The Fallacy of White Privilege

[*PhilHos*]

(11-19-2016, 03:43 PM)fredtoast Wrote: 1) Phil thinks that if you tell minorities that there is a white privilege it will "hold them down"  because they will all just "sit around and do nothing of their own to overcome it".

2) In fact Phil has gone so far as to claim that the SOLE purpose of mentioning white privilege is to hold back the minorities.

1) No, I didn't. I said they MIGHT. Key word there. The fact remains, though, that people (of all races) in America, when incentivized to do nothing, do just that. I see so many able-bodied people (white, black AND hispanic) that refuse to get a job simply because they want to keep their benefits that they get for doing absolutely nothing. Why should they get a job that pays them less AND takes away some of their free time when they can just do what they want all day every day AND get money and benefits along with it? That's not to say there aren't people who work hard at overcoming any and all obstacles, but facts are facts, even if you don't like them, fred.

2) I admit when I'm wrong and I'm wrong here. White privilege serves more than 1 purpose. Besides holding back minorities, it is also used to keep white people from succeeding. There might be other, small purposes (like shutting white people up), but those are the 2 main ones.