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Thoughts Regarding 'White Privilge'

It's a load of crap. [I never was one to beat around the bush.]

It's yet another trick the left is playing on minorities. Look, even if you they could convince white people of this new myth, does that improve the station of minorities?

We ALL have the privilege of life. What we do with it is all about the individual. You can choose to apply yourself in school, you can choose to take part in extra curricular activities, you can choose to listen to your parents, follow the rules of the house, find a job that interests you, be the best the employer has ever had, get promoted, marry and THEN have children, work hard to keep the family intact and succeed.

THOSE things result in happiness and success. Don't do those things and life will be more difficult for you - what ever your skin color might be.

I might as well bring up that the left has had major involvement in tripping up the steps to success for minorities - for decades.

Minority families are far more likely to be fatherless for example. I know marriage itself is considered more disposable than ever, but those that get caught in the web of government assistance are forced to get rid of Dad and nothing short of a miracle ever gets them out from under the governments rules that won't let 'em out.

Taking whites down a notch won't do a thing to improve your own life. It's an old trick played by losers everywhere and it never works. Losers remain losers.

So, succeed the old fashioned way, that has worked time and time again for thousands of years - work hard, play it straight, be honorable and gather your own privilege as you go.

Good luck!
DudeistPriest · M Best Comment
Well spoken Bud. A bit provocative but it needed to be said. I like how you achieved the right tone in getting the point across. Working hard instead of wasting time complaining and feeling sorry for myself while doing nothing has paid off for me. Moved out of CA back to TX with no money, no nada and in just four years worked my ass off, bought a nice condo in a nice safe neighborhood, nice car I paid off in only six years, building wealth through maxing out my 401(k) and saving more for retirement. I can say that if a person does nothing, they can expect nothing. But when they do things to help themselves life starts getting better. I'm Hispanic and I very much approve of this message.
Budwick · 70-79, M
@DudeistPriest [b][big]Outstanding comment![/big][/b]

And, congratulations on your well earned success!

Carver · 31-35, F
I agree for the most part. Sure there may be isolated cases where a white person receives preferential treatment and privileges because they were white, but that’s all they are: isolated cases. It’s not a general thing that happens everywhere.

Many minorities who go on about so-called white privilege fail to recognize their own privilege for being a person of color. Scholarships, grants, awards and being able to talk white people down by telling their opinion doesn’t matter because of their race.

Everyone gets special privileges in life, sometimes it’s purely because of the color of their skin, but that is not something that only ever happens for white people and anyone who doesn’t believe so is a fool.

We’ve already seen what happens to generations of people who want to stay bitter over something they’re ignorant about all their lives: they do end up being losers. Total nobodies who never bothered to make something of themselves because they were too busy blaming other people for their problems. Victim mentality vs. victor mentality, the latter always wins.
Carver · 31-35, F
@JoeyFoxx Just when I was thinking that at least you know when to shut up.

But on the topic of fools, here’s a quote for you and your friend here:
“Talk sense to a fool and he will call you foolish”
Budwick · 70-79, M
@JoeyFoxx In other words Vorian, Joey has failed miserably at expressing his leftist viewpoints with people way smarter than he - and he expects you will fail as well.

It's a lot like the explanation I gave you about the 'black experience' -
EVERYONE'S life experience is different than someone elses. Everyone

plays with the hand they are dealt. Some play better than others.

Some were convinced by generations of family before them that they

were societal outcasts. That's why they lived without their father in

government housing in a crappy part of town. Anyone of them - all of

them have the ability, privilege, and opportunity to break out of the

routine. Their plight is real enough - but it's not white privilege.

It's settling for the status quo.
JoeyFoxx · 51-55, M
@Carver how clever
SW-User
That’s not a trick. There are examples of White priviege.

For example:

-It has always been minorities who are told to go back to their country for criticizing U.S. policy, healthcare, etc. When ever has some White politician or citizen whom has criticized U.S. policies been told the same thing?


-Everytime some innocent black man is murdered by some non-black man, plenty of people will attack that black man’s character, searching for any past criminal history to justify his murder, while ignoring the murderer (even supporting his actions) who might not have a clean past either.


-Every problem someone has or believes the U.S. is facing, it’s blamed on Obama (a biracial man) while former U.S. presidents and the current one (all White) are ignored; that and their terrible policies that all have long lasting effects on Americans once they leave office.

-Same with beauty standards:
A lot of beauty products you see in tv advertisements are geared toward European standards of beauty; fair skin, straight hair/ loose curls. You don’t see many tv ads for women/girls who don’t have those features.
Budwick · 70-79, M
@Therifleman [quote]oh I have been kicked treated like scum [/quote]
[I was gonna say 'You're not the Lone Ranger - and realized you ARE the Rifleman - made me laugh.]


