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Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito
Interesting how white privilege is brought up. But what about those who make costumes that are negative stereotypes of their own culture? Jersey Shore comes to mind here.
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The notion of privilege is why you are more likely to find whites who wear these costumes than nonwhites.
Intraracial and intracultural dynamics are a different topic than interracial and intercultural dynamics. They are rooted in something different. For instance, if Italian Americans want to dress a certain way to mimic what they consider aspects of Italian American culture, that is up to them. That does not give nonItalian Americans (including nonItalian whites) the liberty to do the same thing.
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I feel the same way about racial slurs. If people use words and phrases intraracially and intraculturally, that's on them even if they use the words around nonmembers. Don't ask "but why can't I say it?!" Again, whites (in general) are much more likely than nonwhites to try the "but why can't I" routine. That need and desire (in general) to say and do things just for shits and giggles is embedded in white privilege. All of my life, whites have used slurs aimed at other whites around me. Most recently it happened at a professional gathering--a white man called himself a "h----." It made me uncomfortable because, a few times throughout the years, it was obvious that some of these whites were doing that based on the notion of "I'm going to beat my own ass so that you don't have to do it...I know that all Black people hate white people." That is also rooted in white privilege because you are saying that you have the liberty to pick and choose when you figuratively get your ass beaten whereas power minorities tend not have such input on their figurative ass whoopings. While it made me uncomfortable and I didn't even smile in response, I never said "oh yay! I'm going to use that word, too! Why can't I?"
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