Current Events > Honest question: do you get defensive when people talk about white privileges?

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Real_Account
10/08/18 1:43:22 PM
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I admit that I used to get super defensive and take it personally when POC try to discuss white privilege.

But looking back I was a dick because I now realize that when people of color talk about "white privilege" they don't mean every single individual white person, what they mean is institutionalized racism and that there's a social structure and system in place that benefits white over POC.. Vast majority of POC - in my experience at least - have NOTHING against white folks on an individual level. They're simply talking about the system and social structure.
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Menardii
10/08/18 1:43:51 PM
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No I couldn't care less
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SaithSayer
10/08/18 1:45:04 PM
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Well then the complaints can go to those who enact change. The upper one percent.
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Breasts
10/08/18 1:45:43 PM
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No but I do get a little pissed when people blame me for slavery considering I'm almost completely Italian and Irish >_>
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SaithSayer
10/08/18 1:46:35 PM
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Breasts posted...
No but I do get a little pissed when people blame me for slavery considering I'm almost completely Italian and Irish >_>

There's also the part where it happened a long time before you were even born.
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X-Pac_Heat
10/08/18 1:47:11 PM
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I just laugh most of the time
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Trigg3rH4ppy
10/08/18 1:47:18 PM
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No because I've seen it. I'm pretty sure the dude I work for wouldn't hire a poc. He's already straight up said he would never hire a woman because we do maintenance work.

My boss is a huge asshole though and I cant wait for one of his heart attacks to be the big one so that I can take his spot.

Coincidentally I always cook burgers and bacon when we have cookouts for lunch, but it's not like I hold a gun to his head and make him eat. He can pack a lunch.
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KILBOTz
10/08/18 1:50:10 PM
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i don't think i get defensive but i do find it a stupid thing to complain about.
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Deedice
10/08/18 1:51:55 PM
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KILBOTz posted...
i don't think i get defensive but i do find it a stupid thing to complain about.


Why
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jukester
10/08/18 2:07:34 PM
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The people who get defensive aren't going to respond to this topic because they got defensive already. LOL
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Mareen
10/08/18 2:08:23 PM
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No.
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eggcorn
10/08/18 2:09:14 PM
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No I just tune out because it's bullshit.
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EdgeMaster
10/08/18 2:11:59 PM
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Breasts posted...
No but I do get a little pissed when people blame me for slavery considering I'm almost completely Italian and Irish >_>


This.

It also gets a bit frustrating when someone tells me about my white privilege yet cant actually point out any specific examples of how privileged I am simply because of my skin color.
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KILBOTz
10/08/18 2:20:51 PM
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Deedice posted...
KILBOTz posted...
i don't think i get defensive but i do find it a stupid thing to complain about.


Why


Because it does make people defensive and shuts down allies. It seems like a poor way to cause change as opposed to more direct means (voting in record numbers and having more minorities running for office). White people are most likely to vote with black people close in second (Obama years being an exception) with Asians and Hispanics bringing up the rear. Voting is more effective than complaining.
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