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1mshadowbanned
It just means you get all three strikes instead of starting on strike 2. If you are rich you get 4 strikes if that makes you feel better
Kierbear2g
Oh cool you're another one of those fucking idiots who doesn't know what privilege is.
flarflarf
Oh you don't notice it? Well that must mean it doesn't exist then.
SingleNiceFedoraWearingClassyGuycautiondonotfriendzone
Caveat: you have to look straight and male.
EatSteakDaily
They hate us cause they ain't us.
Vaflukongurin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd4fj9Efl4s
Ilikestyx
I said if Sandra can listen to her heaphones while she's filing, then I should be allowed to listen to my radio while coolating.
eagerophiuchus
Are there any states that put you on the sex offender registry just for being straight?
danishjuggler21
Have you been shot during a traffic stop lately? Beaten half to death for your sexual orientation?
lactatingbulge
You do have privilege. It's really not hard to comprehend.
GodILoveBaloney
at least you're not black
Poodlebrain
Straight black males are still hoping for giant penises
Thewayofthebear
I hope they get them.....I'd donate some of mine but it's....so great.
ricochetbiscuit
Oh boy, this again.
uhhuhyeahyepsure
Racism goes both ways, depends on location and circumstance. There are always exceptions.
MultiplePersonalitiesProfile
I'd say it's more about "less problems" than "more privilege", but the result is pretty much the same.
NiceGreenArrows
There is. It just never feels like it, because it's normal and expected for you.
NiceGreenArrows
Like how everyone in certain countries is privileged with the ability to get convenient, trusted water anytime.
JeremyRyan1337
I fail to see how drinking clean water makes it white privilege. Eskimos have all the clean water they can handle.
GammerNoob
But may i ask what is it
coaltrain1
Take this shit back to Breitbart.
xzhous
Study shows landlords treat applicants w/ black sounding names differently http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/REST_a_00365
xzhous
Everything else being identical. 14,000 data points. Study done by Michael Ewens out of Carnegie Mellon University.
emkev
The irony here is you're all getting upset about something that you claim does not exist. Shit posting at it's finest.
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AMartianPotato
"White privilege" is barriers which don't exist for you. You don't feel like you have it because you never knew those barriers existed.
jeppsson
Saw this a while back /a/Sn5PA
reaper12345
This comment section is turning cancerous
841pts
There is also a "class" privilege and an "attractiveness" privilege. A bad looking redneck doesn't get much "privilege"
MindOfMobius
They do when the police get involved
MindOfMobius
Also you're describing intersectionality, everyone experiences different forms of privilege depending on a variety of factors
841pts
Agree
pineconeahead
You don't understand what we're talking about. It's far more complex than this.
841pts
What are you guys talking about then?
841pts
What are you guys talking about then?
pineconeahead
Do some research on your own. There is literally millions of articles and books on this subject.
pineconeahead
*are
ISleptWithSomeoneFromImgurAndAllIGotWasThisStupidUsername
Idk I have a ton of lower income white friends who get suuuuper pissed about "white privilege" and I see why as a upper/middle class Asian.
MindOfMobius
They take it as an attack instead of as what it's meant to be, my cousin is the same.
xzhous
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/11/cracking-the-bamboo-ceiling/380800/ 6/6
xzhous
http://www.npr.org/2014/05/23/315129852/does-a-bamboo-ceiling-shut-asian-americans-out-of-top-jobs 5/6
xzhous
https://www.fastcompany.com/3045954/the-overlooked-asian-american-glass-ceiling 4/6
xzhous
likely to be white. Intel: 38% Asian, 52% white. Execs 417% more likely to be white. Links coming in next comments 3/6
xzhous
While there are iconic figures like Satya Nadella, on whole there's a ceiling. Ex: LinkedIn is 46% Asian, 47% white. Execs 205% more 2/?
xzhous
It's a weird dynamic. Class > race. Asians are killing it in the upper-mid class but there's a "bamboo ceiling" among the C Suite 1/2
Daydreamingchad
You can get tattoos that contrast better...
