Quote Originally Posted by .blank cd View Post
Why are you still trying to use your personal experiences as evidence? Just because I don't talk to my white friends about the idea of white privilege doesn't mean it doesn't exist. And it's not an attack on any particular race at all. And it's not just about you personally taking advantage of your skin color. It's not about "blaming the white man" and it's deeper than your own personal amount of ambition.
The training implies that white people as a race have an unfair advantage. Where is the evidence of this actually existing? Not one white person that I know has been able to gain an advantage of white privilege, and I live in one of the wealthier zip codes in Georgia. Surely, if it existed, we would see it around where I live, right? Or are you trying to make a case that it is an advantage to be a poor white farmer in a rural area?

How about the economic statistics - they clearly show that the wealth is in the top 1%. Basic math tells you that you can't fit all of the "white people" into that top 1%. Show some current evidence of white privilege - not something from the Jim Crow period - something from our generation that we can see today in our own area.

Let me be clear - racism still exists, and will always continue to exist, but that is not the same as saying that being white automatically gives you more benefits. I am all for teaching about diversity, equal opportunity, etc, but I am never for promoting racially divisive teachings.

Here's a thought for you. If white privilege is a byproduct of institutionalized racism, what would affirmative action in police departments, fire departments and universities be considered as? The police department of Dayton, OH, lowered test standards for its black applicants in 2011, giving black applicants an advantage over non-black applicants (where is the fairness there?). Affirmative action has forced public and private universities to hire minorities regardless of their actual qualifications for the job. Both of those are examples of institutionalized racism that put white males at the disadvantage. That is direct contradictory evidence against the white privilege theory that you appear to advocate, yet this is clearly racist.