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Hillary: White Privilege Like ‘Swimming In the Ocean’
Breitbart ^ | 1/11/2016

Posted on 01/12/2016 4:34:00 PM PST by Altura Ct.

Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton argued that she is privileged, and “it is hard, when you’re swimming in the ocean to know exactly what’s happening around you” when asked about white privilege at Iowa Brown and Black Forum broadcast on Fusion on Monday.

Hillary, in response to a question on what “white privilege” means to her, and whether she has benefited from it, said “it is hard, when you’re swimming in the ocean to know exactly what’s happening around you, so much as it is when you’re standing on the shore, perhaps watching.”

Hillary added that she went to good schools, and had a “strong, supportive families,” and “never really knew what was or wasn’t part of the privilege. I just knew that I was a lucky person.”

She further stated that she realized she was privileged when she was around 11-years-old, and she volunteered to babysit the children of migrant workers.

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To: Altura Ct.

Yes Hillary, ‘white privelage’ IS like swimming in the ocean; barely keeping your head above water, trying to your pay bills, care for your family while being robbed each payday to pay for the dnc plantation slaves


21 posted on 01/12/2016 4:47:34 PM PST by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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To: Altura Ct.

"The stuff you gotta say if you wanna get elected nowadays! Am I right or am I right?"

22 posted on 01/12/2016 4:48:52 PM PST by x
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To: Altura Ct.
11-years-old, and she volunteered to babysit the children of migrant workers

After her mother named her for Sir Edmund Hillary.

23 posted on 01/12/2016 4:50:13 PM PST by LucyT
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To: Altura Ct.
White privilege does exist. It comes from a few thousand years of social and cultural evolution. That is how long it takes to go from aboriginal to modern advanced culture. During that time we learned lessons and gained skills, knowledge,attitudes and values conducive to modernity and impressed them on our culture. At best the people who are using this tripe to knock us are trying to empower those who do not have this background. But you do not empower anyone by making a victim out of them or imposing a victims mind set on them. This is largely an attempt to clientize and patronize them for a political agenda. True empowerment comes from learning the lessons. It normally takes a few thousand years to go from where they were 200 years ago to where we are now. However by being taken into a modern society (regardless of the circumstances) they have the ability to emulate and learn from that advanced culture and catch up. Some will and some will not.
24 posted on 01/12/2016 4:51:36 PM PST by amnestynone (We are asked by people who do not tolerate us to tolerate the intolerable in the name of tolerance.)
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To: chesley

What?
No pictures of Hildabeast in a bathing suit?


25 posted on 01/12/2016 4:52:17 PM PST by ChuteTheMall (Tagline: (optional, printed after your name on post):)
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To: The Iceman Cometh

She grew up in Park Ridge IL, which was 100 miles from any migrant workers. This story is rubber.


26 posted on 01/12/2016 4:54:36 PM PST by darkangel82
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To: Altura Ct.
Hillary: White Privilege Like 'Swimming In the Ocean'...

An ocean? Jeez Hillary, maybe it's time to switch to "Depends".


27 posted on 01/12/2016 4:54:43 PM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: catnipman

“hillary has gone full out racist, attacking whites in favor of black and brown pandering exclusively.”

The very same Hillary that said she didn’t even consider the black maids that cleaned the toilets in the Arkansas Gov mansion to be humans.


28 posted on 01/12/2016 5:01:47 PM PST by IMR 4350
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To: Altura Ct.

Poll after poll shows a majority of people believe race relations have deteriorated under BH.

Does Mizz Clinton really believe fomenting further racial divisions is a winning strategery or is this further pandering


29 posted on 01/12/2016 5:02:38 PM PST by LMAO (#BlackLivesMatterWhenItsForPoliticalPoints)
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To: Altura Ct.

There wasnt a dry eye in the house


30 posted on 01/12/2016 5:03:26 PM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: Altura Ct.

she wants to start talking about white privilege now? Sweeeet!


31 posted on 01/12/2016 5:08:04 PM PST by RC one (race baiting and demagoguery-if you're a Democrat it's what you do.)
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To: Altura Ct.

Hold on you’all. This is your master ringing your work bell.

That’s what she’s saying.


32 posted on 01/12/2016 5:10:48 PM PST by Fhios (Change isn't always good. Just look at the Dinosuars.)
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To: Altura Ct.

11 Years old and she was volunteering for migrant children. BS.


33 posted on 01/12/2016 5:11:30 PM PST by Organic Panic
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To: Organic Panic

Oh please, in 1958 Illinois all ANY 11 year old could talk about was migrant labor. It was THE hot issue of the late 50s in the corn belt./


34 posted on 01/12/2016 5:18:32 PM PST by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble minded asses overthrown,,,")
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To: ChuteTheMall; Altura Ct.; azishot; Liz
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From UK News online, Today:


35 posted on 01/12/2016 5:19:13 PM PST by LucyT
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To: Altura Ct.
She further stated that she realized she was privileged when she was around 11-years-old, and she volunteered to babysit the children of migrant workers.

She also dodged sniper fire in Bosnia.

She was named after Sir Edmund Hillary.

She found the Rose Law Firm documents on a coffee table.

She thought a Youtube video caused the Benghazi attack.

36 posted on 01/12/2016 5:26:54 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: LucyT

Yikes! what a weird picture.


37 posted on 01/12/2016 5:32:34 PM PST by Aria (Abortion = murder, the taking of a human life.)
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To: Altura Ct.

I thought “white privilege” was bunk until someone on DU explained in a way that made sense (I’m serious). White children on average have the advantages of

* 2 parents
* parents who read to them at young ages
* parents who care how they do at school
* parents with a work ethic
* ... about 10 other advantages white children have based on parent not skin color

The DU member didn’t talk about Asians or first/second generation “African-Americans” but I agree with regard to a certain set of non-whites. Of course their solution was different than mine. I’d focus on “parents”. They wanted more money for teachers/baby-sitters to perform the role of parent.


38 posted on 01/12/2016 5:37:00 PM PST by LostPassword
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To: Pikachu_Dad

Is she saying a WHITE shark would be considered privileged??


39 posted on 01/12/2016 5:39:45 PM PST by yadent
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To: Altura Ct.

An ocean full of Great WHITE Sharks and no Great Black Sharks, right Rodham?


40 posted on 01/12/2016 5:41:14 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Being an American isn't a piece of paper from the State Department. It's an attitude.)
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