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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
Holy, fuck. Can we simply stop these damn threads. Everyone wants to play the victim. I am a victim because I am a poor black. I am a victim because I am a rich black assumed to have been a poor black. I am a victim because I was a poor white assumed to have privileged I never had. I am victim because I am a rich white and have to pay for everyone else. I am a victim because I am an asian and everyone expects me to have superior intelligence....Where the hell does it stop. As a young child I understood that racism is wrong. However, all this victimization is just about to push me somewhere I don't want to go.

My problem with people like you is that you discount people by calling them victims. Progress can not be made when you have such a disdain for the struggles of others.
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People like me?  I am a fucking white person who grew up in abject poverty in an abusive home and I managed to claw my way out of the gutter.  I don't claim victimhood.  I am a survivor and yet every fucking day I have to hear about my goddamn privilege from people who don't have a damn clue about what it means to go to bed hungry or wear shoes with holes or have no winter coat.  So yeah, I am getting pretty fed up with middle and upper class blacks claiming vicim hood.  Get a fucking grip.  Most people have struggles in life.  I was never a racists until I started frequenting this board had had to hear about my privilege over and over and over again.  People need to get a clue.[/quote]
Baby, calm down. First of all someone being a "victim" of racism in no way invalidates your experience. You have had it hard -- we hear you. I am sorry you had the struggles that you did and I am glad you made it through.  I think you do not have a real understanding of what white privilege is. It  does not mean that all white people are rich and connected.
Here is a good definition for you:

White privilege refers to any advantage, opportunity, benefit, head start, or general protection from negative societal mistreatment, which persons deemed white will typically enjoy, but which others will generally not enjoy. These benefits can be material (such as greater opportunity in the labor market, or greater net worth, due to a history in which whites had the ability to accumulate wealth to a greater extent than persons of color), social (such as presumptions of competence, creditworthiness, law-abidingness, intelligence, etc.) or psychological (such as not having to worry about triggering negative stereotypes, rarely having to feel out of place, not having to worry about racial profiling, etc.).
Operationally, white privilege is simply the flipside of discrimination against people of color. 
The fact that white privilege exists and that all whites have access to various aspects of it, does not, however, mean that all whites are wealthy, or that in competitions for jobs and other opportunities, whites will always win. The fact of general advantage doesn’t require unanimity of outcomes favoring whites. In certain situations, other factors will effect the distribution of opportunities: among these, socioeconomic status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, religious identity, age, or physical disability. 
I hope this helps you to gain some greater understanding and a little peace that other folks talking about racism and privilege are not accusing you of DOING anything or are trying to take something from you or belittle your experience.
Peace My Sister[/quote]

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