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originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
a reply to: WhiteMale
Well...there is something going on behind the low participation rate of black Americans in the collegiate scene.
About 82 percent of high school graduates from high-income families enroll in college, compared to 52 percent of graduates from low-income families. By comparison, just under 70 percent of white high school graduates go to college, versus 65 percent of blacks. Moreover, the racial gap has generally narrowed over time; the income gap has not.
originally posted by: cenpuppie
How DARE those black kids band together and show some solidarity over what they think is racism. The fools! And those black kids on the football how DARE they step out of line too! They are there to bring that Uni money, nothing else, who cares about their academics.
It's getting to the point that white people can't create a racially hostile environment anymore, this isn't the reason why the forefathers slaughtered the natives, enslaved another group while spewing FREEDOM!, and set up laws so that only wealthy and well to do white males could benefit.
What is this country coming to?
originally posted by: deadeyedick
a reply to: introvert
You must be joking.
Did you read the terrorist list of demands because it included white shaming.
Did you read the terrorist list of demands because it included white shaming.
originally posted by: introvert
a reply to: ketsuko
When did this come about? I've never been taught to be ashamed of my skin color, nor has anyone that I talk to. That is just extreme hyperbole, with a hint of childish zeal, that we would expect to come from someone at Fox or the Nutters at WND, but not an otherwise intelligent adult.
White privilege is a set of advantages and/or immunities that white people benefit from on a daily basis beyond those common to all others. White privilege can exist without white people's conscious knowledge of its presence and it helps to maintain the racial hierarchy in this country.
The biggest problem with white privilege is the invisibility it maintains to those who benefit from it most. The inability to recognize that many of the advantages whites hold are a direct result of the disadvantages of other people, contributes to the unwillingness of white people, even those who are not overtly racist, to recognize their part in maintaining and benefiting from white supremacy.
White privilege is about not having to worry about being followed in a department store while shopping. It's about thinking that your clothes, manner of speech, and behavior in general, are racially neutral, when, in fact, they are white. It's seeing your image on television daily and knowing that you're being represented. It's people assuming that you lead a constructive life free from crime and off welfare. It's about not having to assume your daily interactions with people have racial overtones.
White privilege is having the freedom and luxury to fight racism one day and ignore it the next. White privilege exists on an individual, cultural, and institutional level.
originally posted by: introvert
a reply to: Grambler
For lack of a better term, I will say that white privilege is a "thing", but the universities have taken it a bit too far.
What I was addressing was the idea that we are taught, even as children, to be ashamed of our skin color. That is simply not the case.
originally posted by: kaylaluv
You are not paying attention.
Racial tensions have been escalating on this campus since Ferguson. The black students have been complaining of harassment for quite a while now, with no actions being taken.
The association said in a letter Sunday to the system's governing body that there had been "an increase in tension and inequality with no systemic support" since last year's fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, which is about 120 miles east of Columbia.
www.msn.com...
originally posted by: introvert
a reply to: Gryphon66
I'm a big boy. I can handle myself.
And I agree that the term can be abused and overused.....by both sides of the debate.
But I think there is a big difference between discussing white privilege and saying that we are taught to be ashamed of our skin color.
originally posted by: introvert
a reply to: Gryphon66
I'm a big boy. I can handle myself.
And I agree that the term can be abused and overused.....by both sides of the debate.
But I think there is a big difference between discussing white privilege and saying that we are taught to be ashamed of our skin color.
originally posted by: stevieray
It also happens to be Alinsky 101, right there on page 39 or thereabouts. Right there near "always keep annoying and aggravating your opponent, until they get mad, then you can say they're dangerous and threatening and scaring you".
Becoming aware of privilege should not be viewed as a burden or source of guilt, but rather, an opportunity to learn and be responsible so that we may work toward a more just and inclusive world.
originally posted by: Gryphon66
originally posted by: stevieray
It also happens to be Alinsky 101, right there on page 39 or thereabouts. Right there near "always keep annoying and aggravating your opponent, until they get mad, then you can say they're dangerous and threatening and scaring you".
I don't think anyone is surprised that you know the actual page in the manual on that one.
The tensions at Missouri U seem to be subsiding for now. Isn't that something anyone can see as positive?
originally posted by: Gryphon66
a reply to: Grambler
From the first words in the first listing on your list of universities (University of San Francisco) above:
Becoming aware of privilege should not be viewed as a burden or source of guilt, but rather, an opportunity to learn and be responsible so that we may work toward a more just and inclusive world.
University of San Francisco - White Priviledge Resource Guide
Aside from the fact that this specifically states "should not be viewed as a source of guilt" ... do you disagree with the idea that it is good "to learn and be responsible so that we may work toward a more just and inclusive world."
If you do have a problem with that ... why?
originally posted by: kaylaluv
originally posted by: stevieray
And you know that any of the accusations are true.....how ?
And you are assuming they aren't true.... why? Because you think racism against blacks doesn't exist? Yeah, you keep telling yourself that.