Do u believe that White privilege actually exists ? 💡

For example. If an officer stops a person of color they are 3 times more likely to be harassed or shot by a cop. Or discriminated against. Or charged and given a higher life sentence for the same offense. You've seen how race has become an issue over the past few years especially in the US. Do you believe that white privilege exists.

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MistyCee

Yup, and so does white guilt, white rage, along with reactions to all of the above, which can cause their own problems and feed the fires even more.

IMO, we don't live in a race neutral society, and while it might be nice if we did, pretending we've gotten there already is pretty simplistic and as toxic as blaming everything on racism.

We have racial, religious, economic,educational, and host of other social and cultural divisions, which I think shouldn't be ignored or exploited.

Police brutality and sentence disparity are not just racial problems, but ignoring the racial component is foolish and makes things worse.

Zonuss · 41-45, M

@MistyCee I think police brutality is becoming also a class warfare issue too.

MistyCee

@Zonuss no doubt, but talking about class in American politics is problematic, even if it's accurate.

Each side blames the other for class warfare, everyone wants to think they're "middle class" and the whole Marxism thing gets mixed in as well.

Talking about the 1% is talking about class, just like talking about coastal elites, and blacks, etc., but there's baggage to our language, and some reasons for political correctness, IMO.