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In reply to the discussion: It's getting weird here....white privilege....rape threads a month ago....it seems a bit much [View all]CANDO
(2,068 posts)Which then, to me, implies it ought to be scaled back or taken away. I've acknowledged institutional racism exists. Sexism exists. So I'm not understanding how racism and sexism and discrimination mean I'm privileged. It means to me, that those societal transgressions need to be roted out. Nothing more or less than that. I don't acknowledge in any way, shape or form that I'm privileged, as though it's a heavy burden to bear and feel guilty and ashamed of. What I've asked repeatedly of those who insist on getting inside my head is....what do you propose we white men do to try and stamp out racism and sexism? I never get answers beyond the insistence that I'm "privileged". The entire exercise becomes nothing but a flame fest because I will not allow you or any other to force me to accept something which I'm not guilty of. My life is as normal as I can imagine it to be. I did not cause nor perpetuate racism or sexism. Am I privileged? That's a fucking sick joke, right?