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That means white people giving  up their privileged bubbles, right?[/quote]
You mean the poor white kid, sleeping on the sofa in the living room because his parents couldn't afford a 2-bedroom apartment, and studying diligently for As while his less motivated and less intelligent classmates hung on out street corner, and knowing that his only chance to attain a middle-class life would be if he got an academic scholarship to college, and having to work part-time during the school year to help bring in money, should get out of his privileged bubble?

Yeah, right.
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^Definition of a white person who doesn't understand what "white privilege" means.

-signed an Asian American who grew up poor and lived in a filthy tiny 1 br apt as a child of a family of 5
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There are countless kids of every color and race living as you described. The ones who also happen to be white and impoverished are not privileged.[/quote]
Again, you don't understand what white privilege means.    You don't have to ever worry about being racially profiled by the cops or store owners; a poor white person is treated better by our judicial system than a black person

A rich black person can still be racially profiled by stores than a not so rich white person.  A middle income black man can't get cabs to stop for him, while a poor white person would have no problem getting a cab to stop.

It's not about how there are some poor white people who struggle financially, but that white people, no matter their income level, will never have to struggle with the aforementioned issues.  Get it?[/quote]

Yes, I absolutely do get white privilege, if you mean upper middle class and wealthy whites. Either you've never lived in a place with truly poor white families or you're intentionally being obtuse. They are indeed profiled by police and are often looked down upon and quietly denied housing and bank loans. Get it? [/quote]
Really? Now imagine being black and getting that treatment double times over.  Get it?  I'm not black btw.[/quote]

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