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[quote=Anonymous]The Wheel of Race keeps on spinning. Sometimes, Blacks win, as in the well-known stories of impossible-to-fire Blacks, or a Black student getting a scholarship to college that wouldn't be gotten if he/she were White. Other times, Blacks lose, such as the cases where having a Black-sounding name keeps you from even getting an interview, bosses that just doesn't like Blacks, makes it harder for you to get accepted, etc.

I've posted here before about people being more willing to accept dumbasses of their own race and less tolerant of dumbasses of other races.

If a Black person goes out to say Hagerstown, Winchester, etc., and sees a bunch of White teenagers with Confederate flag shirts, etc., they are less able to gauge whether these kids are just dumbasses raising hell or are liable to turn and try and beat them some distinguished Negroes when they think no one's looking. I can probably tell the difference having grown up in that environment. Likewise, I can go to Anacostia (or whatever neighborhood's replaced Anacostia as a by-word for a dangerous, largely Black neighborhood) and not be able to differentiate between the stoop kids and the corner kids.

I am a firm believer in White privilege. It exists. On the other hand, the PPs who point out that some race-based affirmative action ends up helping the children of McLean are absolutely right.

A wealthy Black family will face some degree of racism. They will be more likely to handle it more calmly, have friends/contacts that can trump the racists (if they are at a low level), or have other means of overcoming day-to-day racism. In short, they are better equipped to handle day-to-day racism and are more likely to follow Chris Rock's advice.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj0mtxXEGE8[/youtube]

But -- they will encounter more hassles than a White family of comparable wealth.

Likewise, a dirt-poor White is going to have an easier time of "cleaning up" and moving on up than a dirt-poor Black. But -- a dirt-poor person is less likely to be able to handle day-to-day hassles (whether it be racism, someone getting the order wrong at McDonald's, a computer billing error, etc.) due to innate attitude, the ability to throw money at a problem, etc. [/quote]

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