February 2013
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#1114
White privilege is trying to get pity by saying you can’t things you “need” like food stamps and scholarships because you’re white. (When you live better than most PoC you know)
White privilege is being the one actually playing the “race card,” but never being accused of it.
theilluminatedone4-deactivated2 asked: I made a post on why "White Nationalism" is illogical. In that post I stated that these "White Nationalists" simply believed that "Anti-Racism"="Anit-White" because equality for all meant no "white privlege". They simply bashed but couldn't argue one logical point.
Please don’t send links to Facebook conversations or Tumblr posts. No screenshots of it either. If something posted online reminds you of white privilege, please submit a text post explaining the example. It’s cleaner. Thanks.
January 2013
#1113
White privilege is being able to make a career out of talking about the oppression that people of color face, and the privileges white people get, (Tim Wise, Peggy McIntosh) when they’re doing nothing but regurgitating what People of Color have been saying since the beginning.
Meanwhile, People of Color who talk about the same things get death threats, are ignored, and have their work...
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#1112
white privilege is criticizing hip-hop for misogyny but not any other genre.
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#1111
White privilege is being able to listen to any genre of music and not have to worry about racism and hostility from the band and/or the fans.
Submission from http://senacatalyst.tumblr.com/
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#1110
White privilege is “slave plantations.”
“If the website Fetlife is any indication, there is apparently a not insubstantial number of people who engage in sexual roleplaying and BDSM using the motif of chattel slavery in the antebellum South. A cursory review of the member profiles suggests that many of these people are white supremacists.[…] White supremacy is a mental illness....
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#1109
White privilege is having a show like Saturday Night Live run for 38 years with 132 cast members and a minuscule percentage being people of color considered the epitome of late night entertainment and humor in the American media. Our voices aren’t being heard so why is this show such an iconic staple in our pop culture dynamic when it lacks our culture.
http://meddiv.tumblr.com
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#1108
White privilege is Harvey Levin, being able to rant and rave when someone makes a remark he doesn’t like and comparing it to the N-word.
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#1107
White privilege is being able to saying that your Israeli friend’s parents chose to come to the U.S.A. but your Ghanaian, Gambian and Bengali friends’ parents escaped to the U.S.
http://yaamanu.tumblr.com/
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#1106
White privilege is your AP Human Geography teacher asking the class what it would be like to live in a country with ethnic violence.
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#1105
White privilege is not having to wonder if anymore of your family is going to be killed in drone attacks before you can go visit them in a few months.
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#1104
White privilege is having a skeptical, confused, or “why is he or she offended by that” look on your face after a person of color is offended by a racist comment.
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#1103
White privilege is not having to prepare yourself emotionally for the racist remarks in the comments section of any news article covering something not squarely about white people.. or even when it is. White privilege is assuming any crime that involves a black or Hispanic person is “gang related” even when the reports make no mention of gang involvement. White privilege is hearing...
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#1102
White privilege is my cultural anthropology teacher arguing that “white southerners” have a “distinct subculture” and it would be “unfair” to call someone a racist for embracing the confederate flag because “to them it means something different.”
(Can you tell I’m slowly dying in this class?)
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#1101
White Privilege is Simon and Martina becoming Youtube Famous for talking about Korea, while CharlyCheer who also talked about Korea, while she was there, isn’t as well known.
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#1100
White Privilege is Die Antwoord being the first musical group from South Africa that has made it this big, when both rap and South Africa are both predominantly black.
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#1099
White privilege is the book “Stupid White Men,” (which, to be fair, is good in its assessment of institutionalized racism, intersectionality and cultural appropriation) getting a ton of publicity while similar texts written by POC are nowhere near as well-known.
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#1098
White Privilege is when your white roommate tells you that she admires black people for “dealing” with such “difficult” hair (while you’re doing a twist out). It’s when she questions you for wearing a scarf at night. It’s when she judges other POC on campus for hanging out together. It’s when she claims that she isn’t a racist, by bringing up her...
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#1097
White privilege is being the most vocal person in an Ethnic Studies course despite the fact that you have zero knowledge on the topic and nothing of value to contribute.
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#1096
White privilege is not being told to “get over it, it’s just a movie” when bringing up the fact that a white actor is playing a Native American character in Disney’s upcoming movie (The Lone Ranger) despite there being plenty of actual Native American actors that could have been chosen without the need to overemphasize existing Native American stereotypes and trying to...
pompetypom asked: Out of curiosity, would you say that European countries that have had nothing to do with Africa, the slave trade, countries that have never colonised others etc etc (let's say Estonia for example) - would you say those citizens have white privilege? If their ancestors never played a part in any of it, does that make a difference to you? I mean this is a very American centric blog so i'm...
spiralsly asked: The comments in that Cracked article (as per usual) make me want to stab my eyes out. "I wish we were truly a post-racial society where white folks could say "n****" and not be subject to criticism for it." Also, the same guy thinks that white people using that word is a sign of progress ohmigawd go die plz.
