white privilege, neatly illustrated.

[callmeslick]

we've discussed this subject on here, and some even had the temerity to suggest it was a thing of the past. This meme sums it up, quite nicely:

[Vander]

I was actually at the 49ers/Packers game in question. I was getting a beer and taking a piss during the anthem.

[callmeslick]

Imagine if Kaepernick had done THAT!!

[Nightshade]

we've discussed this subject on here, and some even had the temerity to suggest it was a thing of the past. This meme sums it up, quite nicely:

Slick obviously accrued his money, his real estate and all other assets by white privilege. As a "brown" person, I demand HALF of it for fairness' sake.

[callmeslick]

Slick obviously accrued his money, his real estate and all other assets by white privilege. As a "brown" person, I demand HALF of it for fairness' sake.

yes, and no.

[Tunnelcat]

This is what happens when a racist is called racist and he's in denial. Warning, the swear words aren't blanked out in the quotes.

http://www.thegailygrind.com/2016/08/29 ... homophobe/

[Spidey]

That has to be the dumbest reasoning of white privilege I have ever heard.

Especially considering Trump’s main support group, and the reasoning they give for supporting him.

[callmeslick]

who, Spidey? These folks?

[Top Gun]

Not sure if person in tank top is female, or just has moobs.

[callmeslick]

you'd have to follow them into the bathroom in North Carolina.....oops, court struck that down.

[Tunnelcat]

Not sure if person in tank top is female, or just has moobs.

Well, there's no bra because they're spread out to the side and hanging under that top like they're trying to escape. So I'd say they're moobs.

[woodchip]

who, Spidey? These folks?

So you would put Pat Tillman in your photo also eh slick. I'm sure he suffered from white privilege also:

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=ht ... wPCq3569Q=

Would you like me to find a pic of black ghetto bangers rioting ?

[Tunnelcat]

That has to be the dumbest reasoning of white privilege I have ever heard.

Especially considering Trump’s main support group, and the reasoning they give for supporting him.

The reasoning is that since LePage is reacting so violently to being called a racist, he must BE someone who considers himself superior in some way. He really took insult. I mean, he DID want to actually duel with and kill the representative who made the claim, like it was an affront to his white manhood. Most normal people don't react that way, especially an elected official. It's kind of like certain insecure homophobic hetero men who actively loathe and attack homosexuals. The most violent ones are usually self-hating closet cases.

[Tunnelcat]

So you would put Pat Tillman in your photo also eh slick. I'm sure he suffered from white privilege also:

Would you like me to find a pic of black ghetto bangers rioting ?

Pat Tillman wasn't carrying a Confederate Flag and waving it like a badge of white honor.

[woodchip]

So you would put Pat Tillman in your photo also eh slick. I'm sure he suffered from white privilege also:

Would you like me to find a pic of black ghetto bangers rioting ?

Pat Tillman wasn't carrying a Confederate Flag and waving it like a badge of white honor.

Neither was he refusing to stand during a national anthem.

[callmeslick]

I didn't see a single correlation, frankly.

[woodchip]

I didn't see a single correlation, frankly.

Of course not, most liberals don't.

[Top Gun]

Why, because they have functioning brain cells? I know it's an alien concept and all.

[Tunnelcat]

So you would put Pat Tillman in your photo also eh slick. I'm sure he suffered from white privilege also:

Would you like me to find a pic of black ghetto bangers rioting ?

Pat Tillman wasn't carrying a Confederate Flag and waving it like a badge of white honor.

Neither was he refusing to stand during a national anthem.

Not standing for the National Anthem is free speech, or have you forgotten what this country stands for? Besides, you're confusing not being patriotic with not being nationalistic. Griping about someone not standing for the Anthem is a nationalistic stance and that's a dangerous road to follow towards a Fascist State.

Jehovah's Witnesses don't stand for the Anthem either because of that idea called "religious freedom". I don't see Americans going after them like they're a bunch of leftie subversives. As long as people aren't disrupting the singing of the Anthem for others, if someone wants to sit quietly, let them sit and quit making a stink about it.

[Ferno]

Woodchip:. Soldiers fought and died for his freedom to not stand for the anthem. You would know that if you served. To say he shouldn'tbe able to do that is to insult the living veterans and besmirch the dead.

[Vander]

Freedom of speech isn't freedom from criticism.

[callmeslick]

[Ferno]

Kind of like saying 'batman and superman aren't real, but I have a close relationship with spider-man'

[Spidey]

Just keep brow beating people, but don’t offer up any solutions…

[callmeslick]

how complex is the solution, as you see it? Accepting that there is both racism and white privilege is all it should take. Not real tricky there.

[snoopy]

how complex is the solution, as you see it? Accepting that there is both racism and white privilege is all it should take. Not real tricky there.

Okay, I accept that it exists. Now what?

[Vander]

The enforced slavery of all white people. It'll be fun and build character. Then we can call it even.

[vision]

how complex is the solution, as you see it? Accepting that there is both racism and white privilege is all it should take. Not real tricky there.

Okay, I accept that it exists. Now what?

Use that knowledge to extend your empathic circle and make better judgements about people and policy. Remember your privilege when you hear about hardships from both whites and minorities. Understand that your life is hard, but other people have it harder simply because of the color of their skin. Everyone is capable of pulling themselves up by the bootstraps, but some people start on a solid, flat foundation and others start out in mud and quicksand — and it doesn't get easier as you get older because skin color doesn't change.

[callmeslick]

well put, Vision.

[woodchip]

Like there is no black privilege either.

[callmeslick]

Like there is no black privilege either.

why don't we simply sell you into slavery until you stop saying really stupid things? Then, get back to us.

[woodchip]

Like there is no black privilege either.

why don't we simply sell you into slavery until you stop saying really stupid things? Then, get back to us.

Tell that to the white student who didn't get into a college because a black applicant got the spot. Or a white fire fighter who didn't get the promotion even though his test scores were higher than the black man who got the spot. I suggest you stop playing the Dem stooge and think for a minute before posting really offensive things.

[vision]

Tell that to the white student who didn't get into a college because a black applicant got the spot. Or a white fire fighter who didn't get the promotion even though his test scores were higher than the black man who got the spot. I suggest you stop playing the Dem stooge and think for a minute before posting really offensive things.

Promotions? How about the thousands of blacks who can't get jobs because white people prefer to hire whites? And which whites aren't getting into college? News flash: Everyone can go to college. Didn't get into the one you wanted? Go to another one. They all teach the same ★■◆●.

[Ferno]

Not every white person has white privilege.

Don't believe me? Ask the white person on welfare how his privilege is helping him/her. Or the homeless white person how his privilege is helping them.

It's not white privilege. It's class privilege.

[sigma]

That's why I like socialism. In a socialist system, there is no distinction of race, class, belonging to any religion, and everyone, anyone, regardless of income has exactly the same rights, responsibilities and opportunities as all people. Because the health care, education, paid by the state. If you have no job, the state definitely will find a job and free housing for you.
If you ask, I would like to return to pure socialism? Rather no. Yes, socialism is good. Very warm relations between people. But a socialist capitalism like in Norway, for example, I like more.

[vision]

It's not white privilege. It's class privilege.

It's both, really. I'm glad you brought up class because not enough people consider it when addressing the class differences between whites and minorities, and even class differences within those minority communities. Class and race seem to be locked in a feedback loop.

[callmeslick]

agree with Vision, Class bias is a definite component of our society, and actually is used to fuel racial bias as a smokescreen. As I said to some on the left, just to piss them off, The Class War has been fought, and one side clearly won.