‘I wouldn’t change places with you’: 8th grader’s ‘white boy privilege’ poem goes viral

Royce Mann, an eighth grader from Atlanta, Ga., took the Internet by surprise with his poem called, “white boy privilege” that he wrote and recited at his school’s poetry slam contest in May.

In the video recently posted by his mother on YouTube, 14-year-old Mann expresses his thoughts on race, gender and equality issues.

He began the poem by saying how grateful he was to have been born a white male and said that he loved his “white boy privilege.”

He goes on to talk about the ways in which life is better for him than minorities and women before adding that things need to change.

“are you referring to Haiti?”

Haiti, Jamaica, Liberia, Zimbabwe and any other black African country.

“read it, let me know what you think...”

I read and it is tragic that an outstanding individual like him has to carry the burden of his race.

The race problem is probably the most serious problem we face here in the US (Actually, that’s the second most serious problem, the first is the left).

And to call it a “race problem” is too broad. It is mainly a black race problem. There’s hardly any problem with other race. Asians and white for example get along great.

A while back I started pondering this problem and I wrote the following. Take a look at it and let me know what you think. Things you agree with and things you disagree. Here it is...

When you have two groups of people...

1. with significantly different AVERAGE IQ’s (more than one standard deviation), and with
2. members of the groups that are easily identified as belonging to one group or the other

... those two groups will not be able to coexist peacefully together in the same country.

The reasons for this is as follows.

- If you have one group that has a significantly lower IQ, what kind of jobs do you think they will end up having (assuming there is absolutely no discrimination)?

- In a similar vein, how do you think the kids of the lower IQ group will do in school?

- I imagine you would answer that lower IQ group will be disproportionately represented in the menial jobs, and the lower IQ students will be over-represented in the group that flunks out. There will also be some that will have high level, good paying jobs, but much fewer, as well as students who get As, but again much fewer.

- Given human nature, what do you think the consequences of such reality is going to be in the society. How will the various groups react?

- Well, it is a human trait to identify with groups, and what you look like is definitely one of the things we strongly identify with. Racial features are foremost in that identification. So the people who identify through their looks with the low IQ group are going to feel very resentful of the fact that so many of their “brothers” occupy the low rung of the ladder, and they will want to know why. And if you tell them that it’s because on the average that group has lower IQ, that will only get them more incensed, especially if they have been told that all races are on the average equal.

There will also be plenty in the higher IQ group who, through guilt or ignorance or “fairness” will side with the grievances of the other group. Thus a coalition is formed against the remaining majority of the Higher IQ group to address those grievances.

The choice that this majority has is to either comply, by giving in to their demands, or to resist those demands. Resisting the demands will result in protests, riots and violence. To possibly avoid that, the majority caves, and so it institutes anti-discrimination laws, preferential treatments, diversity, multiculturalism and on and on.

This only exacerbates the problem, because the people getting preferential treatment will actually now perform even worse than before, because they know they can get away with it. On noticing this the majority gets even more incensed and prejudiced, escalating the problem even more, sooner or later ending up with more demands on the part of the lower IQ group and its allies.

And again the majority is at the proverbial fork in the road of having to decide to say enough is enough (which probably means war or some type of separation) or to appease one more time.

And that’s why I say that two easily identifiable groups with significantly different AVERAGE IQ, CANNOT (as in logical certitude) coexist peacefully together.

The above statement can also be applied to cultural differences, demonstrating why multiculturalism is such an utter failure. Here’s that general statement.

Two groups of people with diametrically opposed world views cannot coexist peacefully together. That goes for islam and the west, communism and the west, naziism and the west, fascism and the west, etc. The basic values that clash in these cases is that we believe in freedom, the other groups don’t.

The conclusion from the above discussion is...

If you want a peaceful harmonious society, it’s best if the population is homogeneous and that there is a single dominant culture (i.e. set of values).

The scandinavian countries were perfect example of that, but they found their society too peaceful, too boring. So they wanted to add a little spice and started importing people who don’t look like them nor believe what they believe. I understand that life there is no longer boring, but I wonder if they find their women getting raped, other crimes skyrocketing, supporting millions of idle fanatics, their free speech muzzled... I wonder if they find that a bit too exciting.

hey Eagle,

sorry for the late response.

i agree with most of your thoughts on this. Historically, nations that are bilingual or bicultural have never had a peaceful existence - there’s always friction between the two as one vies for control over the other.

I don’t think there ever has been something like our current nation, where a group representing 12 percent of the population is largely responsible for over 50% of the friction (cultural, law enforcement, education, etc) in the nation.

the most alarming realities to me - the greatest threats we face come from within the walls of our city. Gibbon, Toynbee, the warnings of our Founding Fathers come to mind as I view my world today...

Tough time to be raising children - I have a 13 yo, but I teach him, we talk, and we practice our aim... all the while knowing that we belong to Christ, so we are where God Wants us to be.

Which is why I won’t run when TSHTF.

In Liberty, my friend -

the JG

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