(01-16-2019, 03:29 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(01-16-2019, 01:02 PM)jagibelieve Wrote: The "white privilege" thing is made up.

I'm just saying, it might not be as big of a deal as some people say, but it is a real thing.  
Maybe it's a small enough deal that we don't need to make it part of the national political discussion.  Or maybe not.  But it does exist.

It's a "real thing" for people that view others based on race, sexual orientation, etc.  you know... people that feel the need to put others into categories.  It's a made up thing for people that think rationally.  I have/had no more and no less opportunity than any white or black man.  I have experienced discrimination directed against me (sometimes still do).  That doesn't make me any "less privileged" than a white person.  I make a pretty good living due to my own hard work and have provided a good life for my wife and children.  It doesn't make me any more or less "privileged" than anyone else.

The term "white privilege" was made up to justify the laziness and lack of core values by some people.

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