dickbuttforlocalcouncillor
Yeah I'm white and I have a terrible paying job, but I've never been followed by police or shot or denied renting opportunities or etc etc
DVSBSTrD
@OP you ever hear anybody asking for black privilege?
zdml
I did and they sold me to slavery
ZX10RJackel
It's called the fucking race card you idiot.
bluemilk4me
Aren't the things people are saying more of discrimination or profiling? Are white people considered privileged when it happens less to them
bluemilk4me
I've been messed with my cops but as long as I treat them with respect they do the same in return after their initial dickyness
bluemilk4me
Not trolling I just would genuinely like to know if that's what privileged means
pineconeahead
It can be more subtle than this. I'd love to have bandages that are my skin color.
bluemilk4me
That seems more like a discrimination thing, is there a difference or is that what privileged mean, like the world is build more 4 white ppl
pineconeahead
To me, that's what we're talking about when we say privileged. It doesn't mean that white people don't also have shitty lives.
pineconeahead
When I was growing up I thought princesses could only be white because I'd never seen one represented by a non-white. It's subtle things.
bluemilk4me
Like the world is more built for white people?
pineconeahead
Yup. Which is subtle systematic racism. Something white people probably don't feel, which is why it's hard for them to understand.
masonicmasonry
It's not a benefit to white males, it's a detriment to minority groups. We don't have it easier than normal, they have it harder.
TheAssassinArtemisEntreri
Thats a glass have empty version of the same exact thing.
dgtclassy
This. This is the best way I've seen it explained.
babboonkrew
Racism is founded in ignorance. Only someone sheltered and ignorant would believe that.
Allrighty
Well, I mean, it's all relative, isn't it? What's normal to you is a privilege to someone else.
therearenotenoughusernames
If WM have it normal which is easier then everyone else then they have it easier... Your logic makes no since to me
desartragin
Exactly, from their perspective, they are the standard and WM have it easier and or WM black people have it harder.
YouSeemLikeAVeryCleverPerson
Normal for you is not the same as them
EatSteakDaily
They hate us cause they ain't us.
ontopofspaghetti
Yep. There is plenty of shitty to go around.
masonicmasonry
Exactly. We all got it bad, just some of us got it worse. And maybe we ought to fix that. Get us all starting from zero, at least.
neogreenlantern
It's like in D&D where different races have different race modifiers except humans.
masonicmasonry
Man, you are the best kind of nerdy. Rock on.
filthbucketsfullofpuke
According to who? Muslim people have a harder time than white people in the middle east?
plsreadHayeksUseofKnowledgeinSociety
Bill Gates doesn't have more money than me. I have less money than Bill Gates.
sdevenhawking
Bad example, but yeah!
nachobutt
Bill gates has more money than me
fairybug
Is that the new definition of privilege?
masonicmasonry
No, it's the old definition of the problem. 'Privilege' is the wrong word. Makes it sound like we get an extra benefit 1/2
masonicmasonry
No, it's the old definition of the problem. 'Privilege' is the wrong word. Makes it sound like we get an extra benefit 1/2
masonicmasonry
When the truth of it is they're getting an extra detriment. We're starting from zero, they're starting from -1. I'm not explaining this well
eaglepete
How so?
masonicmasonry
This of it this way. We all got it bad, but some of us got it worse.
eaglepete
So White People can't have it as difficult as People of other races? I Hope i am reading your comment the wrong way
oiyoucheekywanker
It also has more to do with where you are, it sucks to be a man in Israel right now and it really sucks to be white in africa
LimerickGoblin
Well that's just not understanding the concept of normalcy.. Normal is average - us white men have it above that. There is no shame in this.
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
Other way around (https://m-w.com/dictionary/normal) - normal is what's expected / desired. Thus minorities are treated below the standard.
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
https://m-w.com/dictionary/normal (buggered up the URL)
filthbucketsfullofpuke
Working your ass off for 100s of year will do that.