[quote]or it I was responding to that having a job equals dignity but it shouldn't I my opinion plenty of people in jobs don't get treated with any respect.[/quote]

I think you are struggling to find something to disagree with here. I am suggesting that someone going to work gains a sense of dignity they didn't have before. It's for themselves, from themselves - not from others.
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@Budwick

[quote]The point was that you would have respect for YOURSELF.[/quote]

When I had a job I did, and even when I didn't have a job I still did and even now while I'm furloughed I still do. At the end of the day, It depends on the person.
Budwick · 70-79, M
@SW-User Autumn, if you feel the same about yourself whether you are providing for your families needs or not - you have a very special regard for yourself that I can not define.
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
Privilege is owning 150 dollar sneakers but having no job.
Privilege is living without having to pay rent.
Privilege is having a smart phone and data plan, but no phone bill .
Privilege is not having to work to buy groceries .
Etc...
Cloud7593 · 46-50, F
@DukeOfEarle I have seen that happen over and over again. I have also seen blacks get away with doing nothing on a job while white people do most of the work. If black employees get in trouble they always play the race card, "it's because I'm black isn't it." White managers are too afraid to be labeled racist to say anything.
@AthrillatheHunt And we mustn't forget, privilege is protesting oil while simultaneously running a dog and pony show to get gas.

AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
Can you say “perfect example” lol@DudeistPriest
curiosi · 61-69, F
Affirmative action blows the "white privilege" out of the water. Whites are being discriminated against.
Kwek00 · 41-45, M
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Roadsterrider · 56-60, M
Where was my white privilege when I was poor as a child? Where was my privilege when I was making $12 an hour as an aircraft mechanic but the boss billed my time at $175 an hour? Where was my privilege when I was gone for weeks and months at a time for work? There is no white privilege. I have never gotten anything I didn't work for.
Budwick · 70-79, M
@Kwek00 That's true!
The Magically Disappear Department is down the hall, on the left, next to AOC's office.
Kwek00 · 41-45, M
@Budwick AOC had nothing to do with this conversation, but we had to bring her in annyway. So we can make a joke at her expense and feel good about ourselves. Cause that's what it's all about. Because we are the good guys... GOOOOOOO TEAM. you stupid fuck.
Budwick · 70-79, M
@Kwek00 [quote]GOOOOOOO TEAM. you stupid fuck.[/quote]

OK - Stupid Fuck is right across the hall from AOC, the sign says Joe Biden.
Cloud7593 · 46-50, F
A lot of black people think white people owe them something. I have experienced that attitude throughout my life.
Budwick · 70-79, M
@zonavar68 [quote]Yes but does anyone talk about 'black privilege'?[/quote]

Have you heard of 'Black Lives Matter'?
zonavar68 · 51-55, M
@Budwick BLM is what started all this off! So yeah I kinda do. 8-)
vorian · 51-55, M
@zonavar68 explain black privelige to me. Genuinely interested.
MarineBob · 56-60, M
White Privilege, is that when a white person goes to work so they can afford to buy nice things
SW-User
@MarineBob I’m sure! I was talking about people that don’t want to work and prefer the handouts! I wasn’t talking about you dear.
MarineBob · 56-60, M
@SW-User yeah, but you'd be surprised of the amount of people that thinks uncle Sam just throws the money to contractors
I do believe that poor people are often exploited by rich people. @MarineBob
Kwek00 · 41-45, M
Except... that's just now how things work in the real world Budwick.

And the term "privelege" is extremely badly chosen. It just works in the disadvantage of those that want to explain what they are trying to make people aware off.
Kwek00 · 41-45, M
@Budwick That's not what I'm advocating for at all. But it's just your way of not having a talk about racism. Apperently talking about racist bias is really hard when you consider yourself the good guy.

