Who here believes in the term of "White Privilege"?

lumbingmi said:
Do not we improve since 60's? I am saying stop blaming system or use race card. I have seen ma.ny and plenty of minorities being success. Why? Because they dont blow their opportunites away and they work hard to get what they want.

I am curious to hear other alldeafmember who is african-american opinion about this issue.
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Again, it is not about blame. Please learn what "white priviledge" refers to before you make such assumptions. Nor is it about success. It is about the difference between what a white individual has to do to achieve success and what a black individual has to do to achieve success.

And, again, exactly what is a "race card"? Isn't that the piece of paper they give you when you are at the horse races to tell you which horses are running in which race?
 
lumbingmi said:
Sucks what can we do about this?
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What can we do about it??? Nothing really can change people. It's gonna be like this for years to come. The only thing we can do is educate, appoint law makers, make laws and move on.
Yes people will become angry and offended. We can only be ourselves, find our purpose in life and make it fulfilling the best way you know how. That's all I have to say about this. I've already had my bout with the race issues, it brought out da 'devil' in me. I am trying to look past it all and work extra hard to obtain my God given privilege.

P.S. This world hasn't seen equality since Cain and Abel. Such is life.
 
jillio said:
And, again, exactly what is a "race card"? Isn't that the piece of paper they give you when you are at the horse races to tell you which horses are running in which race?
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Wiki have a good defiintion of 'race card'

Playing the race card is an idiomatic phrase that refers to the act of bringing the issue of race or racism into a debate, perhaps to obfuscate the matter. It is a metaphorical reference to card games in which a trump card may be used to gain an advantage.
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Nonsense. There are more opporunities for minorties in America ever than in the past.
 
KweenSasha said:
What can we do about it??? Nothing really can change people. It's gonna be like this for years to come. The only thing we can do is educate, appoint law makers, make laws and move on.
Yes people will become angry and offended. We can only be ourselves, find our purpose in life and make it fulfilling the best way you know how. That's all I have to say about this. I've already had my bout with the race issues, it brought out da 'devil' in me. I am trying to look past it all and work extra hard to obtain my God given privilege.

P.S. This world hasn't seen equality since Cain and Abel. Such is life.
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Fear not. The experts are predicting that whites will become minority group in 50 years later because of more people are starting to have interracial marriage. :cheers:
 
Of course it exists. White people can get away with anything while minorities do not.

They can even get away with being ignorant little fuckers (like some of the kids in my college course, "Race and Culture in Natural Resources").

Well, not on MY watch!
 
BradB08 said:
Of course it exists. White people can get away with anything while minorities do not.

They can even get away with being ignorant little fuckers (like some of the kids in my college course, "Race and Culture in Natural Resources").

Well, not on MY watch!
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What did they do to you?
 
BradB08 said:
Of course it exists. White people can get away with anything while minorities do not.
They can even get away with being ignorant little fuckers (like some of the kids in my college course, "Race and Culture in Natural Resources").

Well, not on MY watch!
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Bing....I feel you. Don't shoot them nah.:lol:
 
lumbingmi said:
What did they do to you?
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Well, they failed to exhibit ANY knowledge of the state they go to college in, which has a sizable population of Native Americans (Abenaki) such as myself.

And some of them made pretty ignorant comments about diversity in general, which were shared (anonymously) in class. Keep in mind, this university tends to have a student body that is 92.5% white with a minority population of only 7.5%. My instructor even thanked me in email after class for being aggressive and sharing my experiences.
 
lumbingmi said:
Wiki have a good defiintion of 'race card'




Nonsense. There are more opporunities for minorties in America ever than in the past.
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I know what the race card is when referred to by those attempting to deny that white priviledge exists. I was being sarcastic.

More opportunity in no way equates to equal opportunity.
 
lumbingmi said:
Fear not. The experts are predicting that whites will become minority group in 50 years later because of more people are starting to have interracial marriage. :cheers:
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Interracial marraige is not the reason that the whites will become the minority race by 2050. Likewise, minority in number and minority in status are 2 separate issues. There are more women in number in the U.S., which makes them a majority population. However, in social status and opportunity, they are still treated as a minority.
 
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