KingOfRootbeer
how old are you?
MaximumBork
Dang you are really old
oldfeller
You're right, but it's hard to convince people if you're telling them they have it better than everyone else which is why this is used
LimerickGoblin
I think if you're convincing people with dishonesty or omission of truth, then you're probably doing it wrong.
oldfeller
It's not dishonesty, it is just setting the standard of "the norm" for more people to understand
SendMeReplicasOfYourDick
It's not dishonesty, it's reframing an argument using knowledge of human thought processes to actually get more information across
Pandaphant
Christ, even Bill O'Reilly has admitted that white men have advantages. What's taking you so long?
TinySupreme
Every race has advantages that other races don't have. If you don't believe that then open your fucking eyes god damn.
FaithAlone
My life has struggles so I clearly my privilege does not exist!
Datdudez
The opposite can be equally as true.
DVSBSTrD
That would require @OP to hold a though longer than the length of the average shampoo commercial.
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V3role
He's a pothead communist compared to some of Imgur's keyboard warriors.
ricochetbiscuit
This comment is very accurate
RobertPackerbacker
This comment about that comment is very accurate
IJustLikeToArgue
Wait, even Bill O'Reilly? Well then, since he is the be-all/end-all of truth and understanding, I will automatically accept it as reality.
Pandaphant
He's pretty far on the right wing and was someone who argued that white privilege does not exist for quite some time, so he's relevant.
TruthHammer
Bill is not that far on the right. The scale has been shifted by popular culture.
Pandaphant
The US doesn't really have a strong political left. Clinton and Obama are center-right, O'Reilly in comparison is pretty far right.
TruthHammer
MSM outlets and Democrats are at least center-left about half of them are far left. Obama was a far left loon that could do what he wanted
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BluBoxx
Them success or wealth, it means they have fewer (not *None*) obstacles in their way to success than a minority / woman 2/2
BluBoxx
False, and that's not how affirmative action works. All white men benefit from their racial and gender privilege. That doesn't guarantee 1/
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BluBoxx
False, AA only gives difference to minority candidates when all else is equal. The "quota" type systems have long been illegal
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blueluck
White men have advantages, but that doesn't mean white men never get shit on and feel shitty because if it. Hence, the meme.
Pandaphant
I don't think the meme creator knows what white privilege is then if that's what they think it's saying.
blueluck
I know what privilege is, and I can still appreciate the meme. Feelings of doing well or doing poorly are relative to those you see (1)
blueluck
I know what privilege is, and I can still appreciate the meme. Feelings of doing well or doing poorly are relative to those you see (1)
blueluck
...around you. If you're the most shit-upon white guy in the office, you feel shit-upon. You read about how you have it better than (2)
blueluck
...others (because of race or anything else) it doesn't make you feel any better. (3)
AHorticulturistIsJustANerdyGardener
I'd argue that minorities have disadvantages and the concept of privilege is retarded.
SoupIsNotAMealVera
I think the problem is that they chose the word "privilege", which indicates that white people get things handed to them for free, when
AHorticulturistIsJustANerdyGardener
I completely agree. "Blacks are disadvantaged" is a lot more appropriate.
SoupIsNotAMealVera
they just wanted to describe how on average some minority races face slightly more hardships.
AHorticulturistIsJustANerdyGardener
And minorities from impoverished backgrounds absolutely do face more. Black hardship is a lot easier to agree on than "white privilege".
JudgeMentalCat
Do any of the country's politicians believe you shouldn't be able to marry your partner? Or that people should legally be able to
10000Bees
You know you can be gay AND white, right? This isn't the best point to lead with lol
JudgeMentalCat
Yes, I do. I am INTIMATELY aware of that fact, considering that's what I am
JudgeMentalCat
However, OP mentioned being straight
guyinthebushes
The post mentions being straight
JudgeMentalCat
discriminate against you for being yourself? Do people attack you and call you slurs for something you were born as?
