nuclearturtle
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You have ZERO facts to back that up... Nice try !!What you were given was the opportunity to earn what you earned unimpeded.
You have ZERO facts to back that up... Nice try !!What you were given was the opportunity to earn what you earned unimpeded.
You have ZERO facts to back that up... Nice try !!
And????? Not relevant... Good try for you as well !! You get 3 for your efforts !!This is one of the original articles, if not THE original article, about the concept of white privledge. Written in 1989 by Peggy McIntosh, Senior Research Scientist of the Wellesley Centers for Women.
https://nationalseedproject.org/Key-SEED-Texts/white-privilege-unpacking-the-invisible-knapsack
And????? Not relevant... Good try for you as well !! You get 3 for your efforts !!
You actually need to read the posts before you respond... That wasn't my quote you quoted.. I quoted someone else's post.. and previously posted.. NOT RELEVANT !3 what? Cookies? Internet points? Can I turn those internet points into money off gas?
Also, how is this not relevant? This all goes back to your quote: "Privilege implies someone received something that wasn’t earned."
You actually need to read the posts before you respond... That wasn't my quote you quoted..
Thanks for the apology !!!So it wasn't. Oops.
I read through this document and following are comments. A lot of this is facts that are cast as something sinister. It is historical fact that the US was settled by Europeans and that Caucasians are in the majority. I see nothing sinister in this unless you have a racist outlook and believe I guess that the US shouldn’t have been settled by Europeans or that caucasians shouldn’t be in the majority. Just like Poin1-This is one of the original articles, if not THE original article, about the concept of white privledge. Written in 1989 by Peggy McIntosh, Senior Research Scientist of the Wellesley Centers for Women.
https://nationalseedproject.org/Key-SEED-Texts/white-privilege-unpacking-the-invisible-knapsack
AgreedI honestly believe that documents such as this do more to perpetuate racism then to eliminate it.
I'm not going to take the bait so I'm not quoting the person who replied to me. Explaining institutional racism and white privilege is like banging my head against a brick wall. The information is out there. You can educate yourselves if you want to, but you don't want to.
I'm really surprised this thread hasn't been shut down yet.
I'm not going to respond to most of your post because no good will come of it, but we have to acknowledge that facts are facts and lies are lies. The Irish were not enslaved in what is now the USA. That is a myth promulgated by white nationalists and others of ill-character and is patently and provably false. Many Irish came to this country as indentured servants, which resulted in terrible treatment but was not slavery. So, in short, we don't hear about "Irish slavery" because it is a lie. If you were unaware of that, please educate yourself. If you truly believe it to be true, then...
As of 2013, only about 9% of LEO's were black. https://www.newsweek.com/racial-makeup-police-departments-331130 Racial profiling seems much more likely when a minority is the subject.And for those who are so sure that white people are never stopped and asked anything, how do you know?
If it's any consolation, I am a late-middle-aged disabled white female, and both Walgreens and CVS employees wait for me outside the restroom - when they deign to allow me to use it, despite Massachusetts law requiring it. The use, I mean - not the "guard."If I go to the restroom, an employee is waiting nearby and then trails me around the store until I leave.
I liked your post but I also am not sure about the Irish. Many were likely indentured servants that were treated as slaves and others had committed some crime and were sold in the New World as slaves.
The British Isles have a long history of slavery and Britain was the biggest player in the West African slave trade and the Irish trade.
The purges from Ireland were based on their Catholicism and the condescending view of the British to the Irish. Eye witness reports at the time do document that these Irish were treated with extreme prejudice.
Many of our ancestors came to the US during religious purges (Catholics/Jesuits etc) when it was a British colony with an agrarian economy based on slavery of one form or another. James II, Charles I, and Cromwell apparently wanted to scour the Isles of Catholics. Since they were the winners at that time they wrote the history that is passed down to us.
Hmm I think you have your numbers wrong even from back then. The article you linked said in 2013 blacks were 12% up from 9% in 1987. Figures I found for 2017 reflect 13.8% are black. But in all honesty realistically due to population makeup at the moment don't know how you would get to a majority not being white. The percentages though have the opportunity to go up of course.As of 2013, only about 9% of LEO's were black. https://www.newsweek.com/racial-makeup-police-departments-331130 Racial profiling seems much more likely when a minority is the subject.
Now was it possibly easier for this person than for a person of color to achieve this? Sure statistically based on the numbers it probably was. But are we saying that this persons own efforts had nothing to do with it?
My 4’10” elderly white MIL was often “selected” by TSA for additional screening. Why? No idea.As someone who fits the profile of the assumed least threatening - older white female - I can only say how sorry I am. I believe you were profiled. I believe it was unfair. Neither of us is going to do anything more than a little shopping at Disney Springs, but my guess is that you have spent a lifetime on alert in a way I have not. We've still got a long way to go. Sigh.
Yep.I’m really surprised this thread hasn't been shut down yet.