White privilege you are absolutely right. The days of white privilege are completely over.
Forget the fact that whites run this country. They comprise the majority of both houses, cabinet, and every president has been white.
I know minorities are taking over, robbing Whites of there fair share.
WHat college did you go to? Tell me at your school, were you the minority? Did Blacks take up all of the college slots for qualified whites. Or like in most schools except for HBCU's as in mine, were they a mere 2% of the population.
Hey if Blacks are getting all the jobs, why are there so many unemployed Blacks in COmpton, where I live. I know we are lazy.
Yeah but Blacks are taking over, we are overwhelming you white folks on the tide of affirmative action, where underqualified Blacks steal jobs from the always qualified whites.
Let me not mention the centuries of affirmative action, illegal affirmative action that was in place, when African-Americans like myself were not allowed to vote and were not allowed to rise above the job of day laborer. Oh I am not talking about hundreds of years ago. I am talking about a mere fifty years ago, but I know those are ancient times----Tell that to my grandparents.
No white privilege. Tell me when you get on the elevator--Do you see people grab their purse. Are you worried when your son, nephew, uncle etc get old enough to drive because you are afraid some over anxious racist cop will make them the next Rodney King or Diallo.
But no white privilege is over.
Do you go to a top ten law school and when you pass people in the hall, do they have a shocked look on your face because they think you are staff because of course no one like you is smart enough to get into a top ranked law school. But oh no I got in because of affirmative action. Ooops try a new argument because affirmative action has been banned by Prop 209 in california.
Needless to say that white women were the overwhelming benefactors of affirmative action. How come no one makes the argument that underqualified white women are getting jobs? Oh but no one would dare do that.
Because I get it underqualified is a trait linked to skin tone, only Blacks are afflicted. Give me a break.
A white man whining those things are too ridiculous. Try being a Black women from Compton. Hey how come affirmative action didn't save my school district from getting taken over the state because test scores were so low. How come affirmative action didn't make more than 10-15 people in my graduating class actually graduate from college? But hey I am on easy street, I am on the yellow brick road of affirmative action.
Affirmative action made me a cum laude graduate and perform in the top twenty percentile on the LSAT and affirmative action made me get Honors last semester in a class.
Hey please tell me what else affirmative action does, does it make being a single parent easier. Does it pay my bills? Come on now I want this magic affirmative action that makes the lives of Blacks so much easier than you poor down trodden white folks.
Hey I know where affirmative action is working. Hey try the prison system and death row. We are fifty percent of the prison population and we are only 12 percent of the population. Why aren't you all upset about that injustice. I know we are qualified for that.
Hey maybe affirmative action even wrote this response for me because you know Blacks aren't educated enough to respond like this.
And thanks white privilege responses like this makes me know I am not crazy and that racism and ignorance is still alive and the sad thing is you are one of the "good white people." I know some of your best friends are Black. You have no problem with Black people. The year 2000---man this is scary. My son better watch out.
Mandingonupe great response to his post.
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