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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!
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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.
Budwick · 70-79, M
@Carver Outstanding comments!
Carver · 31-35, F
@Budwick I’ve been impressed with you lately. But maybe this is just one thing we happen to agree on. Glad we do anyway.
Budwick · 70-79, M
@Carver
Glad we do anyway

Me too!
JoeyFoxx · 56-60, M
@Carver fucking ignorant.

Those scholarships are meant to level an acknowledged uneven playing field.

We wouldn’t NEED minority programs if there wasn’t white privilege.
Carver · 31-35, F
@JoeyFoxx Even if that were true, it’s still being granted special privileges for their race. You can put it any way you want, that’s essentially what it is.
Budwick · 70-79, M
@JoeyFoxx
Those scholarships are meant to level an acknowledged uneven playing field.

Give a little boost to those not good enough to make it on their own?

Sounds kinda racist to me.
And, kinda mean too.
So the unqualified person gets into school, and he is way over his head, and he fails. That's just like the welfare programs - it doesn't help anyone.
JoeyFoxx · 56-60, M
@Budwick 🙄
Carver · 31-35, F
@JoeyFoxx I love how you don’t have anything to say to me all of a sudden. Who’s fucking ignorant now?
JoeyFoxx · 56-60, M
@Carver first, SW isn’t my highest priority in life. Second, I’m sorry that my lack of a response left you hanging.

Quota considerations aren’t “special privileges”. They are weak attempts at trying to make up centuries of injustice.

Do you know the price one has to pay when awarded one of these “special privileges”? The burden of proving that not only are you worth it, but that you are better than everyone else around you.

It’s ironic that you deny the existence of white privilege, but you call the benefits of these equity programs privileges.

Do you see the irony here?
Carver · 31-35, F
@JoeyFoxx
Quota considerations aren’t “special privileges”. They are weak attempts at trying to make up centuries of injustice.
That’s a matter of personal perception. My point still stands: call it what you want - it is what it is, which is privilege.

And I never denied the existence of white privilege. I acknowledged it exists in the form of isolated cases.
JoeyFoxx · 56-60, M
@Carver I can’t convince you and I won’t try.

I used to think it was isolated.

But something has changed. My friends and colleagues who are people of color are now sharing stories they have never shared before.

It is far more pervasive than many whites could possibly know.

There’s a bad racist in all of our lives. It’s the person we just ignore and accept. It’s that person who has ignorant opinions about other people so we just accept it.

That person rarely, if ever, get challenged and when in a one on one situation with a person of color, feels completely comfortable to treat that person as less.

You all know who I’m talking about.

We view these people as exceptions, but they are far more pervasive than we have believed.

So, Carver, with all due respect, you are incorrect.

But I won’t try to convince you.
Carver · 31-35, F
@JoeyFoxx If you’re referring to who I think you are, then I can’t convince you either and I know better than to try.

No sir, you are incorrect and you’re too dumb or too deluded to realize it. Regardless of what you choose to believe, logic is on my side. Don’t forget that
JoeyFoxx · 56-60, M
@Carver I’m not talking about one person Carver. I’m taking about that person (or people) in our lives that we just brush off as being harmless.

As for logic being on your side... again, there’s no value in challenging this...
Carver · 31-35, F
@JoeyFoxx I don’t brush off anyone in my life who is guilty of racism. I take any and all racism very seriously, unlike some complacent sheep.

You’re part of the problem, but you’ll never realize it. Oh well, you and plenty of others.
JoeyFoxx · 56-60, M
@Carver ok then
vorian · 51-55, M
@Carver what a ridiculous post. All just to avoid being confronted with what the real situation is. Educate yourself.
Carver · 31-35, F
@vorian Lmao! Why don’t you enlighten us all then? What’s the real situation?
vorian · 51-55, M
@Carver white privilege is a real thing. Whether you or I or anyone else likes it or not its real. Your whining about how it's not a thing at all...and then tell us that it's actually the other way round is frankly pathetic.
Carver · 31-35, F
@vorian I’ll tell you what’s pathetic: putting words in people’s posts. I never said white privilege isn’t real. I acknowledged that it does exist in some isolated cases. I have to question if you even read through what I said real carefully. Care to try that again?
vorian · 51-55, M
@Carver some isolated cases 😂.
I did read it carefully. And saw every single clichéd point that a mildly inconvenienced white person raises every single time.

My question to you would be this....what would you like to happen? Everyone to stop complaining because there really isn't a problem? Or something else?
Carver · 31-35, F
@vorian Then why are you still making it out like I said white privilege doesn’t exist? Some attempt at putting words in my comment or did you not read my comment carefully? Try answering that without deflecting.

What I would like to happen is for everyone to just grow up and accept that privilege can and does to anyone regardless of their race. We can piss and moan about people having it easier or we can pull our own weight around and be productive with our lives.
vorian · 51-55, M
@Carver saying a few isolated cases is simply not true. It's a statement based on...I don't know what...what do you base that statement on?...statistics? Your experience as a black person?
No deflection...see.

Your second point... It's not an opinion that's based in any kind of reality...and it shows your lack of understanding of the issue...but fair enough it's your opinion.
Carver · 31-35, F
@vorian I base it on facts. It’s not something that happens all the time. If it were, you’d be seeing it happen everywhere. If you believe that it does, what are you basing that on? The occasional reports of when it does happen and using that as confirmation bias?

No, sir. My second point is based on logic and you don’t have anything refute it with other than claiming I just don’t understand the issue well enough to have a fair opinion. 😂 Who’s pathetic now?
vorian · 51-55, M
@Carver omg....facts and logic. How can I possibly argue with that....too funny.
Carver · 31-35, F
@vorian Grow the hell up, dude. You’re twice my age and you’re acting like a moody teenager who can’t admit when they’re wrong.