Posted on 08/03/2020 4:31:11 PM PDT by rktman
It will never end. Oprah is one of the most successful people who have EVER lived. She did it in the greatest nation the EVER existed. I am white, and I have had my struggles. I still count my blessings. Every day. Oprah, certainly, would be able to have an uplifting perspective for African-Americans. But, no...
Whiteness gives me an advantage in the NBA or the NFL?
In 1983 I went to the Small Business Administration to seek a loan for a new business I was starting. The Hispanic loan officer laughed in my face and said I didn’t qualify, I had to be either Hispanic or Black. I haven’t discovered these so called white priviledges. Most of the quotas and racial profiling knock off white people who sometimes are qualified candidates.
“””Whiteness gives me an advantage in the NBA or the NFL?”””
It sure does, honkie. Somebody has to sell the popcorn and beer.
I grew up in a neighborhood with houses of prostitution and drug dealers right next door.
I wore hand-me-downs right through high school.
I never felt that I had any advantages, benefits or privileges from being white.
Every morning I wake up and the first thing I think of is, “What can I do today to hurt Americans of African Descent?”
Not really.
I usually wonder if there are any cherry Pop Tarts left.
Does anybody still watch that whack job anymore? She needs a rest home doesn’t she.
Maybe we should give non-white people free money every month. Just for their .... welfare.
So all those white children in Appalachia can just be forgotten.
And tell us Miss Oprah, who gave you a leg up in life? If it can turn a young, chubby black woman into a billionaire, just think what it could do for us white folk who are already several steps up the ladder of success by virtue of our skin color.
Similar story.
My best friend in high school went to trade school out of high school to be an electrician.
He graduated top of his class. His brother tried to get him in to the Electrician’s Union which a year earlier would have been a cinch.
But, that year the union had lost a civil rights law suit and had to only admit minorities and women to meet diversity quotas.
There was no chance that he could get in the union for at least 10 years.
Oprah...spare us your moral lectures.
“whiteness” and “white privilege” afford unspecified benefits to white people “
She must be referring to that elusive 20 points of IQ.
“Oprah Winfrey Net Worth | Celebrity Net Worth:
www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/actors/oprah-net-worth
Oprah Net Worth 2020: Oprah Winfrey is a media mogul, television host, and author. As of 2020, Oprah’s net worth is $3.5 billion.”
Yo, Oprah, when I’ve got three and half billion, come and tell me about my “advantage, no matter what”. Until then, STFU.
OK. They win. I have privilege.
I have also been left with no choice. I may as well embrace my privilege, since I cannot be without it.
That said, who is to say this is a bad thing?
Since, non-whiteness (per the Smithsonian https://www.google.com/search?q=smithsonian+whiteness+flyer&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS868IN868&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiqkp-jmoDrAhUPup4KHYOTD0wQ_AUoAnoECAsQBA&biw=1636&bih=1963#imgrc=0Z0WQJdSOr5rMM )
excludes “politeness”, “planning for the future”, “future orientation”, “work before play”, and “objective, rational linear thinking”, there is no standard except for emotion and opinion to determine anything.
The odd thing is, two of my children are black, and they buy into all of that most of the time (”work before play” is an ongoing project). They like the “secret” and results of White Privilege, and they hope it leads them to a better way of life. We have tried to let them know objectively (since my wife and I are white, so we still do objectivity) what things are and were like in Africa, and my children aren’t really interested in it. They are proud Americans (except my daughter, who is a proud TEXAN).
OK Oprah, either do the Michael Jackson whitening thing or go to a ‘black’ country.
I’m really leaning towards naming a boat “White Privilege”.
EVIL White privileged: Cuomo, Gates, Soros, Newsome, Zuckerberg, Whitmer, Wolfe, Clinton, Biden, Murphy, Fauxi, Cuomo, Anderson Cooper, Stephanopolis, and EVIL 1/2 White privileged Barry, etc., etc., etc.
You say you want a revolution?
What happens when not white privileged join forces with the rest of your “revolutionaries”. You’re all DEAD azzhats. WANTED: Best minds, best practices for D or A operations.
Well Oprah, if you’re going to go around being a damn fool thinking you’re owed something just for being black, then there’s little hope for you to succeed anyway.
You stupid horse’s ass.
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