It was a different thing when we demanded equal treatment in front of law, and removal of laws which prevented free interaction among individuals.
The problem with this white privilege argument is that it has numerous parallels with Marxists polylogism idea. People are a lot less racists now, but somehow a culture has to be created which has to explain why in an era of low racism some groups are more backwards than the others, or why 'affirmative action is still required'.
All you end up doing is create a class of entitled progressives who think that somehow their lives were better because they are white/male/etc.
Do you know why people tend to be racists? They tend to be racists because at the end of the day believing that somehow the 'average' of their group being better than the other groups makes their own shitty existence better. So your life sucks, you don't have a job, you are fat as fuck, but thank god you are white.
People apologizing for White privilege tend to embrace it for the same reason(its not like they can experience it, it is always a second hand experience).
It was a different thing when we demanded equal treatment in front of law, and removal of laws which prevented free interaction among individuals.
The problem with this white privilege argument is that it has numerous parallels with Marxists polylogism idea. People are a lot less racists now, but somehow a culture has to be created which has to explain why in an era of low racism some groups are more backwards than the others, or why 'affirmative action is still required'.
All you end up doing is create a class of entitled progressives who think that somehow their lives were better because they are white/male/etc.
Do you know why people tend to be racists? They tend to be racists because at the end of the day believing that somehow the 'average' of their group being better than the other groups makes their own shitty existence better. So your life sucks, you don't have a job, you are fat as fuck, but thank god you are white.
People apologizing for White privilege tend to embrace it for the same reason(its not like they can experience it, it is always a second hand experience).