August 2012
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darrenchris asked: I haven't been following gymnastics, but hasn't Gabby been getting a decent amount of press? I just ask because EVERYONE (including the rest of the swimming world) is overshadowed by Phelps this Olympics despite him not competing super well. Heck, Lochte seems to only be mentioned in relation to Phelps. =/ (Not saying that his coverage would be the same if he was black, I just perceived...
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lyrics-with-clarity asked: I mean, the coverage isn't because he's supposedly doing better than black athletes, it's because of the all-time medal record. Why shouldn't he get coverage for a spectacular athletic accomplishment?
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#820
White privilege is when you can have an incredibly lackluster showing at the Olympics, but still dominate all of America’s coverage of the events.
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#819
White Privilege is having the KKK meet in the center of town and having white people in city hall defend it because “it’s in the constitution” and they can assembly for a rally as long that they “don’t physically hurt citizens”. If a POC group want to meet in the center of town, they are suggested to meet in their “hood” to prevent ”political...
July 2012
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#818
White privilege is Joan Rivers writing “North Korea surprised the world by winning a gold medal in weightlifting. Not surprising? The other 5 they won in Synchronized Dog Eating” on Twitter, and having over 400 people retweet it.
Mod note: If Chris Rock tweeted that white people won all their gold medals in Synchronized Oppression and Having Poor Hygiene, there’d be a national...
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Submission:
Here’s someplace that will accept all of your stupid, educational requests and questions about white privilege.
Mod note: Awesome. This is a great resource for white people who are looking to be educated about white privilege, whiteness, or white supremacy. Tons of valuable info.
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I’m a racist idiot.
Mod note: Thanks for the submission!
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nowaysir asked: I followed this blog because I felt that you were actually doing some good. Educating the white man and laying out his crimes for the world to see. But as of late, this has become tiring. You rarely back up your arguments and I don't understand why. When people ask you questions, you just insult them. That seems counterproductive and it's hardly helping anything. What happened to this...
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we---are---golden-deactivated20 asked: I have been pretty much on board with the things you discuss on this blog, even sharing quotes of your's on my blog. But I'm not going to get behind you this time. You are wrong. I have debated with racist, ignorant white people and PoC with internalized racism who say the same things: "We all Bleed Red", "Race is a Social Construct" "We're not Black or...
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we---are---golden-deactivated20 asked: I know what a social construct is. You would have people believe that race is some creation of society’s collective imagination. I am telling you, that is wrong. I have spent time studying both sides of the argument. Maybe you should spend a little time doing the same.
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evil-est asked: i swear, most of the idiots who are currently complaining about race not being a social construct would really benefit from a basic college level Sociology class. Or, you know, they could take their heads out of their asses.
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we---are---golden-deactivated20 asked: The reason many leftist accept the social construct over biological fact, is that they were originally afraid of scientist being able to find genetic markers that correspond with certain behaviors and attributes, which would cause the whole equalist argument to come falling down. However, it is important to define race correctly, since dangerous misconceptions, such as the notion that some races...
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we---are---golden-deactivated20 asked: Race is NOT a social construct. That is incorrect. It has been scientifically proven, by several studies, that the way people classify themselves by race reflects real and clear genetic differences among them. Race is a biological FACT. How can we look at people, SEE with our won eyes our biological difference that make up our race, and still believe that race is a social construct?! Our...
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theyank asked: I know what they mean, you're just not making any sense. So if the white race is a social construct, and it doesn't really exist apart from skin color, then what is white privilege? So someone with a light skin color is automatically "privileged" because of society? How? Are you talking about every society or only countries with majority "white" populations? I want to...
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allthingsqueer asked: re: theyank, social construct =/= not real. Race is a social construct that makes us think the color of one's skin means more than degree of pigmentation. However, one of the material effects of this "social construct" is white privilege. These privileges, and the denial of these privileges, are very real. Race is a social construct, but has real effects. I spent 20 minutes trying...
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theyank asked: But if race is a social construct then you're contradicting yourself by pointing out that there is "white" privilege. Could you please define "white" for me then?
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theyank asked: Haha cute, but you say on your FAQ "Race is a social construct. It is often used as a motivation for murder, genocide, war, and other terrible things." But you're using an obvious social construct like "white privilege" to justify and motivate hatred of whites, so you're being a hypocrite yet again. If race is a social construct, then why does "white...
