02-13-2016, 01:13 PM
(02-13-2016, 02:44 AM)Sovereign Nation Wrote: It also proves how foolish people are who believe in white privilege and engage in white shaming and white guilt.
I believe white privilege does exist. Again, as I state in many other arguments, the problem with the whole "white privilege" issue is that a lot of people who argue about it have their own idea of what "white privilege" means. To me, white privilege doesn't mean that everyone who is white is somehow richer or automatically better off than everyone else. To me, white privilege is a type of privilege that exists for every race. I am a black man and I believe there is black privilege. I believe there are various types of privileges that exist for everyone. I even believe there is heterosexual privilege.
The reason people argue about "white privilege" so much is because of the years of oppression that happened in America. Obviously this idea of oppression has greatly diminished, but the idea of white privilege still does exist. Fact of the matter is, you are a lot less likely to be harassed by someone for being white vs being black. I notice whenever black people complain about being racially profiled, a lot of white people (not all) like to make the argument that "well if this black person or that black person didn't dress like a thug, they wouldn't get harassed". The argument simply is not true.
There have been multiple times where I've been bothered just for being black. I've gone into numerous stores where I have been constantly followed by white employees even after telling them that I was fine and that I didn't need any help.... and I'm far from dressing like a "thug". I'm a preachers son and grew up in a household where I wouldn't be caught dead with my pants hanging below my butt. I dress like a regular guy, there's nothing "thuggish" about me, yet I still get followed.
One time I was in a store and noticed I was constantly being eyed around corners by an employee even though I had not done anything. I was simply looking at clothes. This employee was so obsessed with watching me that he almost neglected to help other customers because if he did he wouldn't be able to keep an eye on me. Funny thing is I noticed an old lady grab something and start walking out of the store with it and I quickly walked over and told the employee that "I think that old lady just walked out of the store with something". The employee quickly caught up to her and mall security was called and escorted her out of the building.
I even still get called the N word when I'm just walking down the street. One time me and my girlfriend who is white (now wife) were walking to a waffle house when she came to visit me in Cincinnati and as we were walking down the street, 4 white guys in a pickup truck drove by and one of them yelled "Get out of here niggger". Simply put, being white means you will get harassed a lot less than if you're black, that's part of what white privilege is. This issue as a whole gets a little more complicated than that, but I don't feel like writing pages upon pages about "white privilege".
To put it short, privilege exists for every race in different ways and the amount of that privilege depends on who owns the most authority. A lot of the time, people of color are the ones who get harassed or looked down upon the most or as seen as the most "dangerous".
