Puppyroach said:
I think all of us have rascist tendencies, conscious or subconsciously. It´s most likely biologically imprinted in our genome, to categorize and assess the world around us and always assess the threat level of other people. And we find open rascism within all groups of people, no matter the color. But the thing is, history has been fortunate for caucasian people. We are not more intelligent than any other group, we don´t have any extra skill. But many of our ancestors have been succesful in invading other nations, or having slaves. So the "white privilege" is a historical heritage that has formed the society we live in today. And even though we, in a lot of ways, have leveled the playing field when it comes to legal rights, it takes a lot longer for people´s minds to change and for them to look at other people as equals. If the roles had been reversed and people from africa had established prescence in the US and gotten slaves from Europe, we would have been talking about "black privilege" today. I think everyone should be able to bash everyone no matter what color of their skin, but we need to understand why opposition toward what white people say about black people is so strong sometimes. |
I understand what you're saying, but do you not realize the depth of the stupidity it is to try and reprimand people living today for the transgressions of society over the course of time? It's ludicrous to even suggest 'white privilege' as far as I'm concerned. Where does that rabbit hole end? You can't take back history, you can't go back 2,000 years and make brown and white and every shade inbetween of person equal. You say white privilege, I say that the world has been largely homogenized at different parts of the globe and we simply suggest that because the 'Caucasian' nations have largely been more successful by their own merit alone. (Europe, USA, Canada, Other northern nations - Primarily Caucasian), (Africa, Primarily Black), (Asia - Primarily Asian), South America (Primarily Hispanic).
All you can do, is to ensure that the dynamics of society today do not exclude people. That's it. People using white privilege at an attempt to deflect problems in their life are simply living a life of delusion and are part of the problem not the solution. The white privilege concept does nothing but stir racial emotions in a negative context and further create divides.
Life isn't fair and the sooner people get over that fact and adjust accordingly the better.