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#1095
White privileged is this new article on cracked: http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-situations-that-make-white-people-feel-racist/
An article written by white people for white people about how doing thinking or saying racist things around POC makes them feel “uncomfortable”. Because clearly, its all about them and their sensitive white feelings of discomfort.
Here are some gems:
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someone in our inbox keeps forgetting that fat black women exist. you can’t separate their identities and put one ‘over’ the other.
#theirproblem
#notours
RTK
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#1094
White privilege is believing “Don’t you have a little French in you? You can’t be all black; there’s something in there.” is a compliment. (But, seriously, though - she said there. There. Ugh.)
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#1093
White privilege is going through the “i look asian” tag and saying “well she does look a little Asian, actually” in front of an already offended Chinese person.
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#1092
White privilege is being able to attack Native Americans, trans* groups, and a fourteen year old girl who comes to collect you on the whiteness bus and STILL play the victim. White privilege is being able to ignore your Native American friend when she points out that she knows a fourteen year old Vietnamese girl who self harmed because of your actions. Seriously: fuck this shit. Fuck you. I’m glad...
minorityprivilegeasksyou asked: which is the most persecuted minority ? black people, women or fat people ?
thr0ugh-rose-colored-glasses asked: What about Lana del Rey makes her part of white privilege/why did you have her as her icon(I'm assuming the icons are related to white privilege)? I'm asking out of curiosity/ wanting to know more.
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#1091
White privilege is being able to go to the doctor without being asked if you need an interpreter even though you haven’t said a word yet.
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#1090
White privilege is being able to walk down the school corridor without people trying to feel up your hair.
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#1089
White privilege is never having to hear people asking your White family members if you were adopted, because why else would a White man have a non-White child?
Submission from (The Silly Soliloquy)
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faerydusts:
[AGGRESSIVELY EXISTS TO ANNOY RACISTS]
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#1088
White privilege is being able to go to the doctor without being asked if you need an interpreter even though you haven’t said a word yet.
Submission from fertilehen69
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#1087
White privilege is going to the airport and not having to worry about different treatment at airport security.
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“Calling me cracker is just as bad as me calling you the n-word.”
– White proverb (via misscontraption)
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#1086
White privilege is beg able to go into a Call of Duty lobby and NOT having to worry about a bunch of white boys screaming “nigger”, “fag” and other slurs that were used to dehumanize different groups of people.
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doeshislovemakeyourheadspin-dea asked: In reference to this post (your url +/post/41091732139/1072), in your opinion, would it be okay for LGBTQs who are also POCs to compare the two?
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if you want something rebloggable. you can do it yourself. screenshots are ok and we’ll reblog from you if we see it on the interwebs…
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#1085
White privilege is continually comparing things like abortion (from pro-life movements) and eating meat (from militant vegans) to slavery and other forms of PoC oppression. White privilege is using the struggles of PoC for their own gains in a field hardly related at all.
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#1084
White privilege is not having to use an alternative first name instead of your real first name because when your first name is Santos every potential employer just glosses over your resume and assumes that you are not a legal citizen, do not speak english, are not educated/qualified enough for the job. White privilege is both my boyfriend and I being out of work at the same time and myself (white)...
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#1083
White privilege is being able to come back from vacation and say, “I’m tanned so much, I’m practically a Mexican!” because god knows all that stands between your blonde and freckled ignorant ass and being Hispanic isn’t a cultural identity as a PoC but a week of slowly broiling yourself on an expensive private beach
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tavvybaby asked: If you call white people crackers, can I call you a nigger?
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So uh, this happened.
cinnamonnipz:
Dear members of the Cornell community:
This afternoon, we were informed that an African-American student returned to his residence hall room yesterday evening and found a noose hanging from the bunk bed. Based on the information available to us at the time we learned of the incident, we took those steps that we consider of paramount importance—ensuring the safety of the...
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#1082
White privilege is mocking and dehumanizing a POC’s culture one day and appropriating it for your own entertainment the next.
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maymonsturr asked: Might I say, this blog is quite intriguing. I'm currently studying to become a social worker and would love to explore the links, articles, papers.. etc you've gotten your insights and info from. Could you possibly link me to some academic sources?
“If your activism makes your oppressor feel comfortable than maybe you should...”
– My badass professor Dr. Zwissler
We were talking about Slutwalks, when she dropped that truth bomb. “Don’t get my wrong, I want to dance at the revolution, but I don’t want my oppressors dancing with me”.
LOVE HER
(via iamateenagefeminist)
damn.
so much truth. (via biculturallatina) 