White Privilege?

[BmorePat87]

(08-02-2018, 11:51 AM)Beaker Wrote: But he used the "experiment" to show white privilege. So would the reverse experiment as I outlined show black privilege?

Yes, it would. The idea of privilege can exist within any community. In the case of sports mascots, I'd argue that the privilege is held by every group but Native Americans.

As this "experiment" showed, many find it offensive to have a mock sports logo featuring a non offensive word because the group is white people. People did not like to think of themselves as mascots. I think an identical reaction would be found with a shirt that said "Blacks" or "Asians" or "Latinos". But it's accepted that "Redskins" is acceptable and not offensive. 

So while I don't think his commentary can be limited to white privilege, the point being made with regards to the hypocrisy over the Redskins logo is valid.