Humans are obsessed with making chaos make sense. We label and organize and put everything in buckets to figure out where/how we belong and who is the "other".
'white privilege' is as simple as rules for thee but not for me.
@9KKMBYS2mos2MO
I think most people who complain about someone with white privilege are the same people who are fine without gaining an education and work at minimum wage because they’re lazy. And want us who are considered white privileged to help them afford things when they just need to get off there ***
@42C8TQD2mos2MO
I think you need to go have some conversations with people that work in health and human services. I mean also you're holding a Google device right now...
I complain about white privilege and I come from a loooooong line of white people. My genetic genealogy tests show all white European ancestors.
I am middle class, college educated, raised in a VERY conservative religious household. So none of the things you listed. Can I prove this to you without revealing my identity? Nope. Which is why you should leave your comfort zone in the echo chamber and talk to more people from different back… Read more
@9KKK2TQ2mos2MO
"white privilege" was a concept used before the civil rights movement that was putting white people above other races for everything, nowadays this is illegal and 99% percent of people don't agree with.
@42C8TQD2mos2MO
I wish I was at optimistic as you to believe 99% of them population doesn't agree with it. It happens every day so either people just aren't paying attention to their actions to realize how their own bias impacts their decisions and interactions with others (entirely likely) or as the question suggests, they don't understand it to begin with and therefore aren't trying to avoid it.
As a woman I inherently don't feel safe around men I don't know for example. I have to err on the side of caution and assume all strangers are rapey murdering **** heads. That does… Read more
