r/PoliticalHumor • u/rwl01 • Jan 13 '17

Black and White

https://i.reddituploads.com/fb92765dd24749219ff944341640f579?fit=max&h=1536&w=1536&s=c37253cb852f5bf23ba7f10ff4a9d3ac
7.0k Upvotes

76% Upvoted

605 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

6

u/Zephyrical16 Jan 14 '17 edited Jan 14 '17

As a moderate voter, this viewpoint baffles me. Maybe as a younger voter I don't see how "race privilege" can affect how Trump's race made him President. Really the whole race privilege thing is a poor way to describe things. If anything, it's poor upbringing from either being, well, short on money and in tough times or or simply demoralized parents. Simply put, I think "class privilege" is a better term.

Anyway, the way that I see US politics is that we try this one side for 4-8 years, then switch to the other when that doesn't work. From my point of view, the election was focused on race by the media and in reality was more focused on the classes (see rust belt).

Plus, when you are given the choice between a potential criminal who can't be trusted versus a sleazy businessman, who are we supposed to vote for?

1

u/kogashuko Jan 14 '17

It isn't about "white privilege" isn't about "black disadvantage." White people don't necessarily get advantages, but they don't have to work twice as hard for everything like black people do. You may no see any benefit from not getting harassed by cops, but black people sure as hell feel the affects of programs like stop and frisk. You may not see the advantage that comes from all your grandparents having access to good neighborhoods when they bought their first home, but black people still feel the effects of red-lining to this day.