oh man, right on.

Sep 15, 2008 20:35

This is Your Nation on White Privilege ( Read more... )

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thisisnttheirs September 16 2008, 01:32:04 UTC
Right on indeed. Thanks for posting.

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pointy111 September 16 2008, 02:09:19 UTC
White privilege is, in short, an easy scapegoat for the myriad class, race, sex, and other prejudices that govern this society.

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msp4real September 17 2008, 00:20:30 UTC
agreed. this election is such a mess anyway -- and white privilege has very little to do with it. (the bit about bristol palin's pregnancy, for example, just makes me think of how, oh, kid sister spears was SLAMMED by the conservative media for being irresponsible, delinquent, and a whore -- i also pretty massively disagree that no one in this country is 'immediately scared of' rednecks with guns. i am!) i liked the original post, but again, i really doubt racism is the crux of these problems. try: stupidity.

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i know this is like a month later, but still... cislocative October 6 2008, 20:23:38 UTC
c'mon, fellas. don't be the white guy who says that race doesn't matter.

no one is trying to say that white privilege is not a complex situation (see, in fact, the original author's follow up post here )

but don't try to deny the role that white privilege is playing here! as i'm sure you know, the concept of 'white privilege' encompasses a wide range of issues.

besides which, jamie lynn and her baby are a whole 'nother can of tabloid-culture worms. no one is saying that NO white people get crap for being teenage mothers.

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Right on anonymous September 16 2008, 14:52:28 UTC
Thanks for posting this, Eli.

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Re: Right on kerbin_jobin September 16 2008, 14:53:37 UTC
OOps. That was me!
-Leander

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