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Old 06-16-2004, 09:38 PM
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Originally posted by ktsnake
If we look at the notion of white privilege, we might say that your trailer-trash-Americans are not recipients of white privilege -- in fact, most middle to upper class whites discriminate against these folks as much as (and perhaps more than) people of color. Not because of any race, but because of their socioeconomic status...

...If someone grows up in a meth infested trailer park, they are equally disadvantaged as someone who grows up in east-central Memphis.
I respectfully disagree, but I see your point. Might I mention that White Privilege does not mean that you are going to be rich.
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