I can't control white privilege. I acknowledge it. I don't deny it does. If I could flip a switch and make it go away, I would. Benefiting from something outside of your control doesn't make one racist.
Na not going to derail the thread. I just hate comments like that. There's a lot of really ****ty white folks out there that are scared to death of losing the advantages they were born with. I won't argue that at all. There's also some that are in favor of trying to level the playing field. Judging ALL people of ANY race based on nothing but their race is in fact racist. It's the definition of it. Judge me by my actions, not my skin tone. Isn't that what we ALL want?
Yes it does. All men, are sexist due to the privilege that we live with. White people are racist, due to the privilege that you live with. The denial of such is equal to that of mansplaining.
A man that fights to end sexism is sexist? That's what you're arguing?
Mansplaining isn’t doing anything but doubling down on willful ignorance. No man can help a woman gain her freedom, and no white person can win freedom for Black people.
Truth hurts, right? Good.
The SC and every lawyer that argued in front of them to give women their rights to vote were men. Those men were sexist? The ones fighting for women's rights? They didn't help women? Stop and think about what you're saying.
Hell no. I realize that and I acknowledge how ****ed up it is.
You seem to not understand the hole that you are digging. Carry on.
You seem to not understand that you judging all white people by their race is no different than a white racist judging all black people by their race.
It’s hypocritical.
Wrong, I am judging you through your unearned privilege.
I see that you can't/refuse to comprehend benefiting from something outside of your control doesn't make one racist. By your logic, a while man can dedicate his life to civil rights and trying to level the playing field and he is STILL a racist. No offense, but that's just dumb. Judge a person off his actions, not his skin tone. Making blanket statements about an entire race makes you look ignorant and racist. Your race and the race you're talking about doesn't matter.
We tried to go last time we were in DC but the wait was too long. I don't think it had been open long. I have been to the MLK National park in Atlanta. If you want to feel super small, sit in the old church and listen to his sermons over the speakers. I felt so small in his presence.
Wrong. Your privilege allows you to have greater choices than others. Just because you attempt to help those who you see are of less fortune, does not mean that your efforts are altogether altruistic. GUILT does not make your actions righteous.
I worded that poorly. I get why a black person would have hatred toward whites. I really do. The deck is stacked against blacks and it's done by whites. I'm just saying that fundamentally judging someone off their race, regardless of the races, is ****ed up. White vs black, black vs white, latino vs white, asian vs latino, etc. Doesn't matter. Assuming anything about a person based on their race is the definition of racism, warranted or not. I get why a black person would pre-judge me but that's ****ed up to do it. Judge me off my actions. That's what you want. That's what I want. That's what we all deserve.
Every white person is born racist and can't change it.
