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I've taken that route, and apparently, that white coal miner is still privileged because white privilege isn't exactly about wealth or living conditions, it's about being part of the 'dominant racial group' in a society and living in a society 'built for people like you, by people like you'. So according to their theory, the system will still view and treat white coal miners more favourably than blacks in the same situation. If you compare the white coal miners to someone like Idris Elba, Idris Elba's money is the only thing that sets him apart from the miners, but the miners still have more privilege, because a white man with just as much money as Idris Elba would be regarded better by the system.
If you try to explain that a lot of the people considered "white" today, were not "white" when the nation was built, they counter that those groups eventually became "white" and were able to "blend in" and act "white" even if they were Irish or southern European (southern European is interesting, because that generally means Mediterranean, and most people along the Mediterranean look very much alike, which is an easy route to eliminate North Africans and coastal Middle Easterners from their POC brigade). They state black people can never, and will never, be accepted into society because they can never possibly "blend in" to the dominant racial group because they will never not look black (even though they ignore that a lot of the classifications of "white" happened during and after the civil rights era, where people who weren't considered white by many Americans were lumped in with those who were, so everyone of European heritage could be attacked) Their whole argument boils down to 'they hate us because we're black' meaning their skin, and not 'they hate us because we're black' meaning the overall conduct of blacks and "black culture".
They are essentially black nationalists, without saying they're black nationalists, because that gets you put on the FBI radar. That's why these people who scream about white privilege support activities such as 'A Day Without Whites' and black only dorms and other accomodations. They don't want equality, they want what they claim you have, even if you don't have it in reality, but they still want it. They don't want their own nation to rule over, they want yours.
Then the other side believes we all just need to mix and become one giant equal shade of brown, because that how genetics works apparently (and people totally won't divide themselves along their shades of brown, just like blacks do among themselves today in the US and in Africa... But they're not the racist ones).
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[–] derenotrat 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I've taken that route, and apparently, that white coal miner is still privileged because white privilege isn't exactly about wealth or living conditions, it's about being part of the 'dominant racial group' in a society and living in a society 'built for people like you, by people like you'. So according to their theory, the system will still view and treat white coal miners more favourably than blacks in the same situation. If you compare the white coal miners to someone like Idris Elba, Idris Elba's money is the only thing that sets him apart from the miners, but the miners still have more privilege, because a white man with just as much money as Idris Elba would be regarded better by the system.
If you try to explain that a lot of the people considered "white" today, were not "white" when the nation was built, they counter that those groups eventually became "white" and were able to "blend in" and act "white" even if they were Irish or southern European (southern European is interesting, because that generally means Mediterranean, and most people along the Mediterranean look very much alike, which is an easy route to eliminate North Africans and coastal Middle Easterners from their POC brigade). They state black people can never, and will never, be accepted into society because they can never possibly "blend in" to the dominant racial group because they will never not look black (even though they ignore that a lot of the classifications of "white" happened during and after the civil rights era, where people who weren't considered white by many Americans were lumped in with those who were, so everyone of European heritage could be attacked) Their whole argument boils down to 'they hate us because we're black' meaning their skin, and not 'they hate us because we're black' meaning the overall conduct of blacks and "black culture".
They are essentially black nationalists, without saying they're black nationalists, because that gets you put on the FBI radar. That's why these people who scream about white privilege support activities such as 'A Day Without Whites' and black only dorms and other accomodations. They don't want equality, they want what they claim you have, even if you don't have it in reality, but they still want it. They don't want their own nation to rule over, they want yours.
Then the other side believes we all just need to mix and become one giant equal shade of brown, because that how genetics works apparently (and people totally won't divide themselves along their shades of brown, just like blacks do among themselves today in the US and in Africa... But they're not the racist ones).
[–] CheeseboogerHimself ago (edited ago)
There's also black coal miners. Ask these nigs how the hell they were able to get a job and build a crime-free life.
[–] derenotrat ago
I'm sure there would probably be some mention of Uncle Toms or other excuses.