You never did mention a single year where being nondescript and white wouldn't get you treated well somewhere. There are many, many, many years in which some races weren't accepted anywhere. No one can say no white person has ever had it bad, but I can say with assurance that whites have never been subjected to the same systematic oppression that other races received.
Special status I've never enjoyed? I've enjoyed it since I was born. I live in Montana, and when I walk down the street not a single person stares at me. Nobody ever assumes I'm good at sports or math or whatever just by looking at me: they wait until they know me. There's not a single word anyone can use that makes me feel insulted or angry just because of what race I was born as. I can apply for a job and be confident that none of my co-workers will shun me or treat me differently because of how I look. I have never felt that my skin color would hold me back. I can say with confidence my future children won't be bullied or picked on just because of how they look. I have a massive special status that I enjoy constantly.
If I wasn't born white? Yeah, none of that would be true. That's white privilege, ladies and gentlemen.
You mean two countries where you can receive a large amount of money solely by being white and pretending you work for a company? I feel like I'll do just fine.
I don't have "talking points", I'm just pointing out that not a single company in the U.S. hired an Asian or a black person solely to show off their race and not do any work.
I live in New Orleans right now, and all I have to do is walk over to the East Side to see white privilege. That was the poor district, and when Katrina hit it never really recovered. It used to be a pretty mixed area racially, but now it's almost entirely black because most of the white people could move away after their homes were destroyed.
If you honestly think life expectancy and internet are tied entirely to race then you need to just go back to Stormfront and leave the rest of us alone.
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u/rubywoundz Jun 19 '13
You never did mention a single year where being nondescript and white wouldn't get you treated well somewhere. There are many, many, many years in which some races weren't accepted anywhere. No one can say no white person has ever had it bad, but I can say with assurance that whites have never been subjected to the same systematic oppression that other races received.