>>MOD WARNING>>'White privilege' essay contest ruffles upscale coastal town

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It's always been fascinating to me how many of the ones who complain about "white privilege" the most tend to be rich white liberals who live in overwhelmingly white areas. What fascinates me more, though, is how they choose to assuage the guilty feelings they have that comes from living a very blessed, comfortable life. Instead of actually giving up their wealth or living in a more diverse, less opulent area, they keep these things. Instead, they choose to advocate for social change so that the following generations of whites will not be able to enjoy the same luxuries that they did.

What's really happening here is known as "Passover Syndrome", and it tends to affect those who have similar backgrounds to those in Westport, Connecticut. The most interesting part of it is the transference mechanism, and how guilt shifts from one person to another based solely on whether someone is willing to acknowledge certain things.

But I reject the whole premise behind "white privilege". Some of the poorest areas in this country are found in predominantly white, rural areas. West Virginia is one of the whitest states in the country, and it has consistently had one of the highest poverty rates. If simply being white affords you a well-off, comfortable lifestyle in this country, then those people in Appalachia would be living well, instead of being in the most impoverished geographic area in the whole country.

Another thing that is interesting is how the people who share the mindset of those in Westport, Connecticut only seem to want to correct the imbalance between rich and poor by bringing in non-white minorities into their communities. What about those whites who did not grow up in privileged areas? Those people who did not get to go to private schools, get jobs through their parents' university connections, inherit homes and trust funds in their teenage years? Why don't the people in Connecticut ever want poor whites to be able to move in next door with some Government help? The solution is always to make an area less white, and less wealthy. How does that benefit society, exactly?

Personally, I suspect many whites who crusade against "white privilege" are not the ones who have earned their comfortable lifestyles. Their parents or Grandparents probably studied hard, got good jobs, made wise investments, and then passed along their wealth to their kids, who grew up and took these things for granted. Perhaps if they worked hard for what they had, they wouldn't feel like they were simply given these things for being white. They will be more like the rest of us, who feel like they actually earned it. Maybe they will be less willing to take on the social plight of other groups, because they will be more concerned about their own issues and situations.

Maybe the "inheritance tax" has some huge benefits, after all.

 

Perhaps the easier answer is that "white privilege" is a leverage tool used by the very wealthy to justify wealth redistribution that only further protects their wealth. It acts as a social prophylactic that energizes otherwise shiftless and idle rich to advocate for more structured and stratified wealth. Democrats have used the tactic for as long as there have been democrats.

The best part about watching it unfold is likely the intent of protectionism has the opposite effect and annoys the "serfs" they so wish to protect themselves from. It's quite self defeating really. Watch, and patience will bare this out.

 

Where can I sign up for white privilege? I have been missing out on it for years but it sounds great.

 

Yeah same here. I've been working way too much like a sucker.

Hey libs! How do I get a taste of this "white privilege"? It sounds like a good life with no work involved.

 

There is an easy solution to white privilege. Upscale white communities like Westport should be the settlement point of our various refugee programs. Right now, refugees are spread out all over the country in communities that don't have the financial resources to provide services. It just makes sense that the richest communities in the country should be the ones that have the resources to provide them. Same thing with Section 8 and Public Housing. Right now, that's stuck in poor, urban areas. It should be targeted for the richest zip codes in the country. Upper Montclair, New Jersey, McLean, Virginia, Chappaqua, NY...these are the places loaded with privilege that should be packed full with the downtrodden.

And if you disagree with me you're racist.

 

No you haven't, you just never recognized it.

 

We don't recognize it because it doesn't exist. It's just another liberal excuse for poor performance, behavior and an inability to integrate or participate in a modern society.

 

I want to start a class about black privilege and affirmative action. Now of course its not racist, I just want to provoke a thoughtful conversation.

Think that black IBM VP hypocrite would be welcoming that class?

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Just like black privilege.

2 can play the race baiting game.

 

Being called a racist at every turn should have given him a clue, right.

Do you guys realize that when you use the term white privilege you're essentially saying whites are superior for no other reason than they're white?

Everyone is born equal, now try to be equal.

 

In 2015 median U.S. household income (by race) is highest for Asians. When will we start hearing about Asian privilege?

 

Really? Do you have a special white privilege decoder ring that tells you that?

 

"Virtue signaling"

White leftists who level the 'white privilege' accusation are signaling other whites (and everyone else) to their moral and intellectual supremacy.

it's very similar to...

Black leftists who level the "Uncle Tom" or "House N-word" accusation are signaling other blacks (and everyone else) to not only their moral and intellectual supremacy, but to their cultural "authenticity"

Both are components of the left's divisive Identity/Victim-Oppressor politics, which just so happens to be the most used tool in their political tool box. and if the events that began on November 2010 and culminated with Hillary's recent crushing defeat are any indication, they've worn it out....enough Americans to matter simply aren't listening anymore....they are refusing to be bullied, shamed and cowed into relinquishing their identities and individual rights, liberties and economic freedoms to the centrally dictated Collective Good™

which, as you might have noticed, has the left in an absolute panic.

 

There is no such thing.

However there is black privilege. Affirmative action.

 

I doubt he will answer. He doesn't like to have to support his baseless assertions, especially when the opposite is true.

 

That's not black privilege.

 

This is a good idea, and the rich white elites living in these areas are claiming they want more diversity in their neighborhoods, so this idea should be embraced by them.

 

No, I just grew up in America which gives me first hand knowledge of it.

 

Didn't you just elect a bunch of 'rich, white elites'? Of course I could be wrong about Trump and his billionaire buddies. Didn't Trump refuse to allow blacks to rent some of his property one time? Oh look: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/28/us/politics/donald-trump-housing-race.html
So, tell us about this diversity you're so keen on, Brewskier.

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I don't think those are the same rich white elites that live in Westport Connecticut. Did you read the OP?

 

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How is that when whites benefit the most from it.

 

Affirmative action has caused countless more qualified White people from getting jobs and/or promotions since it was enacted several decades ago.

It also has caused the "dumbing down" of qualifications for jobs (police, fire, schools, etc...), many of which makes America a less safe place to live in.

 

It was enacted solely because black people couldn't get jobs at all because of racism, discrimination and other loopholes white people used to try and wiggle out of not hiring blacks.

 

White privilege is a myth. Ask any Middle Class or lower family. If you're middle class or poor, you don't have any privilege outside of your God given rights as a human. Poor black families, poor white families, they're all treated the same. Middle class white families, middle class black families, they're all treated the same. How many black millionaires suffer oppression by white privilege? How many white people suffering from white guilt will throw the white people aside to butter up to the blacks? There's no white privilege, white privilege is a myth. Eliminate the teachers and professors teaching this rubbish and save a lot of money for better, more qualified classes that will actually educate our children.

 

You'd think they would have already offered a helping hand if they really cared. If nothing else, to the poor inner city blacks at least.