September 2012
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#899
White privilege is wanting people that are mixed with white and black to identify as White or mixed when they acheive greatness (Example: President Obama), but if they are “ghetto” you don’t want to call them White or mixed just black
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#898
White privilege is saying that a white jewish male would have almost no chance of becoming president and then saying that the only reason why Obama won the election of ‘08 is because he is black. This is just a sickening example of whites trying to belittle the accomplishments of PoC’s and completely dismissing the difficulties and challenges we face in this country.
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15years-and-351days asked: Are all of your posts true? I mean like, do you have a source? I'm not against you or anything but some of the things you posted surprise me.
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#897
White privilege is being a log cabin republican because you believe that if the republican party would just support glbtq rights they’d be a-ok whilst ignoring the fact that republican policies are disproportionately damaging for poc including glbtq poc.
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imalwaysrighhtt asked: Is it ok to vote for Obama solely because he's black?
August 2012
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xhatexvengeancex asked: #893 Are you serious? so, Hispanic people (people from HISPANIA/España, not mixed Mexicans) are not white? And classical Spanish guitarists are ignored? To be honest, I think every GOOD genre of music is being ignored, cause, you know, right? Most people just don't like it, since they already listen to Rihanna and god knows what else
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#896
White privilege is not understanding why classism and racism are almost without exception synonymous.
Mod note: This is why I don’t fuck with white leftists for the most part. If you talk about taking down capitalism and never mention racism and xenophobia, you’re full of shit.
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#895
White privilege is being able to move halfway across the world (young white British actresses/ dancers flocking en masse to India because of the recession to find film work in Bollywood) where you don’t speak any of the languages and know little about the culture, and find lucrative and easy work. White privilege is having 400+ years of colonial power to carry you through a global recession.
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blackpowwer asked: How do you feel about transethnicity? (identifying as an ethnicity you are not born as)
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absurdstreets asked: The thing about classical spanish guitarists is just simply not true. Santana? Gypsy Kings?
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#894
White privilege is the ability to be paranoid that the government is going to deny you your constitutional rights, dehumanize you, arrest you for nothing, and even kill you and in extreme circumstances setting up militia compounds for when those “dark days” come. Pretty much believing that there will be a systematic effort to dehumanize and kill you. Meanwhile poc are ACTUALLY being...
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sincerelyaisha asked: Do you think black people should stop using the term 'nigger' with each other?
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#893
White privilege is being hailed as one of the greatest guitarists of all time while classical Spanish guitarists are completely ignored.
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#892
White privilege is being interested in another PoC culture, then trying to dictate who gets to like and participate in it. Example: cosplay/Lolita. White girls complaining that black girls can’t be Lolita or cosplay because “it doesn’t look right” so you white girls can cosplay and be lolita but god forbid if a non asian/non white person does it. fuck off
eastafrodite:
Only oblivious white logic would live in a nation where people of color are systematically disenfranchised in every way (economically, medically, socially, academically, etc.) and ask “what’s race got to do with anything”?
GOP Approves ‘Most Conservative Platform In Modern... →
goddamnitreddas:
justinspoliticalcorner:
A week from the 2012 Republican National Convention, Republican committee members spent Tuesday articulating and affirming the principles they stand for in a draft of the official party platform.
Here are some highlights:
NO ABORTION IN CASES OF RAPE OR INCEST. The proposal for a “human life amendment” passed without a hitch — and without any...
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#891
White privilege is not having people assume your political affiliation based on your race. Being black Doesn’t make me an inherent democrat!
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#890
White privilege is no one questioning Mitt Romney about his birth certificate and Romney fucking gloating about that:
“No one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place that we were born and raised.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/24/mitt-romney-birth-certificate_n_1828095.html
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notanordinaryteen-thoughts asked: Not all PoC believe their is white privilege.
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#889
White privilege is not having the first topic of discussion when initially meeting someone be, “Who is your favorite rapper?” Because, of course, all Black girls like myself listen to rap and rap only.
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#888
White privilege in New Zealand is white people complaining how they are treated unfairly and how Maori have special rights while forgetting that colonialism has robbed Maori of their lands (and in a way, their cultures and heritages, which are tied closely to their lands) and left them marginalised and disenfranchised. White privilege is claiming that European colonisation benefited Maori, and...
yerba-santa-deactivated20121206 asked: The last person is lying through their teeth. The Maori were systematically killed, their land taken, their languages and cultures suppressed. Saying the land was bought is an outright falsehood, as many Maori still protest that the land was never sold, but rather leased or lent to foreigners. The British Colonial government abused the Maori's difference of understanding and took the best...
diamondliaisons asked: "For them now, they get all their university education paid". WTF. No, just shut up. Yes, there are scholarships that you can get if you have Maori ancestry but seriously these are like $2000 grants most of the time and not every Maori person will get them. Fuck, I know more white people who have their ENTIRE universities fees paid for because of scholarships because of what school they...
gorgeous-and-thin asked: No I haven't heard of it, it's not my fault if school doesn't teach it to me, i'm sorry i don't know it. I'm just saying what i know. I have friends near Hamilton that went to a beach one day and got told to pay money or leave. they were threatened with knives. I think that's pretty awful.
holyhabnero asked: I'm a little confused. IF, big IF, what this person is saying about not having the same opportunities as everyone else because they aren't Maori, then how is that NOT racist. Does it really make it okay if the Maori were oppressed first for them to in turn oppress others? I'm not saying what they are doing is unwarranted or what was done to them is in anyway right, though.
