I almost never see liberals, leftists, etc. talk about "white privilege" on this site, or in discourse generally.
Admittedly, it only comes from obvious trolls on this site... Though, if you couldn't spot a touch of the troll in my post, I think it is time to step away from the war room for a bit.
Beyond that, really? You never (or almost never) see white privilege being discussed except by complaining conservatives?
Having trouble believing that.
It's gotten to the point where the term is used almost exclusively by white conservatives to misstate its implication and further the narrative of white victimhood. "White privilege" is a real phenomenon and could have been a useful concept in public discourse, but it's gotten to the point that it's basically been ruined and evacuated of all meaning by the right wing.
This is a mixed bag.
I agree that there is definitely a level to which white privilege exists.
I disagree that the american right ruined it as an idea worth discussing.
it was poisoned as a topic by the American left. Not least of all by popularising the term "white privilege" in the first place, as opposed to something more accurate and less intentionally divisive.
The phrase was conversationally weaponised by the left, and generally spat out by left-leaning ideologues who themselves often didn't know what they were saying, beyond signalling their virtue and managing to shame their opposition with the bluff.
No doubt, the right has run with it and is now building strawmen And trollbait out of 2016's talking points...
I think white folks have the same level of common sense and self-respect as any other race. To hold otherwise just seems silly. Black, brown, yellow, red - all people are capable of empathy and of mobilizing in defense of their fellow man.
Lol.
I doubt there are studies on this, but I'm pretty sure whites are the most widely represented protest/rally-attendees of all the peoples.
Also, "in defense of their fellow man"?
Notice, I did not specify the nature of the cause? Just that they make people feel warm and fuzzy. You're assuming that I'm deriding the defense of someone's fellow man. I'm not.
Anyway, this statement was just a badly delivered joke. Chill yerself.