And this "civilized" idea, it's been used to dominate others through the ages. Most forms of imperalism give legitimacy to their actions, because they are the civilized ones and they take it upon themselves to civilize [i](set the bar)[/i] for other people.
Budwick · 70-79, M
@Kwek00 [quote]And this "civilized" idea, it's been used to dominate others through the ages. Most forms of imperalism give legitimacy to their actions, because they are the civilized ones and they take it upon themselves to civilize (set the bar) for other people.[/quote]

What I'm hearing is that you really don't know what civilized behavior is!
Kwek00 · 41-45, M
@Budwick Yeah, that's one of your problems. That you are living in your own world and that annyone that points out that your fantasyland doesn't hold up to reality, has to be treated like an ignoramus or has to live somewhere else so that the fantasy isn't threatened. Cause we are the good guys and gooooooo team.
zonavar68 · 51-55, M
To call it 'white privilege' is the con - but the issues are real. It's about social class inequality and primarily white societies paint it as 'white privilege' to distract from the real issue(s). Just because you might be born with non-dark skin doesn't mean you have to accept and automatically identify as privileged or superior to another social group. In Africa which is a continent having a total population over 1 billion about 10 percent of the population (which is mostly all ethnic groups with dark skin) lives in poverty and/or slavery conditions. Nobody talks about 'black privilege'.
jackjjackson · 61-69, M
Will do. @Kwek00
jackjjackson · 61-69, M
I saw some Zimbabwe ones and other for like $3.99 with free shipping. @Kwek00
Kwek00 · 41-45, M
@jackjjackson Yeah, I just found that Zaïre is also up for sale again... A couple of months ago I couldn't find them. The only problem with ebay, is that I'm never a 100% sure, especially if the seller is from china.

But then you payed like 4$ for a replica.

But again, this money, it just has a collectors value for people that are fascinated by this phenomena.

Most of the time when hyper inflation occurs, they don't really go making actuall trillion dollar backnotes. I mean, that's like embracing the crazyness.
2017: White = 457, Black = 223, Hispanic = 179
2018: White = 399, Black = 209, Hispanic = 148
2019: White = 370, Black = 235, Hispanic = 158
2020: White = 172, Black = 088, Hispanic = 057

In no year from 2017-2020 (thus far) were the number of White people shot to death by the police in the United States ever less than Blacks or Hispanics.

Stated another way, from 2017-2020 (thus far) more White people were shot to death by the police in the United States than Blacks or Hispanics.

* "[i]Number of people shot to death by the police in the United States from 2017 to 2020, by race.[/i]" Statista. Society›Crime & Law Enforcement. Online at - https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/
Budwick · 70-79, M
@vorian vORIAN,
Try making an adjustment by factoring in resisting and fleeing - the results are dramatic. That dumass that got shot recently, minor violations UNTIL he resisted, ran and got shot.
vorian · 51-55, M
@DudeistPriest too funny. Using statistics to support your opinion....then really butthurt when the obvious is pointed out...you're making the blm point for them. Congratulations 😂😂
vorian · 51-55, M
@Budwick too funny. These statistics prove the blm point and you still refuse to see it 😂😂
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@vorian [quote]@IstillmissEP said the middle aged white man that has quite literally zero experience.[/quote]

Said the race-baiter who's reflexively using the tried and true tool known as divide the races. Did you earn that bachelor's degree in Race Hustling at Al SharpTongue's School of Divide by Race? Or are you just trying to steal the Gold medal from Greta in the Victim Olympics?

How Dare You!
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JoeyFoxx · 51-55, M
I used to think somewhat along these lines.

I’ve been fucked over more times than I can count by other white guys who came from more money, or who were in the right place at the right time and then learned to fuck over others that weren’t as fortunate as them.

I have friends who are people of color that have had to deal with that from both whites and other people of color. It’s the same thing. Right?

Wrong.

I’ve never been profiled for being white. I’ve never had to have conversations with my friends about the cops who always seem to want to cause a problem.

Quite recently, there’s a friend of mine (who is black) who has been getting nearly run off the road by some white guy. He’s been targeting other blacks in the neighborhood and despite the fact that there are many of them and only one of him, none of them feel comfortable to call the police.

I’ve never had to deal with this. It’s real.

I don’t really like the term “white privilege”. I just don’t know what to call it.
Budwick · 70-79, M
@JoeyFoxx [quote]I don’t like the term “white privilege”. I just don’t know what to call it.
[/quote]

It's called horse shit.
JoeyFoxx · 51-55, M
@Budwick so glad you are willing to engage in intelligent conversation
RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M
White privilege is not having to worry that a cop is going to kneel on your neck for nine minutes until you exhale your last dying breath.
Budwick · 70-79, M
@RodionRomanovitch I don't think George followed those guidelines I mentioned. Plus, anyone of could be murdered. So, toss out those sour grapes Humphrey.
@RodionRomanovitch one incident of a bad cop does not indicate a trend of bad behavior cops or prove privilege more broadly
RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M
@JBull 'one incident' ..... for real ?

