People abuse the word "racist"

[Nettles]

Puppyroach said:

mornelithe said:

By this way of thinking, every religious person on the planet is guilty of every transgression and violent, horrific act carried out in the name of their respective faiths throughout history.  So, all Christians, Catholics, and Muslims are racist, woman hating, pedophiles.  Generalizations and Sins of the Father mentality are lovely, aren't they?

The thing that utterly pisses me off about this, is that I'm not rich, I've never been rich, my family was pretty poor when I was growing up, and we've never experienced this 'white privilege' you refer to.  My stepfather drove a fucking moped to work, in Vermont, through winters so he could put food on our table.  Fuck anyone saying he was privileged.  

What? I think you misunderstood what I was saying. I mean that we need to understand why the term "white privilege" exist and why there still are structures in society that benefits some people to a higher degree than others.

Is it right to blame anyone for all transgressions in the past by a specific color of your skin, religion or ideology? No, absolutely not, but we can not behave and think that we are not in any way affected by the society around us and the history that has lead to where we are today. I am talking about finding explanations for people´s reaction, not just looking at people´s reactions in a vacuum without any relation to history or how society as a whole is today.

Self loathing Swede.

Figures.