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Locut0s

(6,154 posts) Wed Oct 11, 2017, 07:07 PM Oct 2017

IMHO white privilege is just a fact. But apparently it's also a colour...

I am 1/2 white, 1/2 Chinese myself. I mostly look white, I'd say about 90%. For me white privilege isn't a derogatory concept. It's simply a factual truth about how our society is structured. It's not a statement of blame at any one individual. It's part of the sickness that our whole society has to work on.

But I have a friend who works at a paint store who just showed me this. Apparently it's a colour swatch too LOL.

Edit: And sadly I talked with my friend and apparent their store had to change the name of this watch because a number of customers got very offended. Boohoo, world's smallest violin.

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IMHO white privilege is just a fact. But apparently it's also a colour... (Original Post) Locut0s Oct 2017 OP

i think getting offended at the concept of white privilege is itself a bit of white privilege. unblock Oct 2017 #1

Oh it very much is 100%. In fact that's one of the things sadly that I talked with my friend about.. Locut0s Oct 2017 #2

In China, you have Chinese privilege Wolf Frankula Oct 2017 #3

That is true however... Locut0s Oct 2017 #4

Just contrast and compare the last two US Presidents and you will see White privilege on display Yavin4 Oct 2017 #5

unblock

(52,208 posts)

1. i think getting offended at the concept of white privilege is itself a bit of white privilege.

Reply to Locut0s (Original post)

Wed Oct 11, 2017, 07:10 PM

Oct 2017

Locut0s

(6,154 posts)

2. Oh it very much is 100%. In fact that's one of the things sadly that I talked with my friend about..

Reply to unblock (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 11, 2017, 07:14 PM

Oct 2017

Apparently they had to change the name of this colour swatch because a lot of customers got offended when they saw it.

The first thought that ran through my head was, wow your offence is just proving the point of the joke. You get to be offended by a colour swatch with a name on it. Black people have to worry that their entire lives might be fucked if they happen to be randomly stopped by a cop for nothing at all.

Wolf Frankula

(3,600 posts)

3. In China, you have Chinese privilege

Reply to Locut0s (Original post)

Wed Oct 11, 2017, 07:51 PM

Oct 2017

In Japan, you have Japanese privilege. It's part of being the majority group. In Zambia, many years ago, I was followed constantly by the police. Why? As Al Sharpton would say, It was because I am a not person of no color cave beast.]

Wolf

Locut0s

(6,154 posts)

4. That is true however...

Reply to Wolf Frankula (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 11, 2017, 07:56 PM

Oct 2017

It doesn't change the argument. Merely the focus. The fact of the mater that the skin colour of the majority people receive a great deal of privilege merely by being born that colour is a problem. Yes it's true that in other nations the same thing exists for other colours. I'm not arguing that this is inherently a white thing. But it certainly is within the culture that I live in. And that's all I'm speaking too.

Yavin4

(35,438 posts)

5. Just contrast and compare the last two US Presidents and you will see White privilege on display