Posted on 03/30/2018 9:03:02 AM PDT by Iron Munro
People are uncomfortable with the term “privileged.”
Several readers took offense recently when I differentiated between privileged youths and underprivileged youths in a column about the March for Our Lives.
“Categorizing and generalizing of this type are just veiled forms of discrimination and/or racism,” one man wrote.
I’d like to take this opportunity to set the record straight.
If you are a white person in America, you were born privileged. That’s just a fact.
It’s nothing to be ashamed of. It’s not anybody’s fault. There’s no need to get defensive about it.
The best thing to do is just acknowledge it.
Being privileged does not necessarily mean that you have a perfect life. It does not mean that you come from wealth or that you always obtain everything you want — or deserve.
It doesn’t give you a pass to be lazy and shiftless. It doesn’t automatically guarantee you success. White skin no more relieves you of taking responsibility for your life, working hard and thinking smart than it does for people with dark skin.
It just means that you have a head start over the rest of us.
White privilege means that you were born with an inherent advantage over every other race of people. The whiteness of your skin alone allows you to leave the starting gate quicker and to run the race with fewer obstacles. White skin comes with certain other perks, too, many of which are taken for granted.
American culture itself is white-centric. For example, as an African-American woman, I can rarely find makeup that matches my exact skin tone. Though cosmetics companies have gotten a lot better at adding more diverse colors to their lines, I still most often have to buy two shades and mix them together to get a match.
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“I still most often have to buy two shades and mix them together to get a match.”
Who doesn’t? Does she truly believe that white women are all an exact shade of colors such as Beige, Taupe, or Ivory?
Please source that quote.
Excellent post.
“Please source that quote.”
If we’re talking about this:
“The slave dreams not of freedom. The slave dreams of becoming a master.”
1. It’s a paraphrase from memory.
2. Looked all over my computer and can’t find where I put it. Can’t believe I wouldn’t save it, but...
“It just means that you have a head start over the rest of us. “
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Prove it.
Truly a heartbreaking tale of repression.
And totally false, as is every Leftist narrative. Madame CJ Walker became America's first self-made female millionaire (black or white) by creating and marketing makeup for black women. This was in 1900-1919, a century ago.
When I was having to take a chaplaincy class/internship in Manhattan, one of the required units was addressing ‘privilege’ and we had to go down a checklist of ‘privileged’ and ‘unprivileged’ classes and mark which ones we were.
I could have talked about how haaaard it is to be autistic in today’s world. And I might even have been right, because it’s not easy to deal with an entire world of body language that I simply cannot read.
Instead I proceeded to flip the entire room the bird with both hands while doing a parody of the Old Spice ‘the man your man could smell like’ commercial.
The best part was they weren’t allowed to fail me after that little experience and I had free rein to inform them in no uncertain terms how ‘offensive’ (I love using that word on liberals) it was to credit all the hard work I put in to this nebulous thing called ‘privilege.’
Maybe some newer latino immigrants, but I just don't see them staying that way over the years unless the Dems can demoralize the family structure like they've done to the black community. If latinos are really the Dems new pets, could it have to do with a higher rate of return with pleas for party donations? As a community, maybe latinos have more disposable income. Just "asking" - I don't know - 'hope your right about the blacks learning that they're being played.
Thank you! Please share with others!
After closing the business in Denver in 1907, A'lelia ran the day-to-day operations from Pittsburgh, while Walker established a new base in Indianapolis in 1910.[18] A'lelia also persuaded her mother to establish an office and beauty salon in New York City's Harlem neighborhood in 1913.[16]
In 1910 Walker relocated her business to Indianapolis, where she established the headquarters for the Madame C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company. She initially purchased a house and factory at 640 North West Street.[19]
From ---> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madam_C._J._Walker
https://www.google.com/search?q=walker+theater+indianapolis&ie=&oe=
Murray had the Data.
This woman wants to repudiate the data without any data.
It’s a tough row to hoe.
Learn somthin’ every day:
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Hair%20Across%20Your%20Ass
Why don’t they reject using “White Tech” like English, Electricity, Computers, Automobiles and Refrigeration?
Quality Design of Experiments is “White”, Western Civ tech and should be dismissed out of hand...
Ha, ha, yeah, that’s what we all want, isn’t it? Permanent residency status in Liberia.
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White privilege = white supremacy = whiteness = whites breathing.
Be prepared.
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