worked our asses off. What we were given, which was priceless, was the EXPECTATION that we would accomplish something and succeed. I did well, but I worked 18 hours a day, 7 days a week. Where was the white privilege? It was called hard work. And frankly, I know quite a few just as dedicated who were not white. They just worked hard.