JudgeMentalCat
(And no, "cracker" is not a slur.)
drinkbeerdamnit
How is that not a slur? Just out of curiosity.
JudgeMentalCat
It has to do with systemic power. If you actually get into the sociology, oppression has far less to do with hate
JudgeMentalCat
and far more to do with power. If a black man hated a white man in the 50s, that was no problem for the white man. If a white man hated a
ThePartyLeader
Ever been pulled over while not speeding or having a broken light? Ever been randomly selected for a search at an airport? It's subtle
sebastionloeb
Yes and yes
oiyoucheekywanker
Me and my grandfather both have multiple times on many different road trips
AnaCadabra88
My boss is very light black and gets pulled over for everything on the main road to work. The rest of us haven't even seen cops there.
Ihavethesamenameasafamouskillerfml
Yes to all. White female here.
trollmobile
Yes and yes. And I didn't get all violent or butthurt about it. Is that my privilege?
aUsername85
I got randomly selected at the airport today. Straight white American yuppie male.
InADayOrSo
The stupid thing here is quantifying this nebulous social force called "privilege" and assigning it to people by virtue of their skin color.
ThelostWorldofAtlantis
Yes, but I have a car that was once a "rez car". I was pulled over a lot when I lived in a small town without any reason.
InADayOrSo
I'm a law abiding white man and I've been hassled by cops any time I've interacted with them over things I've known were bullshit.
SerFapalot
I am white, I have been pulled over and I wasn't even driving
zma123456
Brown people get interrogated at the airport. Stop and frisk policies that target minorities, especially blacks and Latinos.
phe0n1x
Yes. I've gotten selected multiple times for extra screening by the TSA and the German equivalent. I'm pasty white. Neon white.
nicetomeetyouimdad
Yes
doitthehemingway
lol. 2/ last 3 times I flew I got search. Pulled over for taillight out, got full ticket for that + for not "immediately producing papers"
myotheralt
I have been followed out of town, when the car behind me suddenly turns off the headlights. Turned out to be a cop, he was checking (1)
myotheralt
If one of my license plate lights was out. Also, 3am on Friday night and "only the drunks are out". Sorry, I have drive another 2 hours (2)
myotheralt
To pick up a friend and drive them to an army drill which was another couple hours away.
tanner77
My 75 year old white guy dad, and decades long Credit Union CEO has been searched at airports more than anyone else I've known.
stinkingyeti
Yep, to all.
SomeonesPCbutNotBills
I was pulled over for changing lanes "without" a blinker and with a light out when I was younger. Not speeding either.
SomeonesPCbutNotBills
Also checked at an airport twice. I'm a straight white male. Not comparing apples to oranges but it does happen sometimes.
dephress
As a white girl, yes to both. But I still believe white privilege is real and can't be disproved by examples of experiences like these.
UrKungFuNoGood
Couple of times. But I'm white so I don't have anyone to cry to about it.
PeriodQueen
As a white female, I was randomly searched at an airport. I was 16 and looked as harmless as my little pony.
CFeels
I've started to expect random inspections or delays when I fly. Also white.
usersubguide
Yes. Also got pulled over on the interstate at holiday time. Hundreds of cars around he chose me.
Refridgerate
Yes, both of those actually. And I'm a pasty white native born American
JohnnyDeformed
Yes and yes.
tanner77
As 20yo WM I was pulled over, frisked, & my car searched for being in a nice CA Asian neighborhood where my Bro & his Taiwanese wife lived.
TheLeafsAreActuallyGood
White male, was "randomly searched" going from Canada to Florida when I was 19
pineconeahead
Soo... once. We're talking like multiple times a month.
aegis27
I got selected for explosive screening both going in and out of the US last year. I'm so white I'm practically translucent.
tanner77
As a white male of middle class background, "yes I have." on both counts.
sloshythomas
I'm Spanish and nothing ever happens to me like that
InADayOrSo
Have we learned anything at all from civil rights leaders?
