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TheMercenary · 08-06-2007, 10:50 AM

It is implied in the links you have provided defining "white privilege".

Opening line from one of your links on page 2 of this thread:
"I was taught to see racism only in individual acts of meanness, not in invisible systems conferring dominance on my group"

and another:
Many, perhaps most, of our white students in the United States think that racism doesn't affect them because they are not people of color; they do not see "whiteness" as a racial identity.

Comments such as these hint to it. The tactic among those who do not believe that non-whites are or can be racist is to redefine the issue as "white privilege". That is a fantasy definition which places all the blame for todays current situation on one group all the while attempting to relieve anyone else of responsiblity for their current situation in life.

08-06-2007, 10:50 AM	#7
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	It is implied in the links you have provided defining "white privilege". Opening line from one of your links on page 2 of this thread: "I was taught to see racism only in individual acts of meanness, not in invisible systems conferring dominance on my group" and another: Many, perhaps most, of our white students in the United States think that racism doesn't affect them because they are not people of color; they do not see "whiteness" as a racial identity. Comments such as these hint to it. The tactic among those who do not believe that non-whites are or can be racist is to redefine the issue as "white privilege". That is a fantasy definition which places all the blame for todays current situation on one group all the while attempting to relieve anyone else of responsiblity for their current situation in life. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!