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theyank asked: Oh I'm a "cracker" now, huh? I thought "whites" like me are a social construct to you? Racist.
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#817
White privilege is never being told if white Olympians were/are poor or came from humble beginnings, because all that matters is that they made it to the top. Meanwhile Every PoC on a western countrys team has to have some sob story.
Submission from nailaa3loves.tumblr.com
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#816
White privilege is Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen smashing the world record for the 400m medley (and beating a whole lot of white boys in the process)…and immediately being suspected for doping by American and Australian media. Even if other more well-known (white) winning athletes have never been been subjected to such suspicion but have tested positive for drugs in the past.
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#815
White privilege is Britta Heidemann’s “win” over Shin A Lam in fencing. Under normal circumstances, the match would’ve been reset in order to be fair. However, the judges ruled in favor of Heidemann, giving her the extra point.
White privilege is having an entire panel of judges give you an unfair advantage.
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#814
white privilege is what is depicted in the movie “Project X”, where three white middle to upper class male teenagers have a party where hundreds of other under-aged (and also apparently a white older pedophiliac) white people come and destroy tens of thousands of dollars worth of private and city property in the name of partying and trying to be “cool”, which eventually...
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#813
White Privilege is Gabby Douglas of the USA Gymnastics team beating all the other girls at the AT&T American Cup (despite being an alternate), and getting to be the first person to be officially apart of the American Olympic team, and yet she still has to share the spot light with the second placer, Jordyn Wieber.
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#812
White privilege is the U.S. obsessive media coverage of swimmers Phelps and Lochte but only show Cullen Jones when he is in a relay with Phelps and Locthe.
White privilege is Phelps getting to be the center of attention even though he is falling way short in these years games.
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Letter I submitted to www.apple.com/feedback. Tumblrites feel free to copy, paste, and send to Apple.
Dear Apple,
I have been purchasing and using your products since 2003. I have a direct question and am hoping for a direct answer.
Why are there no black emoji that I can identify on your iphone? Yet, I counted at least 46 white-skinned emoji. Not including smiley faces of course. Then...
On Tumblr ignoring racial abuse.
dionthesocialist:
Read the whole thing on The Black Kids Table.
It looks like everyone on Tumblr’s support staff failed basic Civics and Economics, so let me tell you how freedom of speech works. Your freedoms end where mine begin. You may have the right to blog all you want about Neo-Nazism and Culturalism, but the moment you enter someone else’s space and threaten them, you have...
Monday is nationally synonymous with two things:...
This week’s winner shouldn’t be surprising. Welcome to the club, Victoria Foyt! Wondering what she did to deserve a spot in such an exclusive club? Welp, read all about it at The Black Kids Table.
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#811
White privilege is white athletes not having their success attributed to supposed genetic qualities of their race.
http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/28/race-and-racing-an-english-icon-wades-into-the-slave-genes-controversy/
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Everything you need to know about Victoria Foyt...
bohemiandreamer:
A huge collection of links if you will about the situation. Basically, it saves you guys from ALL the reblogs I wanted to make on this craptastic book. Almost every post I saw and liked about this catastrophe of literature.
Alostbird via thisiswhiteprivilege :#804
mehreenkasana:Crackers at it again.
Brashblacknonbeliever: Volcano much?
Via depechemoses: Excellent...
People still don’t get how this works. When you send hate mail to a person, it doesn’t mean that they suck. It means that you suck. It means that no matter how lowly you think of the other person, they obviously mean enough to you for you to use your time writing about them, while you mean absolutely nothing to them. It means that you’re a coward, a cry baby, and you probably...
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csharpster asked: hey this is a cool blog. how many white women have you raped? do you dream of being another race? how many other fellow blaques have you shot to pieces? ever thought of returning to africa the land of justice and freedom? i know you probably won't answer any of these questions b/c you are an evil monster that should be shot between the eyes, but thanks for your shitty reply if you give...
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garsedj asked: "So it’s wrong to say white people can be racists?" is it wrong to say that black people can eat fried chicken and watermelons after playing basketball while listening to hip hip with holding a dunno-what-black-sterotype-gun sideways ? it may be true that they can but highlighting it is stupid and shares a negative message, a wrong message ! racist people are racist
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#810
White privilege is the fantasy genre, especially concerning western children’s literature.
