A View of "Privilege" from a Straight White Guy [View All]

[kpete]

SAT SEP 03, 2011 AT 01:43 PM PDT
A View of "Privilege" from a Straight White Guy
bytwigg

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In many walks of life, from politics to simple local gatherings, the term "White Privilege" is a dog whistle. It is a clarion call for all those dis-affected folk, on both sides, to vent their spleens on each other. I see it on websites, I hear it in bars. It is there in the churches too .....

It just isn't true that the 30% of black people in your small town prefer their own churches to the 1st Baptist Church. They are simply made to feel unwelcome at the 1st Baptist by those who believe that they "prefer their own churches".

.... It is those attitudes, springing from generations of suspicion and mistrust and fostered by a political leadership that is craven, and deeply racist that perpetuates these myths.

I am a white guy. I am straight and because of that I never have to fear that I will be denied anything because of who I am. That is what we all need to take on board because until we do, until we accept the truth of it, then the disadvantages will continue.

the rest:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/09/03/1013100/-A-View-of-Privilege-from-a-Straight-White-Guy?via=siderec