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'White Privilege': Part II in a Series of Widely Held Beliefs That Are Either Untrue or Meaningless
Townhall.com ^ | February 16, 2016 | Dennis Prager

Posted on 02/16/2016 11:15:07 AM PST by Kaslin

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1 posted on 02/16/2016 11:15:07 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

I rescued a wounded dove, I call her “White Privilege”.


2 posted on 02/16/2016 11:16:59 AM PST by heights
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It's certainly equaled or surpassed by the “Entitlement Attitude” of the gimmes on the other side.
3 posted on 02/16/2016 11:19:49 AM PST by PATRIOT1876 (The only crimes that are 100% preventable are those committed by illegal aliens)
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4 posted on 02/16/2016 11:20:10 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ 2016)
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White privilege is a reality. It is based on a few thousand years of social and cultural evolution where skills, talents, attitudes and habits conducive to building a modern society are gradually built into our consciousness and manners.
5 posted on 02/16/2016 11:22:33 AM PST by amnestynone (We are asked by people who do not tolerate us to tolerate the intolerable in the name of tolerance.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I just went to the airline website,which I never heard of.

They chose an Asian for Head of Finance.

Smart move.

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6 posted on 02/16/2016 11:23:41 AM PST by Mears
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To: amnestynone

The only privileges I notice are picking up the tab and taking the blame.


7 posted on 02/16/2016 11:25:05 AM PST by enduserindy (Republican’s have sold the path, not lost it.)
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Then they’ll say you’re guilty of not being aware of your privilege - which is even worse ;)

Heads I win, tails you lose...ain’t it grand?


8 posted on 02/16/2016 11:27:09 AM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing consequences of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: Kaslin

Why shouldn’t whites have some privilege in the society they created? Japanese should have Japanese privilege in Japan, Moroccans should have Moroccan privilege in Morocco, whites should have white privilege wherever whites prevail, and if Haitians can ever demonstrate that they are cabable of creating and maintaining anything remotely resembling a civilized, productive society, then they ought to have Haitian privilege there.

As things are in America, there is in fact both black privilege(affirmative action and protected status, etc) and white privilege of varying types.

Whites ought to stop denying privilege and instead openly seeking to maximize, solidify, and exploit what privilege some of us still might have.


9 posted on 02/16/2016 11:27:14 AM PST by IChing
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To: Kaslin

The wise inherit honor,
but fools get only shame.
- Proverbs 3:35

But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness;
they do not know what makes them stumble.
- Proverbs 4:19

Folly is an unruly woman;
she is simple and knows nothing.
She sits at the door of her house,
on a seat at the highest point of the city,
calling out to those who pass by,
who go straight on their way,
“Let all who are simple come to my house!”
- Proverbs 9:13-16


10 posted on 02/16/2016 11:27:26 AM PST by PATRIOT1876 (The only crimes that are 100% preventable are those committed by illegal aliens)
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To: amnestynone

Exactly. We must exert ourselves to restore and celebrate it.


11 posted on 02/16/2016 11:28:20 AM PST by IChing
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One of the biggest myths about racism is that ANYONE actually gives a flying flip: The morons who constantly scream “racism” are ONLY using it as a power move, and white people who are suffering from Crybully Fatigue Syndrome only give lip-service when pretending to give a damn.


12 posted on 02/16/2016 11:39:28 AM PST by Maverick68
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#BlackBeltsMatter #BlackLadsMurder
13 posted on 02/16/2016 11:41:24 AM PST by Sgt_Schultze (If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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in fact, the only recognizable privileges in society such as easier admission to college and special laws to compensate you if you are fired, belong to racial minorities.

just sayin.


14 posted on 02/16/2016 11:43:20 AM PST by ConservativeDude
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Look at me, I want your member in my arse, please!


15 posted on 02/16/2016 11:49:17 AM PST by Resolute Conservative
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To: amnestynone

What is being called “privilege” is actually traditional American culture. Anyone can avail himself of this privilege unless he rejects our culture, which many blacks do.


16 posted on 02/16/2016 11:51:34 AM PST by RightOnTheBorder
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To: Kaslin

Given the relative accomplishments by whites compared to other demographics over the last 2000 years or so I would say a little “white privilege” would not be out of line.


17 posted on 02/16/2016 11:55:05 AM PST by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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You got that right. It is commonly known as Black Fatigue. The only equality the baiters want is one in which the successful are cut down to size, not one in which the less successful have equal opportunity, whether they make use of it or not.

And why is it always about how it affects blacks/other minorities? Just once, I’d love to see anyone give a hoot about how this is harming the white middle class, as it is being pressed from top down and bottom up.


18 posted on 02/16/2016 11:56:46 AM PST by mrsmel (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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Talking about white privilege is just a way to excuse self-destructive behavior by non-Whites.


19 posted on 02/16/2016 12:07:34 PM PST by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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20 posted on 02/16/2016 12:09:30 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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