White privilege is authors like Tamora Pierce, Madeline L’Engle, Eva Ibbotson, Lloyd Alexander, C.S. Lewis, Roald Dahl, Edward Eager, Christopher Paolini, J.R.R. Tolkien, Holly Black, Garth Nix, George R.R. Martin, the beloved J.K. Rowling, and countless others who create amazing worlds of magic, mayhem,...
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kirbybruh-deactivated20121006 asked: Don't tell me what to do. I'm sensing a strong presence of white privilege/entitlement. Whateves burn in bad blog hell.
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kirbybruh-deactivated20121006 asked: womp womp
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kirbybruh-deactivated20121006 asked: that was a little sensitive wasn't it? considering what I said was mostly a compliment, but sureeeee, your suggestion is my action. Unfollowing you're little emo ass.
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kirbybruh-deactivated20121006 asked: Man, I follow you for a reason, I know the truth hurts and I named my blog in that vain. But bruh, you get so tacky sometimes.
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theyank asked: Man, I wish "white privilege" worked for me when I applied to work for the same company 6 times out of thousands of other places I've applied to, and I only landed a night shift job where nobody speaks English. Why did every "white" kid in school hate me for being an American (I live in England), but most non-whites left me alone? I wish being "white" helped me...
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#809
White Privilege is being able to post on Twitter about how your mom said that Iraq & Iran are only in the Olympics to see who can make the best bomb and how you think Iraq & Iran will “blow everything up” if they don’t win a medal and how “funny it would be” if Bin Laden came out leading the Iraqi team, and having people respond to you on how hilarious you are...
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juiceaholic asked: Hi! I was just wondering what's up with the Bill Maher white privilege thing? I just started watching his show today so I don't really know anything about him. Could you please elaborate? Thankyou!
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#808
White privilege is going to the African exhibit at the zoo and noticing that a lot of those animals that are native to and found only in Africa are named after white dudes.
Mod note: hahaha, I love this one. An elephant named Chad? A cheetah named Piper? Where dey do dat at?
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#807
White privilege is that north korean flag gaffe in London Olympics 2012. If this isn’t an indication of how much the western world sees asian (and other nations of predominately POC) people as being “all the same”, I don’t know what is.
Mod note: We could do a whole goddamn blog on the examples of white privilege at the Olympics.
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#806
White privilege is writing a book where the princess is ‘pearl’ white and the villain ‘coal’ black, just like always, and then erasing the voices of women of color who raise concern by deleting their comments from your Facebook page. Silencing oppressed voices is not combatting racism, it’s encouraging it.
Mod note: A little context here - Victoria Foyt made two...
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#805
white privilege is watching the London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony and hearing the British and American commentators poke fun at the names of African and Asian countries and constantly refer to their negative downfalls (poverty, war, crime etc.) while they hold their flags. Meanwhile, European countries and the United States are only referred to in regards to their sports backgrounds.
White...
New Content from The Black Kids Table: WOC...
dionthesocialist:
WOC Alternatives to Marilyn Monroe
Save the Pearls - A White Woman’s Worst Nightmare
And don’t forget to check out yesterday’s new content.
Anti-Racist Starter Pack Playlist
Review - The Dark Knight Rises
Also get excited for new satire later this week and a new layout next week.
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#804
White privilege is Victoria Foyt and her book Save the Pearls.
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#803
White privilege is wanting to go back to the 50’s because they had “cute ass relationships” “cute clothes” and other silly insignificant stuff.
For all of ya’ who don’t know, the farthest back I can go is the 90’s. 80’s would be pushing it. Here’s why:
80’s: The racist Wellfare Queen depictions
70’s: War, Communism scare,...
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This is how this blog works if you guys keep being...
aboutmaleprivilege:
People submit examples of male privilege.
People (including cis males) read them.
Those same people (including cis males) think.
I’m not spoonfeeding your ass information. You have to think about what each privilege means. I’m not “adding an addendum” to someone’s submission when it doesn’t need it just because you’re confused. If you’re confused, do research, think, ask...
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separationbymitosis-deactivated asked: Soo radfems denying the racism in their movement.. I want to know if maybe I'm not being conscious enough of my male privilege and should back off from pointing out what I see as oppressive behavior or are they not being conscious of their white privilege enough to see their oppressive behavior?
