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Graylight · 51-55, F
White skin privilege is a transparent preference for whiteness that saturates our society. White skin privilege serves several functions. First, it provides white people with “perks” that we do not earn and that people of color do not enjoy. Second, it creates real advantages for us. White people are immune to a lot of challenges. Finally, white privilege shapes the world in which we live — the way that we navigate and interact with one another and with the world.
https://www.tolerance.org/professional-development/on-racism-and-white-privilege
GlitterBug · 22-25, F
@Graylight lol okay so what challenges are white people immune to?
GlitterBug · 22-25, F
@redheadchick apparently being in middle class rather than lower class is privilege enough. That’s why in the other thread I say I can be seen as privileged too but I also know what it’s like to live paycheck to paycheck.
Graylight · 51-55, F
@redheadchick The link is supplied for your reading pleasure. Only you can educate yourself.
GlitterBug · 22-25, F
When I cut my finger and go to my school or office’s first aid kit, the flesh-colored band-aid generally matches my skin tone.
When I stay in a hotel, the complimentary shampoo generally works with the texture of my hair.
When I run to the store to buy pantyhose at the last minute, the ‘nude’ color generally appears nude on my legs.
When I buy hair care products in a grocery store or drug store, my shampoos and conditioners are in the aisle and section labeled ‘hair care’ and not in a separate section for ‘ethnic products.’
I can purchase travel size bottles of my hair care products at most grocery or drug stores.
So. No. Band-aids are generally brown, never has a band-aid matched my skin. Hotels use cheap shampoo, never have I used a hotel shampoo that worked with the texture of my hair. Been to plenty of hotels. They have all shades of pantyhose, so you should look harder if you’re having that problem. Hair products for thick curly hair, or ‘african’ hair or whatever you want to call it is always in the same isle as my own hair products. I’ve been around and I’ve never seen otherwise except in the ghetto where hair products are locked up because of how often they’re stolen. Last, travel sizes are limited, there’s a tiny section with the most basic but also the most commonly sold items. I could buy travel size shampoo if I wanted to, sure, but that’s because the brand stuff that are sold in travel sizes are the most commonly sold items. Basic toothpastes, basic shampoo, basic q-tips. Mouthwash. Etc.When I stay in a hotel, the complimentary shampoo generally works with the texture of my hair.
When I run to the store to buy pantyhose at the last minute, the ‘nude’ color generally appears nude on my legs.
When I buy hair care products in a grocery store or drug store, my shampoos and conditioners are in the aisle and section labeled ‘hair care’ and not in a separate section for ‘ethnic products.’
I can purchase travel size bottles of my hair care products at most grocery or drug stores.
GlitterBug · 22-25, F
My skin color does not work against me in terms of how people perceive my financial responsibility, style of dress, public speaking skills, or job performance.
People do not assume that I got where I am professionally because of my race (or because of affirmative action programs).
Store security personnel or law enforcement officers do not harass me, pull me over or follow me because of my race.
People do not assume that I got where I am professionally because of my race (or because of affirmative action programs).
Store security personnel or law enforcement officers do not harass me, pull me over or follow me because of my race.
Sometimes believe it or not, my skin color does work against me. Because of the quotas to have a certain number of Asian workers/students, Native American workers/students or African American workers/students, I have been denied access to certain schools and certain jobs.
People do assume I’m in a good financial position because I am white, I am not. I’m doing my best like everyone else. People assume that I have a better profession, because I’m white. That’s not how it works. In fact, I think more people of other skin colors are becoming more prominent in the workforce, and that’s excellent but it should never be and should never have been about meeting racial quotas.
You be surprised how many times I’ve been harassed by law enforcement. This is probably because I am white in a dominantly Hispanic part of the United States. Hard to say why, but it does indeed happen.
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SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M
@GlitterBug Thanks. You prompted me to read it as well. What a bunch of SJW propaganda. She conflates "privilege" with "heritage" and assumes that black and POC viewpoints are more valid than others because she believes they are victims of "white privilege".
White privilege exists, because certain people believe it exists and those viewpoints are being honored,legitimized and codified in today's society.
It's propaganda, and I encourage you to ignore people who claim you are privileged because you are "white". There are plenty of white people who can't claim these privileges that this woman is saying all white people have. Many of these people have more privileges then whites but they ignore that because it doesn't benefit them or fit in with what they already believe.
White privilege exists, because certain people believe it exists and those viewpoints are being honored,legitimized and codified in today's society.
It's propaganda, and I encourage you to ignore people who claim you are privileged because you are "white". There are plenty of white people who can't claim these privileges that this woman is saying all white people have. Many of these people have more privileges then whites but they ignore that because it doesn't benefit them or fit in with what they already believe.
Graylight · 51-55, F
@GlitterBug These examples are what's called microaggression, tiny infractions and messages that are so subtle as to be unconscious. Piled up, they make a demonstrative impact, and there's more than ample research to back this up. If you lived in a world that required constant translation or adjustment, minute but relentless, you would probably be impacted as well.
This, like any issue, has complexities most people never even want to consider or know exist.
This, like any issue, has complexities most people never even want to consider or know exist.
SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M
@Graylight I'm aware of the terms that surround this issue.
Or, as I asked in another section, maybe they don't exist or are so minuscule as to not really matter, but the concepts are being promoted by malevolent forces in society, that also conveniently have a solution.
This, like any issue, has complexities most people never even want to consider or know exist.
Or, as I asked in another section, maybe they don't exist or are so minuscule as to not really matter, but the concepts are being promoted by malevolent forces in society, that also conveniently have a solution.