There's been about another ten 'incidents' just since his death !
ScrewThisImDone · 26-30, F
All the people preaching that nonsense seem to forget that people have kept slaves and treated minorities like garbage no matter what color they've been, you just have to look at history.
Except they're more interested in erasing that because it's offensive or some bullcrap, which means they must be looking to repeat it at some point in the future, just with a different group.
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Magenta · F
@IstillmissEP [quote]Slavery is not racism. It's a power equation. [/quote] Bingo. It's been this since the beginning of humans. It's the same way in the animal kingdom. Vying for power and dominance. Conquering. The stronger always overtake the weaker.
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I agree, to a point. I think the problem is that these things are often easier said than done. For example, you say you can choose to apply yourself in school and that's absolutely true, but the problem is that kids who grow up in an impoverished area often have terrible public schools that don't have extracurricular options; even applying oneself in a school like that doesn't amount to much when colleges see you performed poorly on the SAT/ACT that you were not prepared for due to your school's and your parents' lack of resources. There will always be the exception who rises out of the cycle, but the cycle is difficult to break out of when the odds are stacked against you. I've seen first hand that kids start out the same: white kids, black kids, Hispanic kids, they're all just kids, they behave the same, they do just as well in school as each other. Things start diverging as they get older. The ones in the better neighborhood take advantage of the better opportunities afforded to them, their parents being able to spend time with them and pay for after-school programs and the consequently do well. The ones in the worse neighborhoods see their older siblings drop out, they see their schools close due to lack of funding, they don't get the support they need at home and they get dangerously close to being sucked into the cycle of poverty, welfare, and lack of social mobility. Yes, a lot of what happens to you is on you, but a lot of it is due to your lot in life. The question is how to improve that lot so that one kid doesn't have to overcome 100 obstacles to succeed while the other only has to overcome 5.

These privileges I'm speaking of are not about race per se, they're more about class. It's just that in this country, certain races belong overwhelmingly to certain classes.
Budwick · 70-79, M
@SW-User [quote]grow up in an impoverished area often have terrible public schools [/quote]
While not universally true, most of those schools you talk about are in democrat governed cities. Change that.

[quote] they don't get the support they need at home [/quote]

I think I mentioned that too! Crappy family life does not support success. Wasting time blaming successful people for your problem is another key to failure.

[quote]a lot of it is due to your lot in life. The question is how to improve that lot [/quote] My ancestors had the same problem. They started with nothing, worked their asses off to ensure their children had a better life - rinse and repeat.
Nika2002 · 18-21, F
I wonder if us whites would whine just as much in a non-white run society. It's a possibility, but the formula for success is pretty much what you said. I know that I'd make it anywhere... without whining.
Synyster · 51-55, M
End of story...

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMSTDsMXoD8]
Kwek00 · 41-45, M
@Budwick you are just being ridiculously dumb today 😅
Budwick · 70-79, M
@Kwek00 [quote]you just feel big enough now to act like a bigger cock then you were before his remark. [/quote]

Wait a minute!
Are you saying Jack is a bigger cock than I am!
Kwek00 · 41-45, M
@Budwick What ever makes you feel good about yourself 🤷‍♂️
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
Hilarious levels of naievete, and an exceptionally, dare I say it [i]privileged[/i] set of assumptions.
SW-User
Barf 🤮 is what I think... no white privilege here.
zonavar68 · 51-55, M
@SW-User Indeed because it's a 'shill issue' masking the real problems.
Harriet03 · 41-45, F
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Harriet03 · 41-45, F
@Budwick Pretty accurate!!
Degbeme · 70-79, M
@Harriet03 🤭
Exactly! 😂 @Budwick
SW-User
Just a thought...
Budwick · 70-79, M
@SW-User You could put that on a card and sell gillions to the left!

There's an opportunity, right there!
SatanBurger · 36-40, F
Yeah I haven't had health insurance for about 9 years now. Well I actually have state insurance now but trying to find a doctor who accepts it sucks. You get treated as less than human.

I want my privilege so I can knock down the price in the affordable Care office from 700 down to a decent number so I can have good insurance.

Is there a card I sign up for 😂
zonavar68 · 51-55, M
@SatanBurger Here in Oz health insurance is so expensive that people are walking away from it and preferring to get slugged the extra medicare surcharge at tax time (an extra levy charged on top of the basic tax-time fee paid to support medicare based on how many days of a year a person did not have eligible private health insurance).
SatanBurger · 36-40, F
@zonavar68 I don't understand how it can get that bad. But I don't blame them.
jeancolby · 31-35, F
Very well said. I agree.
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BigGuy2 · 26-30, M
@MarmeeMarch ... numbskull, SHUT UP
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