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Originally Posted by Fairtoall
I forgot to say. In an example where every single thing is the exact same such as attractiveness, IQ, money, upbringing values, religious values, mom and dad types, body type, abilities, etc.; you add the black skin and see what happens. No it doesn't hold you completely back where you will never have a chance but none of us here wants to share those equals and then add the black skin to us. That would scare the hell out of us. We would no longer have the totally equal chances even though we might be able to become the president of a company or whatever. As far as stereotypes. Not all country people are rednecks, not all Fl people are morons (our new national name this year), not all white men are bigots, not all women that cheat are whores, not all urban people are city slickers not to be trusted, on and on. Each one should be judged by his or her own behavior just like you would like done to you and that is just not happening at a fair rate.
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Agreed. These are all things we *should* understand. But until those who DO live with that white privilege and deny it, stop denying it, it will continue. "All they have to do is..." doesn't mean a load of nothing. A black man in New Haven was stopped, questioned, detained, and searched for going to an abandoned building. The police though the guy was a drug dealer, or going to visit a drug dealer. They thought he stole the car he arrived in. He was humiliated, publicly.
Turns out - he was one of the big-wigs of City Hall. Not the Mayor but someone up there, it was awhile back and I can't remember exactly.
They stopped him because he is black. They didn't recognize him because he wasn't AT the town hall in his suit in his office surrounded by his mostly white staff to vouch for him.
So saying "all you have to do is take what you're given and propel yourself up from it" - is basically saying "I have no idea what it's like, and I believe what I believe and no amount of proof will make me believe otherwise."