On 09.03.21 15:24, Nikolai Kingsley wrote:
if mikhail thinks i'm privileged, he should see how i live.
"Some contend that working-class white folk should not be expected to
perceive their privilege. The well-to-do, so the argument goes,
obviously reap these benefits and therefore criticizing the wealthy who
fail to reckon with their privilege is proper. White people living
paycheck to paycheck, however, should be excused for their denials.
Detecting it proves too hard for them, considering that we talk about
white privilege in ways that would confound anyone in their
circumstance."
...
"American culture, not impoverishment, has taught white folk to
misunderstand white privilege. Individual white people shoulder no responsibility for creating white privilege, but denying its presence
prolongs its life span. And that does warrant criticism. Granting the
white working-class this moral reprieve absolves them from culpability."
https://theundefeated.com/features/why-do-so-many-white-people-deny-the-existence-of-white-privilege/
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