ThePartyLeader
That politicians have to be dragged kicking and screaming to social equality.
InADayOrSo
That we shouldn't judge people for their skin color, nationality, or sexuality. Our moral worth should define who we are as human beings.
ThePartyLeader
I don't think it's possible but I believe it's worth striving for.
InADayOrSo
Likewise :)
Ilikestyx
I've got a black friend who both he and his brother have been "randomly" pulled over more than all the white people I know.
therealsalvi
i mean dude we're they honestly pulled over for nothing? thats pretty much what everyone says when they have a run in with the cops
Ilikestyx
They didn't get tickets, they got pulled over, looked up on the computer and let go, which is called carding, happens to blacks the most.
therealsalvi
and they had never had any kind of run in with the cops before hand?
soupmunkey
Yes and stopped because I fit a profile.
darthbob88
Ever had your job application declined because your skin color means you're probably a criminal?
darthbob88
This is a combination of A Thing That Really Happens (http://www.nber.org/papers/w9873), and an actual justification I've seen people make.
ThePartyLeader
Exactly. It may not be heinous in intent but it's real.
IJustLikeToArgue
Yes. I have. And I'm white. So what?
MeAndMyADD
Yes I have. Also arrested, also served time, also worked for a black man, also arrested again.
MeAndMyADD
The fact is that nobody really knows how hard anyone has had it so it's fucking stupid to say white people have it easy by default.
useyourbraintohelpus
Guys, this person isn't saying it doesn't happen to white people they're saying it happens more to people who aren't white.
therealsalvi
man it happens to everyone the cops just dont like some people like myself
Vanderhugen
I have been driving around with no plates on my car for over a year and have had police behind me at red lights. Havent been pulled over yet
Alavar
I'm calling bullshit. No cop just ignores that white or not.
Vanderhugen
Happened twice no bullshit
Alavar
Is it legal where you live to have your plates on only 1 end?
Vanderhugen
Nope I live in Vegas
therealsalvi
you live in east bum fuck right because where im from (MA) that would not fly
Vanderhugen
Las Vegas, Nevada I guess they have more important things to deal with the a white kid with no plates
therealsalvi
dude they are way more busy dealing with drunken disorderlys and drug dealers to give a shit about you they have real shit to deal with
Felextheminimal
Twice I've been riding with a black person and pulled, three times by myself, the attitude, the procedure, the time being there pulled 1/2
Felextheminimal
2/2 is drastically different. With my friends it is always an air of disgust and condescension questions everything three times, ALWAYS a...
Felextheminimal
3...dog walk around, there was once that theFIRST WORDS from the cops mouth at the window were where is the cracks Cocaine and methamphetami
Felextheminimal
That isn't even a joke, and it is pissing me off to type it and think about it.
ThePartyLeader
It's real it's just hard for people to comprehend what they can't experience. Quantifying the absence of an unknown.
Hailtheprince
Yes. A few times. And not only am I white, I'm also male and rich.
ruferto
are you looking to throw away some of your money. if so, i'm available
SomeonesPCbutNotBills
Same here. Checked while flying from Ireland to the US no less. I'm Irish!
drhook
Me too. I travel for treatments with my handicapped 7 year old son and we get randomly selected every time we go through the airport.
Obietrice
I believe only 3 of the 4 claims you just made.
Obietrice
I'm saying I don't think you're rich.
Hailtheprince
2 percenter
ThePartyLeader
Not saying it never happens but statistically happens less to white males.
professorspankem
So whichever of your examples that are countered, you will still try to one-up. We all have it bad, bro. Not just black Americans.
missbelled
I don't think you two disagree. Everyone has it bad. The ways some of us have it bad aren't seen as much by others. That's the idea.
ThePartyLeader
Just saying statistically it's worse for non whites you can look up numbers on the department of justices site.
professorspankem
You're in America, dude. "White people" were the majority in his country then so of course it was set up to accommodate.Just like any other