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Originally Posted by Kickrocks
People like to complain just to complain. Dont live your life feeling sorry for yourself. I see alot of white people without privilege.
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That's not how white privilege works. And yes, it does exist. Read through a few of these peer-reviewed academic studies (the abstract has the highlights):
http://www.politifact.com/punditfact...ely-get-respo/
Detailed data behind that article:
http://www2.econ.iastate.edu/classes...rand_emily.pdf
Black leaders are paid less after a mistake than white leaders:
https://www.mikkihebl.com/uploads/9/...0238177/73.pdf
Minorities are less likely to receive painkillers for the same injuries:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/b...always-racists
Black and Asian professors judged more harshly than white professors:
https://www.mikkihebl.com/uploads/9/...0238177/53.pdf
The more "typical" a minority looks, the worse they are treated:
https://www.mikkihebl.com/uploads/9/...0238177/62.pdf
I get WHY you don't believe in white privilege. You believe that it cheapens your accomplishments. "I didn't have any help! I did it on my own!"
See:
https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insight...ial-privileges
No one is saying you or any white person doesn't have to work hard to be successful, just that it's easier. Refusing to acknowledge that racism and slavery in America affects people of color today negatively and therefore provides an advantage to white people is simply wrong. Saying "no one alive was a slave" is idiocy: the foundation of generational wealth in America is the primary home. Guess what happened when the "greatest generation" came home? White veterans got subsidized housing - black veterans did not.
See here an article about Levittown (where Bill O'Reilly grew up):
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.394c29b74d18
And here a study showing the importance of home ownership in generational wealth:
http://iasp.brandeis.edu/pdfs/Author...thgapbrief.pdf
I highly encourage you to read with an open mind and with the understanding that acknowledging white privilege exists does not mean you didn't have to work hard to get to where you are.