This comment is by i’mjustsayin on the post The Luxury of Invisible Privilege
why is it that when someone writes an intelligent, critical piece on ONE topic, there are people compelled to point out, “i’m affected by this too”? but in a dismissive, self-congratulatory, “get over it” way…
my theory is that it gives a person permission to move on from the topic and return to the relative comfort of his or her life–now that’s a luxury. getting to pretend this doesn’t exist.
the writer never claimed that whites are the only ones enjoying privilege in this country, so stop dismissing people’s experiences by claiming that because they’re not singular, they aren’t valid. and if you’re going to attempt to paint white men (as a broad generalization) as the victims in American society today, please go back to the drawing board, as a more privileged demographic does. not. exist.
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I agree with Archy.
It is very regrettable that USA still has a race-problem issue and is unable to overcome it. Even the president of USA is not white. It is plainly wrong to accuse another person to have privileges because he or she is born white. In USA are poor and rich people and what has their wallet to do with their race?
Well whites do have more privilege, but I meant to say that wealth n power are like a multiple of 10 whereas race is a 5, so it’s possible that wealth n power for a black woman can HEAVILY outweigh the privileges of a straight white lower class and probably even middle class male. However a black straight white lower/mid class male will have less privilege than the same person whom is white (at least in the U.S from what I can understand, not sure about somewhere like some African nations where it may be reversed?). Just like a white… Read more »
Rich people are more privileged than white people. Oprah Winfrey is HUGELY more privileged than 99% of white men. Think before you speak. The ultimate privileges are power + wealth.