The Fallacy of White Privilege

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(11-16-2016, 11:20 AM)PhilHos Wrote: You are promoting a false narrative whose only purpose is to keep them down. By telling them that it's whitey's fault they can't get ahead and that whitey needs to "check his privilege", you're telling them they can't and don't need to do anything to overcome obstacles in their lives. This causes them to become stagnant get nowhere in life. If you want people to become successful, you don't tell them that their problems are the fault of someone else and that other people need to change. Which runner has the better chance of succeeding in a footrace: the one who spends all his time telling the other runners not to run so fast or the one who spends all his time training and bettering himself?
But, hey, if you want to keep calling me a racist and/or white supremacist, go right ahead. Apparently, that's the only weapon you've got in your arsenal because the facts just don't back you up.

None of this makes any sense.

You are the one who assumes that all minorities are lazy and will not work hard to better themselves.  I have never said anything like that.

Nowhere have I said that white people have to "run slower".  You just made that up.

Let me ask you this Phil.  If you know that one of your children is going to face an obstacle do you tell her about it?  Or are you afraid that it will just make her give up and not try?  When you tell your daughters that life is tough and they are going to have to deal with problems is your "only purpose to keep them down"?

Oh wait, your kids are all white.  So they would never be lazy and give up just because they are told something is difficult, right?