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In reply to the discussion: Aaargh. Wading into it: I'm grateful for my "white privilege". I wish everyone had it. [View all]CANDO
(2,068 posts)And for sure, you sure as hell don't get it that I've acknowledged racism does exist. But you also don't get it that because some people are discriminated against doesn't automatically imply those who don't or haven't are "privileged", as though they and their "privilege" are the culprit. To be able, for the most part, to not face discrimination is "normalcy". Yet it is somehow couched in terms as something to be held up by you and others who keep pushing the theme, as something abnormal and at fault and something needed taken away. I get it, institutional or societal biases and discrimination do exist. But don't come barking at everyday, normal white males as though we get up every day and continue to devise ways to keep the aforementioned transgressions going. I, as a white male, am not responsible for the institutional and/or societal biases that are out there. And you keep barking up the wrong tree. Perhaps you might find better results with your mission over at any number of conservative websites where you will find some of those white males who do support the continuation of said biases and discriminatory practices. Continuing to grind your axe at a liberal website is probably more alienating than helping.