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okaybut · 56-60, M
Sure I would say I have white privilege...my great, great, great grandfather came to Canada and worked a farm of rocks. It took a generation to finally get the land well enough to produce food ( a lot of my ancestors died - my mom has documented it all). There was no government support. Was not even a doctor in the area. Due to his efforts and continuous improvement, our standing in society improved with each generation (my Grandmother was the first to go to a University). These generations helped build Canada to what it is today (half of my Dad's brothers died in the war). With this status came privileges.
I advocate our Canadian society staying open and welcoming to others who want to contribute to our society and gain the same privileges through effort. I feel in a couple decades we will also have Black, Indian, Chinese, etc privilege (in some industry sectors the notion of privilege for any specific group is gone). And if you go to India today, you would find Indian privilege, or in Germany, you would find white German privilege, o if you go to China today, you would find Chinese privilege, etc. Canada is multicultural and will likely alter faster then them in time.
I advocate our Canadian society staying open and welcoming to others who want to contribute to our society and gain the same privileges through effort. I feel in a couple decades we will also have Black, Indian, Chinese, etc privilege (in some industry sectors the notion of privilege for any specific group is gone). And if you go to India today, you would find Indian privilege, or in Germany, you would find white German privilege, o if you go to China today, you would find Chinese privilege, etc. Canada is multicultural and will likely alter faster then them in time.