Posted on Oct 23, 2016
White Privilege, Explained in One Simple Comic
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This one simple comic explains why white privelege is very real, and needs to be addressed.
To summarize: even though some whites may not be overtly rude or hateful against people of color in this country, they still benefit from white privelege.
White privelege means being far less likely to get off on a plea deal for drug violations, while a person of color is far more likely to go to prison for the same exact crime.
White privelege means that with the same exact background and criminal record, a person with a white sounding name such as "Connor Bradley" is HUNDREDS of times more likely to be hired than a man named "LaMarcus Johnson" or something similar.
White privelege is growing up with familial wealth and resources that have been saved up over generations of white college educated ancestors with stable jobs. Compare that to just fifty years ago, where people of color were banned from attending most colleges, or from working anything but low paying, demeaning jobs, making it impossible to save up wealth or provide stability for the next generation.
People of color suffer from generations of discrimination even to this day, and it would not be inaccurate to say that whites in this country have a four hundred year head start in society. This is white privelege, and one of the most compelling reasons in support of affirmative action and reparations. It is simply an unfair competition between 400 years of accumulated wealth and resources that white people have, and the fact that people of color were denied such opportunities for the entire history of the USA, and to a large extent, still being denied those opportunities today.
If true equality in this country is to be achieved, we must eliminate the massive societal advantage that whites have, simply for being white.
To summarize: even though some whites may not be overtly rude or hateful against people of color in this country, they still benefit from white privelege.
White privelege means being far less likely to get off on a plea deal for drug violations, while a person of color is far more likely to go to prison for the same exact crime.
White privelege means that with the same exact background and criminal record, a person with a white sounding name such as "Connor Bradley" is HUNDREDS of times more likely to be hired than a man named "LaMarcus Johnson" or something similar.
White privelege is growing up with familial wealth and resources that have been saved up over generations of white college educated ancestors with stable jobs. Compare that to just fifty years ago, where people of color were banned from attending most colleges, or from working anything but low paying, demeaning jobs, making it impossible to save up wealth or provide stability for the next generation.
People of color suffer from generations of discrimination even to this day, and it would not be inaccurate to say that whites in this country have a four hundred year head start in society. This is white privelege, and one of the most compelling reasons in support of affirmative action and reparations. It is simply an unfair competition between 400 years of accumulated wealth and resources that white people have, and the fact that people of color were denied such opportunities for the entire history of the USA, and to a large extent, still being denied those opportunities today.
If true equality in this country is to be achieved, we must eliminate the massive societal advantage that whites have, simply for being white.
White Privilege, Explained in One Simple Comic
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I agree that there is a thing called white priviledge but not so much in the way this comic depicts it. Alot of you're points are invalid because there are black people that come from the same backgrounds now that you depict that white people come from. You can't sit here and make the broad claim that "Poeple of color continue to suffer from discrimination to this day" when The NBA is predominately black and we have a organization called "Black Entertainment Television". I'm a black man from the south and I've seen true racism upfront and close but my parents always taught me to continue to strive for what I want, even in the face of adversity. If I had this thought process that you described on your post then i would never be as successful as I am now. If you continue to look for reasons to justify your shortcomings than you'll never get anywhere in life, REGARDLESS of what color you are.
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I wish I could Up-Vote this 100 times!
LTC Allen West and GEN Colin Powell both came up through the ranks in an Army that was sometimes openly hostile towards men of color. Yet they persevered and succeeded DESPITE the social norms of the time. Racism can be overcome if you want to overcome it. Or you can continue to wallow in self-inflicted "Victim Syndrome" where you blame everyone else for your failures. Life is a choice; your position in society is dependent on the choices you make.
LTC Allen West and GEN Colin Powell both came up through the ranks in an Army that was sometimes openly hostile towards men of color. Yet they persevered and succeeded DESPITE the social norms of the time. Racism can be overcome if you want to overcome it. Or you can continue to wallow in self-inflicted "Victim Syndrome" where you blame everyone else for your failures. Life is a choice; your position in society is dependent on the choices you make.
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wish I knew about this White Privilege thing... Maybe I could have used it to Get promoted faster... and stay longer...
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I don't do drugs, so I guess I miss out on my oh so sweet privilege.
My family also didn't go to college, at least not as far back as I can verify easily. No familial wealth to speak of either.
My father was raised picking cotton in 1940s Arkansas. He lived in his car for most of my life (my parents were divorced) to save up enough money to rent a motel 6 bedroom for the weekends that he had custody.
My mother, who again was not college educated, worked 90 hours a week to keep us fed (me and my 2 siblings).
I guess I must have missed the boat on that white privilege you say I got.
I also don't believe the job situation has effected me, considering my wife and I are the only two white people at my job and all of my direct superiors are minorities.
Is it too late to cash that privilege in? Where do I go for my check?
My family also didn't go to college, at least not as far back as I can verify easily. No familial wealth to speak of either.
My father was raised picking cotton in 1940s Arkansas. He lived in his car for most of my life (my parents were divorced) to save up enough money to rent a motel 6 bedroom for the weekends that he had custody.
My mother, who again was not college educated, worked 90 hours a week to keep us fed (me and my 2 siblings).
I guess I must have missed the boat on that white privilege you say I got.
I also don't believe the job situation has effected me, considering my wife and I are the only two white people at my job and all of my direct superiors are minorities.
Is it too late to cash that privilege in? Where do I go for my check?
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