gorgeous-and-thin asked: Technically, I never said there wasn't white privilege, I only said Maori get a lot of privileges white people do not. Like say, I got a B+ average this year so I won't get into Medicine like I planned, yet a Maori girl i know got a C+ average last year and got in because she is Maori. Which to me is unfair.
captaineli asked: As a white-as-sin New Zealander, the treatment of Maori in my nation's past is a source of great shame. No, the colonial government didn't treat the Maori as bad as they could have, but they didn't treat them like they were fully human. They still stole Maori land, disrupted the natural culture and destroyed Taonga. How we, white NZers, have treated Maori is abominable, and the...
loteandherbreadstick-deactivate asked: They get into medicine and dentistry easier - Yep, no racism in NZ! We get a slightly lower uni entry and we can totez erase Blackbirding, Dawn Raids, cockblocking Samoa and Vanuatu's accession into the WTO, demanding that the Pacific Islands buy their waste(Mutton flaps), colonial imperialism! xx NEW ZEALAND WE ARE TOTES INTERGRATED xx
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loteandherbreadstick-deactivate asked: Never treated as slaves? are you FUCKING kidding me? really ever heard of Blackbirding? No, of course you haven't, because the NZ educational system doesn't deem it important to teach students about enslaving Pacific Islanders INCLUDING MAORIS!
You can't steal a country and then call racist...
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gorgeous-and-thin asked: they get into medicine and dentistry easier, the bar for law students is lower if you are Maori. They get a lot of privileges we do not get. I'm not complaining, I don't have any issue with how it is, but they don't let us on to the beaches which is public property and they threaten specifically white businesses. Certain Maori politicians also protest continuously that they have no...
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captaineli asked: Man, that person has no idea what's going on. They're not talking about Maori oppressing white people, they're talking about gangs oppressing people who are not in gangs. Admittedly, there is an over-representation of Maori in gang-related activity, but that's linked to the fact that Maori are over-represented in low-income groups, which is the fault of a white government and a...
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gorgeous-and-thin asked: New Zealand. It was colonised, yes like a lot of countries were. Maori people were never hated in this country, never treated as slaves, it's nothing like america or australia. We took their land yes obviously, but there was not hatred ever. Each tribe was paid massive amounts of money and there were huge apologies said to all Maori people. For them now, they get all their university...
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miakosamuio asked: The thing about New Zealand is that the land was stolen from the Maori's by white people in the first place so they have a right to be pissed.
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gorgeous-and-thin asked: I saw the post "not having to save money to save your sacred land from being turned into a highway". but in my country things are a bit different. The native people, the Maori, often wait around at beaches and force white people to pay to go on or they beat them up, and in small towns local white businesses are forced to pay "protection money" to the local Maori so they...
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5ylviek3nz asked: not all white people are evil racists, trust me i thought that too at somepoint when i was younger, but the thing is no one is born with hate, or racism in them, it's the environment theyre around that creates oppressive thoughts
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#887
White privilege is not having to desperately come up with money to save your sacred land so it’s not turned into a highway.
Donate.
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egbet asked: whomever you are, i love you. no, im totally serious. i can sit and read your responses all day. sometimes when i think its been a while since the blog has shown up in my feed i consider asking something that is asking for your brilliance in the form of a sarcastic response. keep it up the good work, man:)
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sumbeing asked: Recent post (#882) quite rightly pointing out white privilege used the word 'insane' to describe large white families glorified by the media. My understanding of the situation (n.b. I'm not disabled myself) is that "insane" is an ableist slur, especially when used by abled peoples. Using it in a critical context, as many do, associates incompetency or irresponsibility with...
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teenmurder asked: hahaha I want too see how long you'll keep doing this until you realize you sound immature as hell
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teenmurder asked: do you think that makes you clever...? You sound like a second grader
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teenmurder asked: JESUS CHRIST YOU ARE SO ANNOYING OH MY GOD
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teenmurder asked: I wasn't going to say anything but literally dude what the fuck is wrong with you? Why does "white privilege" or someone being for something your against fucking matter, just be concerned with yourself. Like it literally baffles me, I don't give a damn about race or anything. Just be a good human and you're good in my book, just delete this blog and get a hobby because you...
Black Person: *Explains why "cracker" isn't a racial slur and isn't comparable to the N-word
Black Person: *Gets 13 notes*
White Person: *Explains why "cracker" isn't a racial slur and isn't comparable to the N-word
White Person: *Gets 3,013 notes, praise, 1,000 followers, high fives, a party, a reality show, a pat on the back from Oprah, a trip to Disney, a pizza, a book deal, and a movie*
#886
White privilege is the upcoming movie The Impossibles about a white family living through the 2004 South Asian tsunami.
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The Free License Movement Call-In Campaign
dionthesocialist:
Lead by your local Black Kids Table.
“Let’s call these laws what they are. They’re a poll tax. Poll taxes have been outlawed in the United States for decades, as their only purpose is to discourage poor people from voting. Just because you move the tax from the polling location to the DMV, doesn’t mean it somehow becomes legal. As long as licenses cost money, and as long as...
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#885
White privilege is the Westboro Baptist Church.
If a group of POC picketed violent or radical ideas anywhere—especially at the funerals of American troops—there would be extreme and immediate consequences.
Submission by in-n0-cence
Mod note: Let’s take this moment to observe that we literally don’t have a right to free speech because we’re dark-skinned.
